TY  - SER
AU  - Bingham, David M.
AU  - Soane, Alastair J. M.
TI  - Unusual foundations over the Mersey Tunnel
KW  - MULTISTOREY BUILDINGS
KW  - FOUNDATIONS
KW  - MERSEY TUNNEL
KW  - LIVERPOOL
KW  - SILKHOUSE COURT
KW  - DESIGN
KW  - CONSTRUCTION WORK
KW  - CORE CONSTRUCTION
KW  - PILES
KW  - PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
N1  - This paper describes problems that were encountered, and solutions that were obtained, during the design and construction of foundations for a multi-storey building sited over the Mersey Tunnel in Liverpool. To ensure that the weight of the structure would not adversely affect the rock surrounding the tunnel, theoretical analyses were made to estimate existing stresses: and experiments on photo-elastic models were made to assess imposed stresses. The results showed that major loads would have to be transmitted to either side of the tunnel by air space foundations consisting of floating beams supported on end-bearing piles
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