Ground Improvement - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0751400734 ISBN 13: 9780751400731

Publisher: CRC Press, 1992

Synopsis

This book concentrates on the principal in-situ mechanical and grouting techniques used in Europe and North America for the improvement of the engineering properties of ground.

About this title

Review:

"It provides an interesting insight into the solutions to problems adopted outside of Europe and shows how ground improvement is of considerable importance world-wide in civil engineering today."
––Bauingenieur, April 2013

About the Author:

Klaus Kirsch was a main board director of Keller Group plc, responsible for operations in Continental Europe and overseas until his retirement in 2001, and served thereafter as adviser for the Group’s technical development. He has been involved with some fundamental breakthroughs in foundation engineering, notably the introduction of the vibro stone column technology in the United States, and was instrumental in the development of a new generation of depth vibrators. He has authored many papers and a book on vibratory deep compaction.

Alan Bell is a technical consultant to the Keller Group plc. He was managing director of Keller in the United Kingdom until 2009 and has had close involvement in ground improvement techniques and their development at both the national and international level for over 30 years, including the introduction of vibrated concrete columns to the United Kingdom. He has contributed to many technical publications and is a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0751400734
• ISBN 13: 9780751400731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Moseley Michael P., Kirsch Klaus