SUPER WELL POINT TECHNOLOGY WITH ADVANCEMENTS IN SOIL IMPROVEMENTS FOR LAND RECLAMATIONS

Abstract The present technologies in ground improvements are limited to vertical drains with some using vacuum created with plastic sheets on the ground surface. The rate of improvements resulting from such vertical drains rely also very much on earth surcharges to more than 10 m high. This total method is time consuming and costly. The Super Well Point (SWP) technology has further advanced with compressed air setup called SukKaraKan (SKK) in further accelerating the ground improvements applied to dredged and soft soils. Less surcharge, or if required, for achieving much better what other present methods could perform in time and degree of consolidation. This paper also shares some achievements more superior than other presently available methods in soil improvements and ground consolidation of soft soils. The use of SWP-SKK advances land reclamations in accelerating consolidation settlement and degree of consolidation thereby creating "newland" for land scarce Singapore with less sand imports hence costs and time efficiencies.