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Proper soil survey proposed for maintenance of collapsed roads



BANGKOK: -- The Engineering Institute of Thailand has proposed a proper survey of soil layers of the collapsed roads in Bangkok and its peripherals before the start of road maintenance or rebuilding.

Examinations of the cave-ins on the 100 kilometre road along Klong 13 in Pathum Thani province by engineers from the institute and Kasetsart University show that the soil layers are soft and when water in the klong running parallel to the road has receded to critical level and adding with the strong vibrations from traffic, the road will simply cave in.

Associate Professor Sutthisak Sornlum, vice president of the Engineering Institute of Thailand, said that the random soil layer survey currently undertaken by the road constructers was insufficient. The soil survey must be thorough otherwise there is a great chance that the road will collapse again, he cautioned.

Rural Road Department deputy director-general Kritthep Simlee said that the 100-km Klong 13 road collapsed at 44 points each about 100 metres long and two metres deep.

He said that the road sat on the earth embankment of the Royal Irrigation Department and, therefore, it was vulnerable to collapse when the water level in the Klong had receded.

The roads running parallel to Klong 13 were uplifted to also serve as flood barrier and they were built last year.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/proper-soil-survey-proposed-for-maintenance-of-collapsed-roads


-- Thai PBS 2015-07-21

[thesetat2013]

Wasn't there an article just recently about bangkok sinking? Perhaps they should be looking into how their roads are built instead of the layers of soil. One idea would be to stop starting new construction projects and then abandoning them to go start more and leaving them unfinished for a year or so. Many times I see where roads are laid out but unfinished and abandoned for a year or 2 the construction continues. I realise this is a way to show a need for more money in the next budget but it does not help in the end with crappy road construction. Within months they have holes and cracks in them.

[davehowden]

Too much money "wasted" to do anything properly.

[NongKhaiKid]

What a revolutionary idea, let's have proper soil testing before construction rather than wait until after the roads have collapsed and it costs more in repairs, disruption etc that could possibly have been avoided.

[ratcatcher]

What a revolutionary idea, let's have proper soil testing before construction rather than wait until after the roads have collapsed and it costs more in repairs, disruption etc that could possibly have been avoided.

When in Thailand do as the Romans did. They knew something about road construction I believe.

[trogers]

Things done properly means less for under the tables...

[terminatorchiangmai]

In the Netherlands they have water management and not let the so needy dikes dry up !

Maybe they could learn some lessons form them.

[NongKhaiKid]

In the Netherlands they have water management and not let the so needy dikes dry up !

Maybe they could learn some lessons form them.

I think the Netherlands is a popular destination for official jollies to supposedly ' study ' how they do things but nothing seems to come out of these trips.

Didn't the Governor of BKK and entourage go very recently to study software to be used in forward planning ?

Forward planning, oh just what am I saying ?

[MockingJay]

What did they expect when they started to build their capital on swamp land? A miracle? Proper soil survey... man...

This was published in 2013: The city of more than 9.3 million people is dropping at a rate of 20.1 millimeters to 28 millimeters per year...

Edited July 22, 2015 by MockingJay

[sammygood]

i guess that happens when the person in charge got his 30% usual grease and a degree for attending a school/uni