Methods of Utilizing Tropical Peat Land for Housing Scheme

This paper discusses some of the methods and recent technologies in utilizing cheap marginal land such as tropical peat for housing scheme. Buildings on peat are usually suspended on piles, but ground around it may still settle. Therefore a suitable method of construction should be tackle to overcom...

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Main Authors:	Youventharan, Duraisamy, Bujang, B. K. Huat, Azlan, A. Aziz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Science Publications 2007
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling	ump-61972018-04-18T01:12:04Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6197/ Methods of Utilizing Tropical Peat Land for Housing Scheme Youventharan, Duraisamy Bujang, B. K. Huat Azlan, A. Aziz TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This paper discusses some of the methods and recent technologies in utilizing cheap marginal land such as tropical peat for housing scheme. Buildings on peat are usually suspended on piles, but ground around it may still settle. Therefore a suitable method of construction should be tackle to overcome serious problem such as localized sinking and slip failure, massive primary and long term (creep) settlement. With the ever increase in the cost of living and the decrease in suitable land for construction, avoidance of marginal tropical peat soil is never going to be the popular choice among the developers and town planners. This paper gives some insights on the construction methods that could be possibly employed to develop marginal ground such as tropical peat soil. Science Publications 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6197/1/fkasa-2007-youventharan-Methods_of_Utilizing_Tropical.pdf Youventharan, Duraisamy and Bujang, B. K. Huat and Azlan, A. Aziz (2007) Methods of Utilizing Tropical Peat Land for Housing Scheme. American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3 (4). pp. 259-264. ISSN 1553-345X http://dx.doi.org/10.3844/ajessp.2007.259.264 DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2007.259.264
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description	This paper discusses some of the methods and recent technologies in utilizing cheap marginal land such as tropical peat for housing scheme. Buildings on peat are usually suspended on piles, but ground around it may still settle. Therefore a suitable method of construction should be tackle to overcome serious problem such as localized sinking and slip failure, massive primary and long term (creep) settlement. With the ever increase in the cost of living and the decrease in suitable land for construction, avoidance of marginal tropical peat soil is never going to be the popular choice among the developers and town planners. This paper gives some insights on the construction methods that could be possibly employed to develop marginal ground such as tropical peat soil.
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author	Youventharan, Duraisamy Bujang, B. K. Huat Azlan, A. Aziz
author_facet	Youventharan, Duraisamy Bujang, B. K. Huat Azlan, A. Aziz
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title	Methods of Utilizing Tropical Peat Land for Housing Scheme
title_short	Methods of Utilizing Tropical Peat Land for Housing Scheme
title_full	Methods of Utilizing Tropical Peat Land for Housing Scheme
title_fullStr	Methods of Utilizing Tropical Peat Land for Housing Scheme
title_full_unstemmed	Methods of Utilizing Tropical Peat Land for Housing Scheme
title_sort	methods of utilizing tropical peat land for housing scheme
publisher	Science Publications
publishDate	2007
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