Getting Your Fill
Construction of and on Compacted Fills by Edward J.
Monahan; John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.; 1986; 192 pages;
$37.95, hardcover.
Building compacted fills is a fairly
common problem, common enough
that Edward Monahan, a registered
engineer and professor, saw the need
to write a book on the subject.
According to the preface the book is
directed toward constructors and other
nonspecialists, assuming no prior
knowledge of the subject on the part
of his readers. Later he adds another
readership category, that of young
engineers and technicians who are
likely to be working as field
inspectors. In my view this is really
Monahan's primary audience, as I
found the discussion going over my
head (as a typical nonspecialist)