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ENR > Buildings > Vacuum Technique Cuts Soil Settlement Time in Half - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
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| To speed up ground settlement at the site of a Vietnamese powerplant, French engineers are vacuuming water from a 16-meter-deep layer of compressible clay. Final ground levels are due to be reached in under half the 18 months needed when using conventional gravity drainage, claims the contractor.
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