• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
• /
• v.17 no.2
• /
• pp.70-79
• /
• 2016

The current remodeling cost estimation process is not only dependent on the historical data of new building construction, but it also has a poor linkage with risk-based estimation approach. As such, there is a high risk of falling short of initial budget. To overcome this, a risk-based estimation approach is necessary by providing a probabilistic estimation in consideration of the potential risk factors in conducting the remodeling projects. In addition, the decision-making process should be linked with the risk-based estimation results in stead of intuitive and/or experience-based estimation. This study provides a probabilistic estimation process for residential remodeling projects by developing a detailed methodology in which a step-by-step approach can be achieved. The new proposed estimation approach can help in decision-making for remodeling projects in terms of whether to proceed or not, by effectively reflecting the potential risk factors in the early stage of the project. In addition, the study can enhance the reliability of the estimation results by developing a sustainable estimation process model where a risk-based evaluation can be accomplished by setting up the cost-risk relationship database structure.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
• /
• v.21 no.3
• /
• pp.347-362
• /
• 2019

Underground excavation using TBM machines has been increasing to reduce complaints caused by noise, vibration, and traffic congestion resulted from the urban underground construction in Korea. However, TBM excavation design and construction still need improvement because those are based on standards of the technologically advanced countries (e.g., Japan, Germany) that do not consider geological environment in Korea at all. Above all, although TBM performance is a main factor determining the TBM machine type, duration and cost of the construction, it is estimated by only using UCS (uniaxial compressive strength) as the ground parameters and it often does not match the actual field conditions. This study was carried out as part of efforts to predict penetration rate suitable for Korean ground conditions. The effective parameters were defined through the correlation analysis between the penetration rate and the geotechnical parameters or TBM performance parameters. The effective parameters were then used as variables of the multiple regression analysis to derive a regression model for predicting TBM penetration rate. As a result, the regression model was estimated by UCS and joint spacing and showed a good agreement with field penetration rate measured during TBM excavation. However, when this model was applied to another site in Korea, the prediction accuracy was slightly reduced. Therefore, in order to overcome the limitation of the regression model, further studies are required to obtain a generalized prediction model which is not restricted by the field conditions.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
• /
• v.11 no.1
• /
• pp.71-83
• /
• 2009

Shotcrete is an important primary support for tunnelling in rock. The quality control of shotcrete is a core issue in the safe construction and maintenance of tunnels. Although shotcrete may be applied well initially onto excavated rock surfaces, it is affected by blasting, rock deformation and shrinkage and can debond from the excavated surface, causing problems such as corrosion, buckling, fracturing and the creation of internal voids. This study suggests an effective non-destructive evaluation method of the tunnel shotcrete bonding state applied onto hard rocks using the impact-echo (IE) method and ground penetration radar (GPR). To verify previous numerical simulation results, experimental study carried out. Generally, the bonding state of shotcrete can be classified into void, debonded, and fully bonded. In the laboratory, three different bonding conditions were modeled. The signals obtained from the experimental IE tests were analyzed at the time domain, frequency domain, and time-frequency domain (i.e., the Short- Time Fourier transform). For all cases in the analyses, the experimental test results were in good agreement with the previous numerical simulation results, verifying this approach. Both the numerical and experimental results suggest that the bonding state of shotcrete can be evaluated through changes in the resonance frequency and geometric damping ratio in a frequency domain analysis, and through changes in the contour shape and correlation coefficient in a time-frequency analysis: as the bonding state worsens in hard rock condition, the autospectral density increases, the geometric damping ratio decreases, and the contour shape in the time-frequency domain has a long tail parallel to the time axis. The correlation coefficient can be effectively applied for a quantitative evaluation of bonding state of tunnel shotcrete. Finally, the bonding state of shotcrete can be successfully evaluated based on the process suggested in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
• /
• v.32 no.7
• /
• pp.25-34
• /
• 2016

