CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT ON THICK MARSHY GROUND

Abstract

A section of a bypass motorway north of Kaposvár, South Hungary, was to traverse a fishpond in a length of 150 metres field up with thick (up to 7 meters), fresh, water-logged, organic sediments. Removal of the thick, soft soil was disregarded of enormous costs. In order to prevent base failure stage construction has been adopted using counter-weight berms. By continuous monitoring of settlements, it has been possible to control construction and reliably predict final consolidation settlements.