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Buykx, S.M. (author), Delfgaauw, S. (author), Bosch, J.W. (author)The excavation of deep building pits often requires a check against failure by uplift of low permeability ground layers below excavation level. Whenever the weight of these soil layers is less than the pore-water pressure underneath, measures to resist buoyancy are to be considered. The measures most commonly adopted include: decreasing the...conference paper 2009