ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATION DEGREE USING SETTLEMENT OBSERVATION RESULTS AND ASAOKA METHOD: A CASE STUDY OF ROUTE KM 94+340 -:- KM 94 + 440 OF HANOI - HAIPHONG HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

In this paper, we used Asaoka method for determining consolidation degree of the soft ground as it is the most simple and reliable method. For this, settlement observatıon results collected from km 94+340÷ km 94+440 of Ha Noi – Hai Phong highway construction project were used. Validation was also done by comparing the consolidation degree determined from the Asaoka method and technical design records from the project. The results show that the consolidation degree calculated from observational data using Asaoka method is 99.81% which is larger than technical design record data (90%).