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Twelfth Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, 6-10 May, 1996, Kuala Lumpur

Site Stabilisation and Foundations for a High-rise


Building on a Steep Slope

J.C. WALLACE Ove Arup & Partners International, Singapore


Y.W. YEE Arup Jururunding Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

SYNOPSIS A new multi-storey hotel has been constructed on a steep slope at the Genting Highlands resort in Malaysia.
The site formation works involved cutting back the slope of decomposed granite soil, to form two platforms, one above
the other, and two vertical faces of combined height up to 40m. The faces are each retained by a line of non-contiguous
hand-dug caissons, with infill panels between, tied back by multiple rows of permanent ground anchors. The building is
founded on hand-dug caissons socketed into bedrock as deep as 42m from platform level. This paper describes the slope
stability assessment, including the soil parameters adopted and examples of the calculated factors of safety, and the design
and construction of the anchored retaining walls and foundations. A long term inspection and testing programme for
monitoring the performance of the retaining walls and anchors is briefly outlined.

INTRODUCTION vertical retammg walls support the cut faces above the
platforms - Wall D, 20m to 23m high, between the two
Recent expansion of accommodation and car parking platforms, and Wall F, 9m to 17m high, along the face
facilities at the Genting Highlands hilltop resort in Malaysia above the upper platform (Figure 2).
has included construction of the New Highland Hotel, on
a steeply sloping site. The following sections describe the The retaining walls each comprise a line of non-
site, the geotechnical investigation carried out and the contiguous hand-dug caissons, with reinforced concrete
design and construction of slope stabilisation measures and infill panels between. Multiple rows of permanent ground
foundations for the development. anchors installed through the caissons provide lateral
support to the walls.
SITE AND DEVELOPMENT
The building foundations comprise hand-dug caissons
The site is on a steep hillside on a strip of ground along socketed into granite bedrock. Loads from the hotel tower
and just below the crest of the slope. At the top of the are carried on caissons installed through the lower
slope to the east of the site is the well known Genting platform. The 3-storey podium on the eastern side of the
Hotel with open-air car parking to the north. A road tower is supported on caissons installed through the upper
following the contour around the hillside marks the site's platform and on the Wall F caissons.
lower, western boundary, below which there is a very steep
slope dropping more than lOOm to the valley floor. Before
construction began at the site, the area was undeveloped SITE INVESTIGATION
and covered in natural vegetation (grass and shrubs).
Topographic Survey
A plan of the building is shown in Figure 1 and a typical
cross-section in Figure 2. The development contains an A topographic survey for the project included the general
hotel and multi-storey car park. The substructure below area around the proposed building and extended down the
ground level at the top of the site comprises up to 12 levels slope well below the lower platform level. The survey
in all (9 levels of car parking and 3 levels of staff quarters) generally provided contour lines at 1.5m intervals. One of
and the 16-storey superstructure consists of a 3-storey the primary purposes of the surveying was to enable
podium with 13-storey tower block above. accurate plotting of ground profiles (cross-sections) through
the site for engineering analysis.
The site formation works essentially involved cutting back
the existing slope to form two 'steps', ie platforms. Two

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FIGURE I. PLAN OF BUILDING AND BOREHOLE LAYOUT


RL. 1801m

Soil Investigation

An extensive soil investigation was carried out involving NOlES


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59 boreholes (Figure 1). The boreholes were advanced by I NClTT(lc;('lllf

rotary wash boring to depths ranging from lOrn to 56m.


Standard Penetration Tests (SPT) were carried out at
approximately 1.5m intervals in all the boreholes. The
boreholes were terminated in rock strata (with one
exception) and bedrock was proved by coring at least 6m.
Groundwater was not encountered in any of the boreholes.

Laboratory tests were performed on soil samples retrieved


from the boreholes. These were mainly classification tests,
i.e. moisture content, Atterberg limits and particle size
analyses, and indicated that the soil on the site generally
contains a high percentage of coarse material - sand and
gravel (above 70%).

