Investigating grounds of İzmir Çiğli zone and suggestions about constraction's foundations

ABSTRACTzmir Çiğli Atatürk industrie zone which is the fundamental part of zmir economics ,supplied tothousands of people job oppurtunity. zmir Çiğli Atatürk industrie zone, which is one of the bestindustrie zone in Turkey, is collapsing day by day. The Middle East Technical Universityassociate proffesor and ground mechanic?s expert Prof.Dr.Orhan Erol, who prepared the reportabout the ground of zmir Çiğli Atatürk industrie zone, determined that ground has collapsed3m also it is a determined that the ground will collapse 2 m more in ten years. In january 2004,there were a torrent disaster, which causes a harm in 63 factories and almost 50 trillion turkishlira material harm. The zone is sliding from sea to land as a layer with reverse tendency. Thereare collapses in some streets. The rain water is flowing from sea to land instead of flowing fromland to sea.I worked in Gün+Bir Inşaat San. Tic. Aş. as a civil engineer in zmir Çiğli Atatürk industrie zonein cevher casting factory?s construction. It was for me very useful by preparing my graduatedthesis. I have had lots of experience in investigating grounds. In choosing foundations, in usageof material and determining the relations between ground foundation and construction. I seethat Çiğli is located on Gediz?s alluvions, groundwater level is near groundsurface and it hashad liquefaction potential. For this, I know, we must take some measures and after this, we canconstitute dependable states of life.This graduated thesis imply zmir Çiğli Atatürk industrie zone`s general geomophology structure,special ground studies, and the results and suggestions, which are determined in investigations.KEYWORDS: Alluvion, Çiğli, Liquefaction, Groundwater level, Relations between Ground-Foundation-ConstructionXI