Abstract:
Computer aided grouting is an evolution that started nearly 4 decades ago but has only been accepted, embraced and instituted industry-wide since the turn of the last century. Admittedly, this has been a remarkable timeline for the acceptance of a “ Great Leap” technology, as it has been referred to in the world’ s geotechnical community. For better or worse, the rapid ascendency of this technology has spawned significant misunderstandings of its fundamental requirements to execute a top tier, quantitative, data-driven grouting program. Market acceptance has pressured practitioners in the grouting industry to adopt the technology but often without an understanding of the fundamental technical ideology and mechanical requirements for proper execution. Strikingly, most of the fundamentals are equally pertinent to basic versions of the technology as they are to advanced state of the art programs.