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Geotechnical Failure Case Studies—Lessons Learned
During a career spanning over 45 years, the author was involved with forensic analysis on over 50 legal/forensic cases involving geotechnical issues. This paper presents summaries of 10 cases involving geotechnical failures, the cause(s) of these failures, and common threads in all these cases regarding lessons that can be learned regarding the reasons for failure. The cases involved retaining walls, slopes, soil compaction, water pressure, and compressible soil. Failures occurred due to poor understanding of the risks involved, a lack of proper geotechnical engineering involvement, poor communication, and a tendency to not spend enough resources to complete a thorough design. These case histories show that to reduce the risk of geotechnical failures, owners/clients should be advised to retain geotechnical engineers with the best local knowledge, experience and expertise; be willing to pay them appropriately for their capabilities; and keep the geotechnical engineers actively involved with both the design and construction teams.
Geotechnical Failure Case Studies—Lessons Learned
During a career spanning over 45 years, the author was involved with forensic analysis on over 50 legal/forensic cases involving geotechnical issues. This paper presents summaries of 10 cases involving geotechnical failures, the cause(s) of these failures, and common threads in all these cases regarding lessons that can be learned regarding the reasons for failure. The cases involved retaining walls, slopes, soil compaction, water pressure, and compressible soil. Failures occurred due to poor understanding of the risks involved, a lack of proper geotechnical engineering involvement, poor communication, and a tendency to not spend enough resources to complete a thorough design. These case histories show that to reduce the risk of geotechnical failures, owners/clients should be advised to retain geotechnical engineers with the best local knowledge, experience and expertise; be willing to pay them appropriately for their capabilities; and keep the geotechnical engineers actively involved with both the design and construction teams.
Geotechnical Failure Case Studies—Lessons Learned
Rabeler, Robert C. (author)
Geo-Congress 2022 ; 2022 ; Charlotte, North Carolina
Geo-Congress 2022 ; 301-315
2022-03-17
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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