Building Stronger Ground
Cement Deep Soil Mixing (CDSM) Using Cement Deep Soil Mixing (CDSM) to Strengthen Soil
Benefits of Using Cement Deep Soil Mixing
Cement Deep Soil Mixing (CDSM) involves creating soil-cement columns, walls, and grids in situ as deep as 140 feet or more.
Mitigates seismic liquefaction as deep as 140 feet.
Remedies structural problems associated with poor soil conditions allowing dams, levees, hospitals, and other critical infrastructure to be built on otherwise unsuitable sites.
Allows excavation support and groundwater or pollution cutoff walls near existing buildings and infrastructure.
Documents and Resources
ABOVE – Deep soil mixing at the
Calaveras Dam Replacement project in Northern California.
The method may also be called Deep Mixing Method (DMM) or Deep Soil Mixing (DSM). CDSM uses include:
Liquefaction mitigation under dams, levees, ports, hospitals and other critical infrastructure
Improvement of bearing capacity of marginal strength soil to support infrastructure
Reducing settlement
In addition to the substantial experience our professional staff brings, CNCA maintains a valuable library of technical resources and case studies. All of these resources are available 24/7/365 and all, of course, free and easy to access. Please do not hesitate to contact our experienced geotechnical engineers and review our resource library, including the relevant document listed below.
Guide Specifications for Cement Deep Soil Mixing
CNCA Geotechnical Professional Tyler Bodnar, P.E. Director of Geotechnical Markets Tyler.bodnar@cncement.org Telephone: 530.521.0378
Excavation support Control of groundwater by reducing hydraulic conductivity (permeability) of treated soil
CDSM often performs several of these functions at once.
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