Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand

To the knowledge of the authors, the 4.84 million square meter ground improvement project of Al Falah Community Development in Abu Dhabi is the physically largest single contract that has ever been undertaken by a specialist ground improvement contractor. The peak ground improvement production rate...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hamidi, Babak, Varaksin, S., Nikraz, Hamid
Other Authors: Mohamed A Shahin
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australian Geomechanics Society 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8479
_version_ 1848745670571196416
author Hamidi, Babak
Varaksin, S.
Nikraz, Hamid
author2 Mohamed A Shahin
author_facet Mohamed A Shahin
Hamidi, Babak
Varaksin, S.
Nikraz, Hamid
author_sort Hamidi, Babak
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description To the knowledge of the authors, the 4.84 million square meter ground improvement project of Al Falah Community Development in Abu Dhabi is the physically largest single contract that has ever been undertaken by a specialist ground improvement contractor. The peak ground improvement production rate of 966,000 m2 per month also appears to be a new world record. This paper will describe the initial ground conditions of the project, the development of a foundation solution based on the utilization of ground improvement technology and the account of how mobilization, execution of Dynamic Compaction for the treatment of loose desert sands and verification testing by the Menard Pressuremeter Test were all realized within a mere period of 7 months.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T06:21:03Z
format Conference Paper
id curtin-20.500.11937-8479
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T06:21:03Z
publishDate 2011
publisher Australian Geomechanics Society
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-84792023-01-18T08:46:47Z Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand Hamidi, Babak Varaksin, S. Nikraz, Hamid Mohamed A Shahin Hamid R Nikraz dynamic compaction CPT ground improvement Menard pressuremeter test To the knowledge of the authors, the 4.84 million square meter ground improvement project of Al Falah Community Development in Abu Dhabi is the physically largest single contract that has ever been undertaken by a specialist ground improvement contractor. The peak ground improvement production rate of 966,000 m2 per month also appears to be a new world record. This paper will describe the initial ground conditions of the project, the development of a foundation solution based on the utilization of ground improvement technology and the account of how mobilization, execution of Dynamic Compaction for the treatment of loose desert sands and verification testing by the Menard Pressuremeter Test were all realized within a mere period of 7 months. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8479 Australian Geomechanics Society fulltext
spellingShingle dynamic compaction
CPT
ground improvement
Menard pressuremeter test
Hamidi, Babak
Varaksin, S.
Nikraz, Hamid
Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand
title Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand
title_full Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand
title_fullStr Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand
title_short Dynamic Compaction for Treating Millions of Square Meters of Sand
title_sort dynamic compaction for treating millions of square meters of sand
topic dynamic compaction
CPT
ground improvement
Menard pressuremeter test
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8479