Ground Improvement
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This practical and established guide to ground improvement, written by acknowledged experts, covers the major ground improvement techniques currently used worldwide and reflects recent improvements in productivity and control. The chapters are fully updated, including advancements in equipment and methods since the second edition. An introductory chapter widens the view with notes on the special techniques of ground freezing and compaction by blasting and on the emerging issue of the impact of improvement techniques on carbon emissions. The methods described are well illustrated with all new relevant case histories.…mehr

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This practical and established guide to ground improvement, written by acknowledged experts, covers the major ground improvement techniques currently used worldwide and reflects recent improvements in productivity and control. The chapters are fully updated, including advancements in equipment and methods since the second edition. An introductory chapter widens the view with notes on the special techniques of ground freezing and compaction by blasting and on the emerging issue of the impact of improvement techniques on carbon emissions. The methods described are well illustrated with all new relevant case histories.
Autorenporträt
Klaus Kirsch was a main board director of Keller Group plc, responsible for operations in Continental Europe and overseas until his retirement in 2001, and served thereafter as adviser for the Group's technical development. He has been involved with some fundamental breakthroughs in foundation engineering, notably the introduction of the vibro stone column technology in the United States, and was instrumental in the development of a new generation of depth vibrators. He has authored many papers and a book on vibratory deep compaction. Alan Bell is a technical consultant to the Keller Group plc. He was managing director of Keller in the United Kingdom until 2009 and has had close involvement in ground improvement techniques and their development at both the national and international level for over 30 years, including the introduction of vibrated concrete columns to the United Kingdom. He has contributed to many technical publications and is a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.