A study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: Kota Kinabalu City / Rafflesia Sombuling

This paper presents an overview of the present state of construction of cofferdam techniques with special emphasis and a brief on other techniques developed world over for mitigating hydraulic forces on the temporary structures.A cofferdam is a temporary structure designed to keep water and soil out...

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Main Author:	Sombuling, Rafflesia
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Malaysia
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15413/1/TM_RAFFLESIA%20SOMBULING%20AP%2015_5.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.154132016-11-23T06:28:24Z A study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: Kota Kinabalu City / Rafflesia Sombuling 2015 Sombuling, Rafflesia Malaysia Malaysia This paper presents an overview of the present state of construction of cofferdam techniques with special emphasis and a brief on other techniques developed world over for mitigating hydraulic forces on the temporary structures.A cofferdam is a temporary structure designed to keep water and soil out of the excavation in which a bridge pier or other structure is built. When construction must take place below the water level, a cofferdam is built to give workers a dry work environment.Sheet piling is driven around the work site, seal concrete is placed into the bottom to prevent water from seeping in from underneath the sheet piling, and the water is pumped out. There are different types of cofferdam, some are used to support excavation operation and some are enclosed type box placed in the water.The present case study deals with step by step procedure adopted at Sabah International Convention Centre and Jesselton Residence which is both located at Kota Kinabalu Sabah. It depicts the intricacy of the management of the work at site and gives lot of insights to such similar works involving details of bentonite slurry, rock bund, planning and execution of interlocking sheet piles, reinforcement, concreting, plants and equipment, safety procedures to be adopted for the construction of cofferdam. 2015 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15413/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15413/1/TM_RAFFLESIA%20SOMBULING%20AP%2015_5.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
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description	This paper presents an overview of the present state of construction of cofferdam techniques with special emphasis and a brief on other techniques developed world over for mitigating hydraulic forces on the temporary structures.A cofferdam is a temporary structure designed to keep water and soil out of the excavation in which a bridge pier or other structure is built. When construction must take place below the water level, a cofferdam is built to give workers a dry work environment.Sheet piling is driven around the work site, seal concrete is placed into the bottom to prevent water from seeping in from underneath the sheet piling, and the water is pumped out. There are different types of cofferdam, some are used to support excavation operation and some are enclosed type box placed in the water.The present case study deals with step by step procedure adopted at Sabah International Convention Centre and Jesselton Residence which is both located at Kota Kinabalu Sabah. It depicts the intricacy of the management of the work at site and gives lot of insights to such similar works involving details of bentonite slurry, rock bund, planning and execution of interlocking sheet piles, reinforcement, concreting, plants and equipment, safety procedures to be adopted for the construction of cofferdam.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Sombuling, Rafflesia
author_facet	Sombuling, Rafflesia
author_sort	Sombuling, Rafflesia
title	A study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: Kota Kinabalu City / Rafflesia Sombuling
title_short	A study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: Kota Kinabalu City / Rafflesia Sombuling
title_full	A study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: Kota Kinabalu City / Rafflesia Sombuling
title_fullStr	A study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: Kota Kinabalu City / Rafflesia Sombuling
title_full_unstemmed	A study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: Kota Kinabalu City / Rafflesia Sombuling
title_sort	study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: kota kinabalu city / rafflesia sombuling
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department	Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
publishDate	2015
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15413/1/TM_RAFFLESIA%20SOMBULING%20AP%2015_5.pdf
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A study on construction using cofferdam method in coastal area case study: Kota Kinabalu City / Rafflesia Sombuling

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