Unconfined compressive strength tests were conducted on


rock cores. The strengths varied between 11.0 and 80.5
MPa with an average of 35.8 MPa. The wide range can be
attributed to the varying grades of weathering and the
presence of fissures in some of the sample cores.

Soil and Rock Stratification

The boreholes confirmed that the natural ground consists


of variably weathered granitic material. The SPT results
showed that the soil strength generally increases with FIGURE 2. SCHEMATIC CROSS SECTION
depth. For the engineering purposes considered here, the
ground could be broadly divided into four categories of
material, based on descriptions in the borehole logs and the
SPT results :-

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FIGURE 3. GEOLOGICAL CROSS-SECTION 5-5


CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE
(a) Fill or Made Ground
Generally consists predominantly of loose silty sand
In order to minimise the depth of excavation required for
and gravel. SPT 'N' values generally less than 10
the building's caisson foundations, it was decided to first
blows/300mm.
carry out the bulk excavation for the site formation, and
then sink the foundation caissons from approximately the
(b) Completely Decomposed Granite (CDG)
final platform levels.
Material of weathering grade V in accordance with
British Standard BS 5930. In general, SPT 'N' between
Construction of the two main retaining walls D and F had
10 and 50 blows/300mm. (Includes some residual soil,
to proceed simultaneously with the bulk excavation, so that
grade VI).
lateral support to the vertical cut faces could be provided
progressively as excavation levels were lowered to the final
(c) Moderately Decomposed Granite (MDG)
platform levels. The critical activity with respect to overall
Grade III material. Rock coring generally required
completion of the project was the construction of the hotel
but in places interbedded with soil with SPT 'N'
tower. Therefore priority in the site formation.works was
above 100 blows/300mm. (Includes some highly
on excavation of the lower platform to allow an early start
weathered granite, grade IV.)
on the tower foundations. Based on the foregoing
objectives, the overall sequence of the groundworks was as
(d) Slightly Decomposed Granite (SDG)
follows :-
Grade II material. Rock coring required, with CRR
exceeding 60% and RQD above 30%.
1. Install hand-dug caissons for retaining walls D and F
with priority on Wall D (furthest downhill). '
Eleven geological cross-sections were drawn through the
site. An example is shown in Figure 3.
2. Excavate in front (downhill) of Wall D to progressively
lower the ground level to create the lower platform.

3. Wall D: In sequence with 2 above, progressively


construct the reinforced concrete infill panels between
adjacent retaining wall caissons, and install and stress

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INTERM£DIA T£
STABIUTY
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successive rows of permanent ground anchors through
the caissons.
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4. Install caisson foundations from the lower platform. INTERt.I£DIAT£
STABIUTY

5. Excavate in front (downhill) of Wall F to progressively


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lower the ground level to create the upper platform. \ ~-WAll 0

6. Wall F: In sequence with 5 above, construct the infill


panels and install permanent tie-back anchors through OV£RAll
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STABIUTY

ST.ABIUfY
the caissons (as 3 above).

7. Install caisson foundations from the upper platform.

SLOPE STABILITY
Soil Parameters

The ground was divided into the four soil/rock strata


Slope stability analyses were performed on four cross- listed above. For the fill and CDG, drained shear strength
sections through the site at the locations shown in Figure 1. parameters c' and ¢' were adopted in the slope stability
The analyses were carried out using Bishop's method with analyses. The values used (see below) were estimated from
variably inclined interslice forces, using the well- the soil investigation data and are considered reasonable
established Oasys program SLOPE. The result is average values for the soils present. The MDG is typically
expressed in terms of a factor of safety on soil shear anisotropic, containing core boulders of SDG within the
strength. MDG matrix, and locally the shear strength can be
expected to be highly non-uniform. For the purposes of
Failure Modes the slope stability analyses, where potential failure surfaces
typically pass through relatively extensive masses of the
Slope stability was considered under both temporary MDG, and based on the SPT results, the MDG was treated
conditions (during excavation) and in the long term as a very weak rock. The SDG (solid bedrock) generally
situation with the development completed. For the long has high shear strength and it is unlikely therefore that
term case, slope stability was examined by considering critical slip surfaces will pass through this material.
three broad failure modes, as follows (see Figure 4) :-
The following shear strength parameters were adopted :-
(a) Overall Stability
Analyses were made on slip circles extending from Fill c' 5 kPa, ¢' = 30°
the open-air car park at the top of the site, beneath the
CDG c' 5 kPa, ¢' = 35°
new retaining walls and building, and day-lighting on
the slope below the site. MDG Cu = 500 kPa (¢ = zero).

