Groundwater Lowering in Construction

From The Critics

Cashman explains how to manage and control water-bearing soils and surface water run-off during construction. Because the problem and its solution are generally temporary, they are usually left for the contractor to deal with, but he argues that they should be considered as part of the overall project from the very beginning, especially because conditions may in fact turn out to be very different than what initial testing indicated, and the entire project must be altered to account for the difference. He writes primarily for dewatering specialists and advisors, but also for engineers, contractors, clients, and graduate engineering students. The manuscript was well along when he died in 1996, and Preene, also a British consultant, completed it. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR