Geotechnical evaluation on soft soil characteristic before and after improvement by using Micropile and Lime column method in Jungkat, Pontianak Regency, West Kalimantan

Abstract

Indonesia is a country that has abundant of soft soil, covers about 26 million hectares of the land area, almost half of which is located in Kalimantan. There are several problems with construction over soft soil challenging to geotechnical engineering, such as low bearing capacity, excessive water content, high compressibility and long term settlement. The main objectives of this research is (1) to evaluate the characteristic of soil foundatio