(b) Intermediate Stability


(1) Slip circles starting from the road/open-air car In the slope stability analyses', the SDG was assigned the
park at the top of the site and day-lighting same shear strength as the MDG.
through Wall F (upper retaining wall).
(2) Slip circles day-lighting through Wall D (lower Groundwater
retaining wall).
The effect of a phreatic surface was not generally
(c) Local Stability included in the slope stability analyses, i.e. the
Slip circles starting on the lower platform and groundwater level was taken to be at or below solid
day-lighting on the slope below the site. bedrock level. This assumption was based on the
following:-
For each failure mode, families of slip circles were
analysed, to search for minimum values of the factor of (i) groundwater was not encountered in the site
safety. investigation boreholes;

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(ii) the caisson excavations were generally dry or
encountered water only close to bedrock level; (t) Shear resistance of caissons - the contribution of the
reinforced concrete caissons to the shear resistance on
(iii) the platform at the top of the slope (open-air car park) potential slip surfaces was conservatively neglected in
is paved, allowing minimal rainwater infiltration; the stability analyses.

(iv) a surface drainage system was being installed to Factors of Safety


discharge stormwater away from the site;
The slope stability assessment and determination of
(v) weep holes were provided on a 3m square grid required ground anchor capacity was based on the need to
through the anchored retaining walls. achieve a long-term factor of safety on soil shear strength
of not less than 1.4 for all credible combinations of design
External Loads assumptions.

The following external loads acting on the potentially Results of Slope Analyses
sliding soil mass were allowed for in the slope stability
analyses where appropriate:- Slope stability analyses were performed on four cross-
sections considered to be representative of the most critical
(a) Traffic surcharge - applied on the road and open-air portions of the slope. One of these, Section 5, is shown in
car park at the top of the site. Figure 3. For each cross-section, analyses were carried
out for each of the failure modes identified above and for
(b) Wind load - acting on the tower block. It was up to six different load cases. (Altogether, there were 168
assumed conservatively that the caisson foundations sets of analyses for the four sections). As an example, the
might transfer the full lateral wind load to the results for Section 5 are shown in Table 1. ·
potentially sliding soil mass.
(a) Overall Stability
(c) Vertical building load - part of the load on the The analyses yielded high factors of safety (FOS), in
caissons may be transferred in shaft resistance to the an overall range of 1.80 to 3.08 for all the cases
soil mass above the solid bedrock. Therefore two considered. This implies that such a mode of failure
cases were considered : would not occur, even if all the anchors were to fail.
(i) Zero building load applied to the soil (ie 100% As noted above, in the stability analyses the SDG was
transferred to bedrock). assigned the same shear strength as the MDG. But
(ii) Half of the vertical load on the caissons generally in practice the SDG has much greater
transferred to the 'sliding' soil mass. strength than the MDG and slip circles that penetrate
deep into the SDG are unlikely to be critical.
(d) Ground anchor forces- the vertical component of the Therefore, where the slip circles in Figure 3 are shown
anchor loads was assumed to be resisted by the through the SDG, the critical circle will actually be
caissons. The horizontal component was included in the shallower and have a higher FOS.
slope stability analyses as an external (resisting) force
acting on the potentially sliding soil mass. The anchor (b) Intermediate Stability
forces incorporated in the analyses were Analyses performed on these slip circles indicate the
conservatively based on only the design working FOS exceeding 1.4 when the full anchor design load is
loads of the anchors, and not their ultimate capacities. applied. In the hypothetical case when half the anchors
Check analyses were performed with the anchor force have failed, there would generally still be a FOS of at
equal to half the design value (and also zero, for least 1.0.
overall stability) to examine the sensitivity of the
results. (c) Local Stability
Analyses for slip circles passing beneath the tower
(e) Lateral loads from retaining walls - in analysing the footprint yield FOS values for Load Case 1 (no lateral
local stability of the lower platform, checks were made load from the retaining walls and no building weight
of the hypothetical case where a number of the upslope transferred to the 'sliding' soil mass) which are not less
ground anchors fail : analyses were performed than about 1.4, and for Load Case 2 (half the building
assuming that half the lateral load on Wall F (upper) weight transferred) values not less than 1.25. For the
and the full lateral load on Wall D are transferred to hypothetical Load Cases 3 and 4 where lateral loads
the tower substructure and through its foundations to from the retaining walls are applied, to model failure
the soil beneath. of the ground anchors, the FOS values are lower but

