Alternative Title
Paper No. 1.01
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
10 Mar 1998, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
This paper discusses a case history involving two buildings which were constructed over compressible soils at a site along the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware. The buildings, which were constructed in 1987, have undergone significant settlement of both shallow and deep foundation elements. As of early 1995, some of the pile foundations for one of the buildings were observed to have settled as much as 8 inches, while portions of the floor slab were observed to have settled as much as 9-112 inches since the completion of construction. As a result of these large settlements, the owner retained the author's firm to evaluate site soil and structural conditions and provide recommendations for remedial action. This paper presents a summary of the soil conditions, the settlements which occurred after construction, as well as the remedial measures taken to repair the structure.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1998 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
Charles, R. David, "Case History of Two Building Experience Large Post Construction Settlements - Wilmington, Delaware" (1998). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 39.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/4icchge/4icchge-session01/39
Case History of Two Building Experience Large Post Construction Settlements - Wilmington, Delaware
St. Louis, Missouri
This paper discusses a case history involving two buildings which were constructed over compressible soils at a site along the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware. The buildings, which were constructed in 1987, have undergone significant settlement of both shallow and deep foundation elements. As of early 1995, some of the pile foundations for one of the buildings were observed to have settled as much as 8 inches, while portions of the floor slab were observed to have settled as much as 9-112 inches since the completion of construction. As a result of these large settlements, the owner retained the author's firm to evaluate site soil and structural conditions and provide recommendations for remedial action. This paper presents a summary of the soil conditions, the settlements which occurred after construction, as well as the remedial measures taken to repair the structure.
