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News Release from: CIRIA | Subject: Engineering in the Lambeth Group (C583)
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 January 2005
New publication: Engineering in the
Lambeth Group
Lateral and vertical variation within the Lambeth Group have been encountered by major construction projects such as the Jubilee Line Extension Project, Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Crossrail.
The Lambeth Group (formerly known as the Woolwich and Reading Beds) is a complex sequence of gravels, sands and clays present in parts of south east England and are encountered in sub-surface engineering works throughout Greater London; surface outcrops occur in Kent, Essex and Suffolk and in the Hampshire Basin The considerable lateral and vertical variation within the Lambeth Group have been encountered by major construction projects such as the Jubilee Line Extension Project, Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Crossrail
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 1 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Its complex stratigraphy has recently been clarified which, in turn, has led to a better engineering description and classification.
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It provides guidance about the relation between these properties and the Group's widely different lithologies, the hazards they pose for construction, and appropriate ways to overcome them.
Recommendations are given for investigating these complex materials.
In addition to case study data, a comprehensive reference list and bibliography support the report.
This is the latest in the CIRIA series of publications on the engineering properties of major UK soils and rocks which includes Engineering in chalk (C574), Engineering in Mercia mudstone (C570) and Engineering in glacial tills (C504).
(C583) is priced at £40 to CIRIA Core and New Books Club members and £80 to others. Request a free brochure from CIRIA ...
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