Location
Chicago, Illinois
Date
02 May 2013, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
A former industrial landfill site was selected for the design and construction of a large industrial building. Due to the soil and groundwater conditions along with potential environmental impacts discussed in this paper, support of the building using shallow spread foundations or conventional deep foundations, such as driven or cast-in-place piles or drilled piers were not considered to be reasonable foundation support alternatives. Therefore, ground improvement was deemed the best alternative to support the building, floor slabs and machine foundations for the project, although timber piles with a structural slab were also considered. Controlled modulus columns and rammed aggregate piers were the two options considered feasible for the project since these two methods would generate little to no soil cuttings or groundwater at the ground surface requiring special handling and disposal to a regulated landfill. Controlled modulus columns were ultimately selected by the Owner and designed for vertical compression and uplift loading conditions for the building and for support of machine foundations and floor slabs.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
7th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2013 Missouri University of Science and Technology, 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
Jedele, Larry P. and Buschmeier, Brandon, "Ground Improvement for Redevelopment of Former Landfill" (2013). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 19.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/7icchge/session_06/19
Ground Improvement for Redevelopment of Former Landfill
Chicago, Illinois
A former industrial landfill site was selected for the design and construction of a large industrial building. Due to the soil and groundwater conditions along with potential environmental impacts discussed in this paper, support of the building using shallow spread foundations or conventional deep foundations, such as driven or cast-in-place piles or drilled piers were not considered to be reasonable foundation support alternatives. Therefore, ground improvement was deemed the best alternative to support the building, floor slabs and machine foundations for the project, although timber piles with a structural slab were also considered. Controlled modulus columns and rammed aggregate piers were the two options considered feasible for the project since these two methods would generate little to no soil cuttings or groundwater at the ground surface requiring special handling and disposal to a regulated landfill. Controlled modulus columns were ultimately selected by the Owner and designed for vertical compression and uplift loading conditions for the building and for support of machine foundations and floor slabs.
