Abstract:The open caisson in inlet pump house of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) construction project in Fuzhou is constructed with the methods of staged fabrication, secondary sinking and underwater bottom sealing. To control the stability of the open caisson during the elevated in the mud layer, the 8% cement content mixing piles are constructed at the edge of the blade and the bottom of the middle partition wall in advance. Taking this project as an example, the construction procedures and technical essentials of staged fabrication and staged sinking of the open caisson are introduced, including segmental fabrication elevation, setting up edge foot pad layer, soil removal sinking method, open caisson elevated and anti-sinking method in the mud layer, scaffold erection method, open caisson bottom sealing method, and correction method. It has been verified that the construction quality of the open caisson in this project meets the control standard requirements and can provide reference for the construction of similar open caisson sinking projects.