Author:
Crawford C. B.,Sutherland J. G.
Abstract
Construction of the Empress Hotel began in 1904 on a site reclaimed from the sea. The combined load of the fill and the structure has caused several feet of compression in the underlying marine silty clay. Fortunately, settlement observations have been made regularly since1912 and the nature of the foundations and the structure allow reliable extrapolation back to the first loading. This paper describes the site, the applied loading, the settlements observed, and the results of laboratory tests on samples recently obtained. The observed primary and secondary consolidation settlements are compared with computed values.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Civil and Structural Engineering,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Cited by
4 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献