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still above 1.0. For slip circles 'J', outside the tower tied back by up to seven rows of permanent ground anchors
footprint, FOS values for some of the cross-sections installed through the caissons.
were marginal, in the range 0.95 to 1.10. Since failure
on such a surface would probably damage the road The principal considerations in the design of the retaining
below the building, and might jeopardise the building walls were :-
platform, slope stabilisation works (anchored caisson
wall and soil nails) are being installed on the (i) lateral stability
downhill side of the road. (ii) structural adequacy - considering soil-wall interaction
(iii) vertical load capacity of the caissons.

RETAINING WALLS Lateral stability : two main failure modes were


considered - wall toe stability (toe 'kick-out'), and overall
General stability. Toe stability was checked for each excavation
stage by determining moments about the lowest installed
Each retaining wall consists of a line of 1.2m diameter anchor to ensure there was adequate toe penetration, and
hand-dug caissons installed at approximately 4m centres also checking the required anchor force. Overall wall
and generally socketed into rock, with reinforced concrete stability was addressed in the slope stability analyses
infill panels spanning between the caissons. The walls are described above.
TABLE 1 - SUMMARY OF SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSES (SECTION 5-5)

SLIP FACTOR OF SAFETY (for critical circle through common point)


SECTION 5
CIRCLE Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 Case 6

A 2.96 2.33 2.39 2.02 1.99 1.80


Overall
B 2.70 2.70 2.62 2.61 2.54 2.19
Stability
c 2.44 2.40 2.38 2.33 2.31 2.2~

Intermediate Slip Circle D 2.71

-Through Wall F (upper) 2.06

Intermediate Siip Circle F 1.99


-Through Wall D (lower)
G 1.98

H 1.92
Local Stabilty of
1.56
Lower Platform
1.10

OVERALL STABILITY INTERMEDIATE STABILITY - THROUGH WALL D (LOWER)


ALL CASES: TRAfFIC SURCHARGE ON TOP AREA ALL CASES : TRAFFIC SURCHARGE ON TOP AREA
l'tiND LOAD ACTING NO 'MND LOAD
CASE 1 FULL ANCHOR FORCE, NO BUILDING l'tiEIGHT CASE 1 FULL ANCHOR FORCE, NO BUILDING WEIGHT
CASE 2 FULL ANCHOR FORCE, 1/2 BUILDING l'tiEIGHT CASE 2 FULL ANCHOR FORCE, 1/2 BUILDING WEIGHT
CASE 3 HALF ANCHOR FORCE, NO BUILDING l'tiEJGHT CASE 3 HALF ANCHOR FORCE, NO BUILDING WEIGHT
CASE 4 HALF ANCHOR FORCE, 1/2 BUILDING YtiEIGHT CASE 4 HALF ANCHOR FORCE, 1/2 BUILDING 'MEGHT
CASE 5 ZERO ANCHOR FORCE, NO BUILDING l'tiEIGHT
CASE 6 ZERO ANCHOR FORCE, 1/2 BUILDING l'tiEIGHT

