Construction of a factory building with ground improvement by pre loading

Abstract

Due the scarcity of land underlain with good subsoil conditions, Planners and Engineers are compelled to , use land underlain by poor subsoil conditions for new developments. \ factory complex for Star Packaging Pvt Ltd is to be constructed at Nawagamuwa. Ranala, Kaduwela manufacturing of card board boxes used in packaging. The site is accessible through a connecting road leading from Colombo Awisawella road. The site had been a low lying land in the past and a fill had been placed a few years back making it to a flat ground. significant settlements and bearing failures could be anticipated in the proposed building owing to the prevailing subsoil condition. As such, it is necessary to propose a suitable methodology considering the safty and economy issues.