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Reading guide 5: Design considerations for clay earthworks
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posted on 2024-02-06, 15:40 authored by Peter HelmPeter Helm, Alister SmithAlister Smith, Fleur Loveridge, Wengui Huang, Iain JohnstonSteeper slope angles mean less land take, reduced earthworks volumes, reduced embodied carbon, and cost savings. However, they may also come with increased future maintenance. Considering long-term slope conditions in design enables decisions about whole-life cost and carbon trade-offs between initial slope angles, asset-life, and future maintenance.
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Assessment, Costing and enHancement of long lIfe, Long Linear assEtS (ACHILLES)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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