INTERMEDIATE STABILITY - THROUGH WALL F (UPPER) LOCAL STABILITY OF LOWER PLATFORM


ALL CASES : TRAFFIC SURCHARGE ON TOP AREA ALL CASES : l'tiND LOAD ACTING
NO 'MND LOAD NO TRAFFIC SURCHARGE APPLICABLE
NO BUILDING l'tiEIGHT NO ANCHOR FORCE ON SLIDING SOIL
CASE 1 FULL ANCHOR FORCE CASE 1 ZERO LATERAL LOAD FRO~ RETAINING WALLS, NO BLDG. WT.
CASE 3 HALF ANCHOR FORCE CASE 2 ZERO LATERAL LOAD FROM RETAINING WALLS, 1/2 BLDG. WT.
CASE 3 \\HH LATERAL LOAD FR~ RETAINING WALLS, NO BLDG. WT.
CASE 4 \11TH LATERAL LOAD FR~ RETAINING WALLS, 1/2 BLDG. WT.

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For the toe stability analyses, the soil parameters in Table The results of the soil-wall interaction analyses for walls
2 were adopted. The mobilised horizontal earth pressure D and F are summarised in Table 4. The shear forces and
coefficients K.m and ~m were determined using the design bending moments calculated by FREW are equivalent to
charts in NA VFAC 7.2 (1982) adopting a factor of safety 'working' values. These were factored up by 1.4 to obtain
(FOS) = 1.3 on soil shear strength, and wall friction ratios 'ultimate' values for reinforced concrete design to British
Standard BS 8110.
Table 2 - Soil Parameters for Calculation of Wall Toe
Stability Vertical load capacity : the retaining wall caissons were
treated as load bearing piles to determine the required
Stratum 'Y c' rf>' Kam Kpm penetration below final excavation level. The vertical loads
(kN/m 3> (kPa) (deg.) allowed for were the self-weight of the caisson and infill
CDG 18 0 35 0.31 4.17 panels, friction on the back of the wall, the vertical
component of anchor load and any applied column loading.
MDG 21 - - 0.31* 4.17*
* - conservative
PERMANENT GROUND ANCHORS
of¢' m of 2/3 and 112 for active and passive pressures,
respectively. The FOS of 1.3 was considered appropriate The anchors are of the multistrand type, designed to
for the temporary condition of the wall during excavation, British Standard BS 8081, to an allowable load of 1500 kN
which is the critical case for wall toe stability. with a factor of safety of not less than 1.5. The anchors
were installed in 165mm diameter drillholes and socketed
The groundwater level was assumed to be below the wall at least lOrn into rock (grade III or better). Typically the
toe, based on the site investigation boreholes and anchors were 25m to 30m long. The minimum lengths of
observations in the initial caisson excavations. 'fixed' (bonded) strand at the bottom of the anchor and
'free' strand in the tendon were 6m and 12m, respectively.
For most sections of the retaining walls the toe For long term durability, triple corrosion protection of the
penetration was governed by the required vertical load steel strand in the free length was provided by a coating of
capacity of the caissons. grease, individual PVC sheathing, and finally grouting the
drillhole to achieve a water and air free environment. The
Structural adequacy : soil-wall interaction analyses fixed length of the anchor was pregrouted into a corrugated
modelling the staged excavation and anchoring sequence tube before installation in the drillhole.
were carried out to determine the shear forces and bending
moments in the wall and to estimate lateral wall The anchor design included checks for the following
displacement, using the Oasys program FREW (for design modes of failure :-
of 'flexible' retaining walls). The soil parameters in Table
3 were adopted. The horizontal earth pressure coefficients (i) grout-rock bond failure
K. and KP were varied with depth according to the SPT (ii) grout-strand bond failure
blowcounts and were determined using the design charts in (iii) rock cone (mass) pull-out
NA VFAC 7.2 (1982) with unfactored soil parameters. (iv) strand tensile failure.