Recently, in Korea, problems related with unstability of slope or sinkhole in urban area due to erosion of compacted granite soil which was used as a backfill or embankment material have been treated as important issues. Small hole might develop inside of backfill area due to erosion of not only weathered granite soil but also clay, silt, fine sand size particles when underground water flows. Once erosion starts in a soil mass, erosion rate increases gradually to cause rapid destruction. In this study, a rotating cylinder test (RCT) was performed to evaluate the hydraulic resistance characteristics of compacted weathered granite soil under various relative densities and preconsolidation pressures. Meanwhile, an image analysis method was introduced to analyze radius of irregularly eroded sample. It was found that image analysis is an effective means of minimizing the error in calculating a critical shear stress and threshold shear stress on the irregularly eroded sample. Furthermore, in general, hydraulic resistance capacity increases with the increase of relative density and preconsolidation pressure.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
• /
• v.15 no.12
• /
• pp.87-95
• /
• 2014

Recently, there are increasing technical needs for foundation retrofit project such as vertical extension of apartment building. This paper focuses on the load distribution characteristics of existing and reinforcing piles when reinforcing pile is installed to the existing foundation. Allowable bearing load was initially applied on the foundation slab supported with four existing piles and then, one reinforcing pile was installed at the center of foundation slab and additional load was applied. The experimental results showed the Load Distribution Ratio (LDR) between existing and reinforcing piles converged after the applied load exceeded allowable bearing capacity of all piles. Laboratory tests were also performed for the cases of 60 %, 80 %, 100 % unloading level of allowable bearing load. After unloading step, one reinforcing pile was installed at the center of foundation slab and additional load was applied. The results showed that reloading load level at which LDR between existing and reinforcing piles converged decreased as the amount of unloading load increased.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
• /
• v.18 no.1
• /
• pp.80-89
• /
• 2008

The influence of in-situ rock stress on the stability of an underground rock structure increases as the construction depth become deeper and the scale of a rock structure become larger. In general, hydraulic fracturing stress measurement has been performed in the surface boreholes of the target area at the design stage of an underground structure. However, for some areas where the high horizontal stresses were observed or where the overstressed conditions caused by topographical and geological factors are expected, it is desirable to conduct additional in-situ stress measurement in the underground construction site to obtain more detailed stress information for ensuring the stability of a rock structure and the propriety of current design. The study area was a construction site for the additional underground oil storage facility located in the south-east part of OO city, Jeollanam-do. Previous detailed site investigation prior to the design of underground structures revealed that the excessive horizontal stress field with the horizontal stress ratio(K) greater than 3.0 was observed in the construction area. In this study, a total of 13 hydraulic fracturing stress measurements was conducted in two boreholes drill from the two water tunnel sites in the study area. The investigation zone was from 180 m to 300 m in depth from the surface and all of the fracture tracing works were carried out by acoustic televiewer scanning. For some testing intervals at more than 200 m ind depth from surface, the high horizontal stress components the horizontal stress ratio(K) greater than 2.50 were observed. And the overall investigation results showed a good agreement with the previously performed test.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
• /
• v.17 no.3
• /
• pp.205-214
• /
• 2015

Rapid urbanization and industrialization have caused increased demand for underground structures such as cable, and other utility tunnels. Recently, it has become very difficult to construct new underground structures in downtown areas because of civil complaints, and engineering problems related to insufficient information about existing underground structures, cable tunnels in particular. This lack of information about the location and direction-of-travel of cable tunnels is causing many problems. To solve these problems, this study was focused on the use of geophysical exploration of the ground in a way that is theoretically, different from previous electrical resistivity surveys. An electric field analysis was performed on the ground with cable tunnels using Gauss' law and the Laplace equation. The electrical resistivity equation, which is a function of the cable tunnel direction, the cable tunnel location, and the electrical conductivity of the cable tunnel, can be obtained through electrical field analysis. A field test was performed for the verification of this theoretical approach. A field test results provided meaningful data.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
• /
• v.19 no.2
• /
• pp.227-236
• /
• 2003

The evaluation of the reliable strength and deformation characteristics of weathered granite masses is very important for the design of geotechnical structure under working stress conditions. Various types of laboratory test such as triaxial compression test can be performed to determine the strength parameters. However, it is very difficult to obtain the representative undisturbed samples on the site and also the rock specimen cannot represent rock mass including discontinuities, fracture zone, etc. This study aims to investigate the strength and deformation characteristics of granite masses corresponding to its weathering and develop a practical strength parameter evaluation method using the results of PMT. To predict weathering intensity and strength parameters of the weathered granite masess in the field, various laboratory tests and in-situ tests including field triaxial test and PMT are carried out. Based on the results of weathering index tests, the classification method is proposed to identify the weathering degree in three groups for the weathered granite masses. Using the analytical method based on the Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria and the cavity expansion theory, the strength parameters of rock masses were evaluated from the results of PMT. It shows that weathering intensity increases with decreasing the strength parameters exponentially. The strength parameters evaluated with the results of PM almost coincide with the results of field triaxial test.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
• /
• 2018.05a
• /
• pp.77-77
• /
• 2018

