Just enquiring to hear any thoughts on flooding/ponding as a compaction method? It was recently used on a job in Australia with silty sand as the backfill material. The end result was that the soil was extremely stiff. However a lot of underground utilities (ducting etc) have been deformed I am...
Looking for examples/help for designing a concrete cover slab. Attached is an example picture of a cover slab. My thoughts would be to design for punching shear around the missing area where the manhole cover is to be place however I am unsure how to make up for the missing concrete.
Any...
Hi I am just curious about the loading from the footprint of a crane (track dimensions: 11m x 1.5m). When discussing the spreading of the loading from this crane through regular fill would it be standard to take it as a wheel load with a 30 degree spread angle against depth. Or because the...