Table 3 - Soil Parameters for Soil~-Wall Interaction Analyses


Soil Parameters
Stratum
'Y c' 1/> Ka Kp Ko v' E'
(kN/m3) (kPa) (deg.) (kPa)
FILL 17 5 30 0.31 4.30 0.45 0.2 1375xN*
to to to
32 0.29 4.55
CDG/ 18 5 35 0.22 4.70 0.40 0.2 1500xN*
MDG to to to
45 0.14 14.0
* N SF · blowcounti: OOrnm

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Table 4 - Results of Soil-Wall Interaction Analyses CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION

FREW Results Full-time site supervision was provided by experienced


representatives of both the Engineer and Owner. The
Wall Height Max Max Max founding rock in every caisson was inspected and verified
Lateral Wall Structural Anchor personally by the Engineer's representative. Similarly,
Displ. * Forces Force there was close supervision of the fabrication, installation
and stressing of all the permanent ground anchors.
Shear Bending (kN/m) (kN/
(m) (mm) Force Moment caisson
~kN/m) kNm/m LONG TERM MAINTENANCE
A 20 27 318 636 405 1590 A long term inspection and maintenance programme has
B 23 45 280 530 411 1615 been set down for implementation throughout the life of the
building.
c 17 34 211 551 401 1576
The retaining walls are to be inspected visually by the
* top of wall Engineer on a yearly basis. Inclinometer tubes have been
built into the retaining wall caissons to allow monitoring of
For the allowable anchor load of 1500 kN, the average any lateral movements. The anchor heads are accessible
grout-rock bond stress is approximately 300 kN/m2 based from the car parking levels and are fitted with removable
on the 10m minimum rock socket length. covers to permit rejacking of the strands in 'lift-off tests
to check the anchor loads, and to allow any restressipg
Two precontract trial anchors were load-tested at the site required. A proportion of the anchors is to be tested each
with satisfactory results. year. Permanent load cells permitting digital readout have
been fitted to 62 anchors (about 10% of total) for quick
routine checking.
FOUNDATIONS

The building is founded on hand-dug caissons socketed at CONCLUSION


least 2.4m into sound granite (grade II or better). The
caisson shaft diameters vary from 1.4m to 2.6m according Construction of high-rise buildings on steep slopes is
to the column loads. The depths of the caissons ranged feasible in certain circumstances. A thorough site
from 10m to 42m from platform level. The rock sockets investigation including deep boreholes is needed for
were "belled-out" to diameters typically 0.6m to 0.8m determining the feasibility, and a comprehensive slope
larger than the shaft diameters. The bearing capacity stability analysis. To ensure a safe end-product,
design of the caissons was based on the rock parameters construction should be supervised by experienced personnel
given in Table 5. and particular attention paid to stabilisation measures such
as permanent ground anchors. A long term ins.pection and
In addition to vertical loads, the caissons were designed testing programme should be implemented to ensure the
to resist lateral loads due to wind and earth pressure. The continued satisfactory performance of permanent slope
analyses were carried out using the Oasys General stabilisation measures throughout the life of the building.
Structural Analysis (GSA) software, and the building and
caissons were modelled to resist the lateral loads in frame ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
action.
This paper reports a development undertaken by Resorts
Table 5 - Design Parameters for Caisson Bearing Capacity World Bhd and permission for publication is gratefully
acknowledged. Recognition is accorded to colleagues of
Weathered Allowable Unit Allowable Unit
the authors in the engineering design team at Arup
Rock Grade Shaft Friction End Bearing
Jururunding Sdn Bhd, in particular Mr. K.L. Ng (Project
(kPa) (kPa)
Director), Mr. Y.Y. Guo (Project Manager), Mr M.M.
II II 550 5000 Wong and Mr P.H. Low (Structural Engineers) and Mr.
Hisham Pajar (Geo. Engineer). The site supervision team
III 300 3000
also contributed importantly to the success of the project.
IV IV* 100 1500 The good efforts of the Contractor, Bachy Soletanche (M)
* grade IV IV accepted as toundmg matenal only when SPT 'N' > HX Sdn Bhd on a demanding site are also recognised.

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