Date
07 May 1984, 11:30 am - 6:00 pm
Abstract
The Compañía Sevillana de Electricidad, S.A., is building a fuel power plant near the mouth of the Guadarranque river in the Algeciras Bay, in the South of Spain. The site is flat, with the ground water level close to the surface and occasionally above it, giving the site a marshy aspect. The thickness of the alluvial soils is such that deep foundations have been considered so expensive that an alternative solution has had to be sought. The rather loose and granular characteristics of the soil deposit caused some concern about settlement of shallow foundations in addition to the risk of liquefaction. After selection of the proper method, the upper part of the soil has been vibrocompacted and the foundations built on spread footings or small floating piles (some heavier elements). Ground improvement control, pile loading testing, recorded settlements and other interesting features of this large project are given in this presentation.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1984 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
Arcones, A. and Soriano, A., "Power Plant Construction on a Thick Sand Deposit" (1984). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 41.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/1icchge/1icchge-theme1/41
Power Plant Construction on a Thick Sand Deposit
The Compañía Sevillana de Electricidad, S.A., is building a fuel power plant near the mouth of the Guadarranque river in the Algeciras Bay, in the South of Spain. The site is flat, with the ground water level close to the surface and occasionally above it, giving the site a marshy aspect. The thickness of the alluvial soils is such that deep foundations have been considered so expensive that an alternative solution has had to be sought. The rather loose and granular characteristics of the soil deposit caused some concern about settlement of shallow foundations in addition to the risk of liquefaction. After selection of the proper method, the upper part of the soil has been vibrocompacted and the foundations built on spread footings or small floating piles (some heavier elements). Ground improvement control, pile loading testing, recorded settlements and other interesting features of this large project are given in this presentation.
