Ground Working in:  theory and practice

This is the first of a series of articles by GHA Livigunns' Stewart Tennant to be published in Construction News.

"Ground improvement in its various guises has been with us since at least the mid-1960s. The most commonly used techniques in the UK are vibro compaction/replacement stone columns, vibro concrete columns and lime stabilisation. On marginal sites they can provide viable solutions to traditional piling or importing granular materials for two reasons....................."

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