King's Harbour Integrated Resort

Time Period: 07/2015 – 11/2015

Location: Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Building Industry Sector: Tourism & Entertainment Development Project

Project Scope:

Overall coastal hospitality development project in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
Integrated Resort with 3 internally branded Hotels and Entertainment Centre near the existing Sihanoukville Autonomous Port with following features:

110 keys 5Star Hotel
400 keys 4 Star Hotel
350 keys 3 Star Hotel
Entertainment center with 100 table casino (mass and VIP floors), retail, f&b, roof top pool club
Immigration Building
External features: pier/boardwalk, marina, beach nourishment
GFA: 104,000m2, land area: appr. 6ha

Construction Costs:

Design-Build Contract: appr. 145 Mio USD

Scope of Services

Geotechnical Investigation Services provided in order to perform:

Planning and Design of Building Foundations
Planning and Design of Beach Nourishment
Planning and Design of Pier / Boardwalk and Marina

Detailed Geotechnical Investigation Services performed:

Drilling of 5 Offshore and 5 Onshore Boreholes (from 12m to 25m depth)
Performing of SPT Field Tests at each Borehole (18 tests)
Performing of Field Vane Shear Tests
Undisturbed Soil Sampling (in total 18 samples)
Rock Coring and Sampling (in total 70m rock core samples)
Ground Water Sampling
Laboratory Testing to obtain
- Soil classification and identification such as gradation analysis, Attenberg’s limits, density, specific gravity, void ratio, degree of saturation, etc.
- Engineering properties such as consolidation characteristics, unconfined compressive strength, triaxial shear strength, etc.
- Rock classification and strength properties
- Ground water chemical analysis
Geotechnical Investigation Report (Executive Summary; Field Test & Laboratory Test Results of Soil, Rock and Groundwater; Evaluation of Conditions and Parameters for Soil, Rock and Groundwater; Conclusions & Recommendations on foundation methods, soil settlement characteristics for beach nourishment)