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Darlington Upgrade Project
Introduction
In order to improve the worsening traffic conditions in the North-South corridor of Adelaide, the
relevant authorities came up with the idea of upgrading the existing Main South Road. The Main
South Road comprises of the Ayliffes Road, Stuart Road as well as the Tonsley Boulevard
intersection. The North-South Corridor is a motorway that connects the old Noarlunga and the
Gawler. It is a major motorway that greatly links the ever expanding manufacturing regions and
the suburb areas both north and south Adelaide. The expansion is viewed to greatly improve the
traffic conditions witnessed in the north-south corridor. Improved transport and infrastructure
within the regions will also improve the economic output of the region and also the productivity
of the locals (Clear, 2010).
This is a report that is mainly concerned with the geotechnical investigations that will enable the
designers of the Darlington upgrade project to have answers to several pertinent questions that
may arise during the whole course of developing the project. This is aimed at ensuring that the
final project is of greater standards. Some of the questions that the report will be answering
include;
Are the locally available raw materials sufficient and suitable for the intended road
construction?
In what way will the live loads and dead loads have an effect to the design of the project?
In what way will the ground respond to any change that will result from the proposed
design?

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What are the possible geotechnical characteristics of the region that could have an
influence on the design of the project?
It is important for the designers to have a lot of geotechnical information that will enable them to
acknowledge the restrictions that come about from the conditions of the site and the availability
of the raw materials that are used for the purpose of road construction and the influence they may
have of the final project (Alam, Kabir, & Chaudhri, 2014). There also are a number of basic
geotechnical issues that are involved in such earthworks projects. Such issues include the
following;
Intercepting the ground water which in turn results to changes in the stability and strength
of the materials.
Increasing the load on the ground that is produced with structural foundations and
compacted soils.
Destabilizing the areas surrounding when excavating or cutting grounds
The main aim of this report is therefore to offer enough information in order to achieve stable
and secure retaining wall structures for the stated project area. It also aims at classifying the
structures in accordance to the Australian standards (Thomas, 2010). In order to carry out the
research effectively, there is usage of 12D software. The software is used in order to collect
dimensional data of all the retaining walls. The report also makes use of reports that are provided
by the DPTI in order to make a determination of the conditions for the soils for the retaining
walls. The report also carries out a review of the progress of the whole project. The process of
carrying out the review involves conducting a detailed analysis of the progress that have been
made by all the processes of developing the project. All the changes that are carried out and that
involve altering the project in one way or another are also justified. Most importantly, the report

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will also involve reports on the construction works that have already been completed in relation
to the geotechnical aspects of the whole project, thus the overall progress report of the project
(Cleland, 2015).
Background
The Darlington upgrade project makes up part of the Adelaide North-South Corridor upgrade.
This is a vital component within the ongoing strategies on transport and infrastructure in South
Australia. The Adelaide North-South corridor is a 78 km route north to south freight that is
intended to be upgraded in order to do away with the bottlenecks that surround it usage as well as
offer non-stop road links that will connect the rapidly expanding residential and industrial areas
of growth all over Adelaide. The Darlington upgrade project will constitute of an upgrade of a
3.3kilometre of the south road. This will also include anon-stop motorway in between the
Tonsley Boulevard and the southern expressway that needs separations of grades at 5
intersections. The motorway is intended to pass below Flinders drive, Sutton road, Sturt road,
Mimosa Road as well as Tonsley Boulevard (Duffield, 2012).