I've designed a 3.50m high reinforced earth accoustic bund, it's got 45 degree slopes and a 1m wide strip along the top. The contractors on site are wondering how to place and compact the soil now it's about 2m high. For H&S reasons they are reluctant to ave any plant running along it (one...
I'm looking at a working platform design. There is a stiff desiccated crust (conservative 1.50m thick, Cu 75 to 100kPa) over low strength alluvium (Cu 20kPa). The rig is a heavy one and the loads are quite high (330kPa under extreme loads). The track width is 900mm.
My gut feeling is that...
