Land Reclaimation
Case study- The Foreshore, Capetown.
This town was propose on 1937 under in charge of The South African Railways and Harbours (SAR&H) and the city council took charge of the venture. SAR&H appointed two advisers (F Lonstreth Thomson, a well-known British planner, and Prof. L.W. Thornton White of UCT) and the municipality drew on the services of a French planner E.E. Beaudouin, who was given leave from the army by the French government who considered it an honour for France to have him working in Cape Town. He brought French influence including a love of sweeping vistas and wide boulevards. Dredging and land-filling began in 1937 and progressed steadily until the largest dry dock in the southern hemisphere was opened with much fanfare in 1945. The development of the foreshore in the 1950s and 60s was plagued by disagreement about priorities. Among these were the need to ensure good traffic flow, the desire for broad boulevards and an open vista for the 'Gateway to Africa'. The resulting compromise were wide roads that cut the foreshore up into windy stretches and asphalt and concrete car parks that were inaccessible to pedestrians. Gaps between skyscrapers created wind tunnels that could blow buses over. The result was a virtually lifeless city centre in the evenings, with the exception of a few bars and restaurants popular with visiting sailors, and prostitutes standing on street corners. With the success of the Waterfront the development of the foreshore began to gather fresh impetus. Very large hotels were built in the late 1990s, and the impressive Cape Town International Convention Centre opened in late 2003. The city planted trees and improved the windswept 'Herrengracht' boulevard. Modern office blocks filled in the formally desolate gaps. At last the foreshore became a proud part of the city.

The blue dotted line show the original coast line of the cape town.

The foreshore of Cape Town

The early work of land reclaimation.

Grouting Method
Grouting Methods is one of the dewatering for earthwork purpose or to soil treatment purpose. Grouting is a method where a concrete or admixture of concrete is injected to the soil, the cavity inside the soil has been prepared for the concrete to be injected and after being injected, the soil will be hard and no water can be penetrated.

The example of grouting method