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Construction Problems on Soft Soils
High Compressibility • Excessive Settlements
Low Shear Strength • Stability Problems
Creep Behavior • Settlement in the Service Period
When one or more upper soil layers are highly compressible and
too weak to support the load transmitted by the superstructure,
piles are used to transmit the load to underlying bedrock or a SPT-No SPT-No SPT-No
stronger soil layer, as shown in Figure-a-b
When bedrock is not encountered at a reasonable depth below
the ground surface, piles are used to transmit the structural load
to the soil gradually. The resistance to the applied structural load RQD
is derived mainly from the frictional resistance developed at the
soil-pile interface (see Figure-c) SPT-No
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