한국 건설기술연구원의 하천실증연구센터는 기존에 불가능했던 준 실규모 하천실험, 생태실험, 치수분야 대형 모형실험 및 하천관련 기준수립을 위한 치수분야 수요와 하천 구조물의 품질성능평가 등을 목적으로 설립된 대규모 하천실증연구센터이다. 안동 하천실증연구센터는 총면적 $193,051m^2$의 부지에 하천의 일반적인 형상을 갖고 있는 완경사, 급경사, 만곡수로가 있으며, 수리량 측정 실험을 위한 초음파 유속계, 프로펠러 유속계, 전자식 유속계 등의 유속 측정 장비를 보유하고 있고, Total Station, Lidar, RTK-GPS 등 지형 측량에 사용할 수 있는 장비들도 보유하고 있어, 하천관련 실험을 수행하기에 충분한 여건을 보유하고 있다. 하천실증연구센터는 2013년부터 내 외부활용에서 활용할 수 있도록 지원을 수행하였으며, 총 118건의 하천 수리 및 생태분야, 지반분야 등 다양한 토목분야의 연구자들이 하천실증연구센터를 방문하여 실험을 수행하였고, 국내 기관 및 대학뿐만 아니라 미국의 Iowa 대학, Idaho 대학, USGS, 네덜란드 Deltares, 프랑스 Irstea 등 외국의 대학 및 기관에서도 방문하여 실험 및 공동연구를 수행하였다. 안동 하천실증연구센터의 활용 범위와 활용 건수가 지속적으로 증가함에 따라 자체적인 검토 및 외부의 의견에 따라 센터의 실험시설에 대한 개선이 필요한 사항이 발생하게 되었다. 하천실증연구센터의 수로는 기존의 지반위에 성토를 하여 인공적으로 건설하였기 때문에 일반적인 실내의 실험수로와는 다르게 하상에서의 침투가 발생하며, 이에 따라 하류방향으로 흐름이 진행될수록 유량의 변동이 발생하게 된다. 이에 따라 침투로 인해 발생하는 유량의 변동이 하도 유량 공급의 안정화에 미치는 영향에 대한 신뢰성 검증의 필요성이 필요하다고 판단되어 펌프에서의 유량 공급 및 하도내에서의 유량 안정화에 대한 검증 실험을 수행하고자 한다. 유량 공급에 대한 검증 실험은 크게 두 단계로 구성하였다. 첫 번째 단계는 펌프의 유량 공급에 대한 검증실험을 수행하고, 두 번째 단계에서는 동일한 조건내에서 하류의 지하수 수심, 공급수조의 수심, 하도내의 수심과 ADV 및 ADCP로 측정된 유량과의 관계를 통해 하도내의 유량이 얼마나 일정하게 공급되고, 하류방향으로 갈수록 유량 손실의 경향에 대한 실험을 계획하였으며, 전체적인 실험은 장기적으로 각 수로에 대하여 수행하는 것을 목표로 하였으며, 본 실험단계에서는 완경사 수로를 대상으로 하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
• /
• v.21 no.3
• /
• pp.41-48
• /
• 2022

Generally it was known that member forces in the earthquake resistant design is lower than those in the general design. But it is not true in cases of water treatment underground structures, which is different in each case like water treatment plant, sedimentation basin, and utility-pipe conduit. Also, looking at the scale of earthquakes that have recently occurred in Korea, large-scale earthquakes are frequent, so when the magnitude of the design seismic force increases, it is necessary to investigate the seismic behavior of the water treatment underground structure and to deal with it. In this study the change rate of member forces was investigated by the change of design load factor (earthquake acceleration design criteria), earth depth, underground water level. The pseudo-static analysis and response displacement method was applied, and various analyzes were conducted depending on the ground water and soil depth. The proposed formula in this study will be efficient when the earthquake design code of water treatment underground structures is revised.