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  • DFI
    A Unique Application of Diaphragm Wall to Facilitate the Excavation of New River Channel on the Port Lands Flood Protection and Enabling Infrastructure Project in Toronto, Ontario

    By Max Ho, Hiu Lee

    The Port Lands in Downtown Toronto is a vast waterfront area that has been long remained undeveloped. This is due to the dual challenges of soil contamination resulting from decades of industrial acti

    Oct 7, 2024

  • DFI
    A Unique Solution To Mitigate Movement At The Jefferson Memorial Seawall

    By Jesús E. Gómez

    In the Summer of 2011, emergency repairs to the Jefferson Memorial North Plaza and Seawall were completed. These repairs were necessitated by settlement and lateral movement of the seawall and North

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    A Vision for the Future of Foundation Engineering and Construction

    By Dimitrios Konstantakos

    When writing this article almost 10 years ago about the future of the deep foundations industry, little did I have in mind that ChatGPT would be created. Nevertheless, the mere act of writing up the a

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Abandoned Coal Mine Mitigation in Artesian Conditions

    By Joshua Zimmermann

    For years, a subdivision in Glenrock, Wyoming, suffered from various odd damages, including the sudden appearance of artificial springs, flooded basements/crawlspaces, and shifting foundations. The so

    Oct 7, 2024

  • DFI
    Acceptance Of Timber Piles Based On Equivalent Driving Energy

    By Chu E. Ho

    This paper describes a case history involving the use of the Equivalent Driving Energy concept for evaluating timber piles that failed to achieve the termination criterion traditionally based on final

  • DFI
    Access And Riser Shafts-Detroit River Outfall #2 ? Introduction

    By Edmund J. Cardoza

    The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) provides water and wastewater services to the Greater Detroit Metropolitan Area. Sewerage is treated at the DWSD Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) loca

    Jan 1, 2001

  • DFI
    Accessing History

    By Richard Pizzi

    Built in 1806, Boston's African Meeting House is the oldest surviving Black church building in the country. A $7 million dollar renovation was begun in 2006 to restore this historic building to

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Accessories For Driven Piles ? Synopsis

    By H. W. Hunt

    Accessories are increasingly used to protect and extend H, pipe, precast concrete, timber, and sheet piles for any soils conditions. With point protection, piles can be driven through boulders, layere

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Accumulated Rotations of Bucket Foundations under Long-Term Cyclic Loads in Sandy Ground

    By Sung-Ryul Kim, Woong-Jong Park, Juhyung Lee, Si-Hoon Lee

    "A bucket foundation has been considered to be a potential foundation technology for offshore wind turbines. In this study, a series of 1-g model tests were performed to analyze the accumulated rotati

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Accuracy of Low-Strain Pile Integrity Test Results

    By Mahesh Hingorani

    Integrity issues for bored cast-in-situ piles have raised the need for the use of non-destructive tests to verify pile integrity and detect possible anomalies in installed pile sections that could adv

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    ACIP Pile Performance and Installation in the Northeastern United States

    By Jr NeSmith

    "Augered-cast-in-place (ACIP) pile installation technology has matured extensively since the first auger, pressure grouted pile was patented in 1959. The current technology allows for successful pile

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Acrylamide Grouting: Successfully Controlling Groundwater From Canada To South America

    By Jom Gentry

    Acrylamide chemical grout (C3H2NO) has been successfully used for over 50 years to control groundwater and stop infiltration. This paper will address three unique projects involving the control of gr

  • DFI
    Acrylamide Grouting: Successfully Controlling Groundwater from Canada to South America

    By Daniel Magill, Jim Gentry

    "Acrylamide chemical grout (C3H2NO) has been successfully used for over 50 years to control groundwater and stop infiltration. This paper will address three unique projects involving the control of gr

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Active Engagement: An Overview of ACIP/DD Pile CPF Projects

    By Hannah Lezzoni, Morgan NeSmith

    The Augered Cast-in-Place and Drilled Displacement Pile Committee has historically been one of the most active and engaged DFI committees and has performed or spearheaded a number of research projects

    Nov 1, 2023

  • DFI
    Active Soil Nail Wall Underpinning Solution For The Bruce Museum Project

    By Martin B. Hudson, Andrew K. Cho, Rolff B. Knobel, Les R. Chernauskas, Jonathan L. Ernst

    ABSTRACT The Bruce Museum, located in Greenwich, Connecticut, is home to an extensive display of art and natural history exhibitions. A large addition was designed to be constructed adjacent to the mu

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Adapting Multiple Ground Improvement Techniques for Uniform Performance over Heterogeneous Natural and Modified Overburden

    By Michael J. Marasa

    "Geotechnical engineering and construction primarily relies on the subsurface characteristics of the particular site; however, obtaining both accurate and precise information on those features is chal

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Adaptive Design and Contractual Approaches to Address Geotechnical Uncertainties in a Design-Build Ground Improvement Project

    By Kalyani Devabhaktuni, Mike Minton, Mark T. Howe, Yan Zhang

    During the procurement phase of a Design-Build (DB) project, design-build contractors must often commit to a fixed price based on limited or incomplete geotechnical information. This lack of informati

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Adjacent Top-Loaded Bi-Directional Test And Conventional Bidirectional Load Test Results – Site Ii

    By Patrick J. Hannigan, Seth Robertson, Rozbeh B. Moghaddam

    The Top-Loaded Bi-Directional Test (―TLBT‖) and the conventional Bi-Directional Load Test (―BDLT‖) are full-scale static load test methods. In both methods, the test loads are applied bi-directionally

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Advanced Continuous Surface Wave Testing (Acsw): Geologic And Geotechnical Site Characterization For The 21St Century

    By David Wilshaw

    Continuous Surface Wave (CSW) testing has been the “next big thing” in ground characterization for the last 25 years. The technique uses surface geophones to measure the speed at which Rayleigh waves

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Advanced Soil Mailing Design - Improved Reliability And Predictability Of Wall Performance

    By Reinhard Gnilsen

    Soil Nail walls, like any other structure, must meet high standards of design to be acceptable to the public and owners. On the other hand, the concept of soil nailing trails behind other structures i

    Jan 1, 1988