Temporary works : principles of design and construction / edited by Murray Grant and Peter F. Pallet

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Safety, statutory and contractual obligations -- Management of temporary works -- Site compounds and set-up -- Tower crane bases -- Site roads and working platforms -- Control of groundwater -- Lime and cement stabilisation -- Jet grouting -- Artificial ground freezing -- Slope stability in temporary excavations -- Sheet piling -- Trenching -- Diaphragm walls -- Contiguous and secant piled walls -- Caissons and shafts -- Bearing piles -- Jetties and plant platforms -- Floating plant -- Temporary bridging -- Heavy moves -- Access and proprietary scaffolds -- Falsework -- Formwork -- Soffit formwork -- Climbing and slip forms -- Temporary facade retention -- Bridge installation techniques.