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YounEng, Having worked on a number of wind farm projects with base sizes of the order you suggest I would note that the depth of investigation required is highly dependant upon the ground conditions and whether there are any perceived underground risks e.g. cavities due to mining or highly...

Thanks for your input and advice! Fattdad - I had heard this type of advice previously but was slightly uneasy with its adoption - my understanding would be that because primary and secondary compression are due to different processes (e.g. primary due to pore pressure dissipation and secondary...

Hi all, I'm currently working on a highway realignment project. The general stratigraphy is peat (up to 2.8m thickness) overlying glacial clays. The contractor is keen for all peat to remain in situ, and therefore high settlements are anticipated. We are proposing preloading to remove...

I was wondering if someone can help clarify something for me. I previously worked for an offshore GI contractor and designer and have fairly recently moved to onshore work. I have noticed since moving onshore that many GI contractors adopt the performance of a multi-stage unconsolidated...

I realise that this thread is a few weeks old now, but from my experience: Agree with those above that initial starting pressure should have little impact upon OCR derivation providing this is suitably below the predicted p'c value. In terms of using Casagrande to determine p'c and hence OCR I...