Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
02 Jun 1993, 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Abstract
An abandoned brickyard, about 32 m deep, was filled with soil from numerous excavations in the Metro Toronto area with the ultimate intent of development for residential purposes. Compaction and environmental control of the fill was carried out and drainage wells installed to keep the water table low in order to hasten the rate of settlement. The fill generally was placed at approximately 85 percent saturation. A magnetic settlement system was installed as the fill was placed and the differential settlement recorded during fill placement and about 4 years after completion. The rate of settlement response was rapid but proceeded more slowly as the fill became compressed close to the saturated state.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Trow, William A.; Carrington, Richard; and Orpwood, Timothy G., "Case History – Monitored Settlement of 32m Thick Compacted Fill" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 5.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session02/5
Case History – Monitored Settlement of 32m Thick Compacted Fill
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned brickyard, about 32 m deep, was filled with soil from numerous excavations in the Metro Toronto area with the ultimate intent of development for residential purposes. Compaction and environmental control of the fill was carried out and drainage wells installed to keep the water table low in order to hasten the rate of settlement. The fill generally was placed at approximately 85 percent saturation. A magnetic settlement system was installed as the fill was placed and the differential settlement recorded during fill placement and about 4 years after completion. The rate of settlement response was rapid but proceeded more slowly as the fill became compressed close to the saturated state.
