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The Gullfaks C platform is a heavy concrete gravity structure resting on soft soils. To resist the design storm loads both a solution with circular concrete walls (skirts) to great depth and active improvement of soils were necessary. This paper describes the solution and gives some results from a continuous monitoring programme of the structure and foundation.
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Tjelta, T.I. (1993). Foundation Behaviour of Gullfaks C. In: Ardus, D.A., Clare, D., Hill, A., Hobbs, R., Jardine, R.J., Squire, J.M. (eds) Offshore Site Investigation and Foundation Behaviour. Advances in Underwater Technology, Ocean Science and Offshore Engineering, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2473-9_23
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