Evaluating the sustainability of soil improvement techniques in foundation substructures

The soil is not always suitable or competent to support a direct shallow foundation in construction. In many cases, to avoid costly deep foundations, it is indicated to replace, improve, or reinforce such soil. This paper focuses on evaluating the contribution to sustainability between different soi...

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Main Authors: Navarro, I.J (Author), Sánchez-Garrido, A.J (Author), Yepes, V. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
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520 3 |a The soil is not always suitable or competent to support a direct shallow foundation in construction. In many cases, to avoid costly deep foundations, it is indicated to replace, improve, or reinforce such soil. This paper focuses on evaluating the contribution to sustainability between different soil improvement techniques and the outcome of their application to the foundation of a single-family house as an alternative to the one built. The life-cycle performance in sustainability is compared between the baseline design (without intervention), backfilling and soil compaction, soil-cement columns, rigid inclusion of micropiles, and nailing of precast joists. To characterize sustainability, a set of 37 indicators is proposed that integrate the economic or environmental aspects of each design alternative and its social impacts. A sustainability ranking is obtained for the different alternatives based on the ELECTRE IS method for multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM). The sensitivity of the obtained results is evaluated against different MCDM methods (TOPSIS, COPRAS) and different criteria weights. The evaluation provides a cross-cutting view, comparing the ability and reliability of each technique to prioritize the ground consolidation solution that best contributes to the sustainability in the design of a building's substructure. © 2022 The Authors 
650 0 4 |a Construction 
650 0 4 |a COPRAS 
650 0 4 |a COPRAS 
650 0 4 |a Decision making 
650 0 4 |a Deep foundations 
650 0 4 |a Electre 
650 0 4 |a ELECTRE IS 
650 0 4 |a ELECTRE IS 
650 0 4 |a Foundations 
650 0 4 |a Foundations 
650 0 4 |a Geotechnical engineering 
650 0 4 |a Improvement technique 
650 0 4 |a Life cycle 
650 0 4 |a Life cycle assessment 
650 0 4 |a Modern methods of construction 
650 0 4 |a Modern methods of constructions 
650 0 4 |a Multi-criteria decision analysis 
650 0 4 |a Multi-criteria decision analysis 
650 0 4 |a Shallow foundations 
650 0 4 |a Soil cement 
650 0 4 |a Soil improvement 
650 0 4 |a Soil mechanics 
650 0 4 |a Soils 
650 0 4 |a Soils improvement 
650 0 4 |a Sustainability 
650 0 4 |a Sustainable development 
650 0 4 |a TOPSIS 
650 0 4 |a TOPSIS 
700 1 0 |a Navarro, I.J.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Sánchez-Garrido, A.J.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Yepes, V.  |e author 
773 |t Journal of Cleaner Production