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Recent Developments In The Law Of Deep Foundations
By Brian P. Waagner
Construction law in general and the law of deep foundations in particular continues to develop rapidly, particularly in the areas of risk allocation. Public and private owners are increasingly using c
Jan 1, 2002
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CPT - Guided Installation Of Pressure-Grouted Displacement Piles
By Mark M. Petersen
As part of the addition of eight new combined cycle generating units at the Florida Power & Light Sanford Plant, 2,129 piles were to be installed. The existing plant elements were supported on driven
Jan 1, 2002
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Man - Organisation - Technology - Proposals For Optimising Preventive Work
By Walter Ensinger
Working safely means working cost-effectively. Every "dangerous occurrence" and - even more so - every industrial accident causes disruptions in the planned course of construction. Besides moral and l
Jan 1, 2006
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Threading Piles Past Underground Assets In Central London
By Alexander Nikolic
The paper presents the foundation design and construction of a landmark urban redevelopment scheme in central London, UK. The scheme comprises the new Tottenham Court Road Underground station, Crossra
Jan 1, 2011
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Large Diameter Piles For Deep Foundation Of Orsang Aqueduct - Synopsis
By A. B. Desai
The construction of 1144 nos. of piles, each 1.5 m diameter, bored-cast-in-situ type and varying in depths from 6.5 to 23m, has been completed as foundation for 26 piers of 548 m long aqueduct across
Jan 1, 1996
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PSEG Lawrenceburg Energy Facility Augered Cast -In-Place Piles Case History
By Chris D. Shewmaker
So you want to install 2,600 augered cast-in-place piles, about 155,000 lineal feet, in 33 working days? It can be done. The Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) decided to build a combined cycle po
Jan 1, 2004
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Design And Construction Of A Cut-Off Wall In Warm Permafrost
By Steven L. Anderson
A cut-off wall has been designed and is currently under construction along the Back Dam of the existing tailings impoundment at Red Dog Mine, Alaska. The cut-off wall, which will be in the order of 5
Jan 1, 2010
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Ultimate Uplift Capacity Of Piles And Pile Groups In Granular Soil
By B. M. Das
Laboratory model test results for the ultimate uplift capacity of rough rigid single and group piles embedded in sand have been presented. Model tests on single piles were conducted in loose, medium,
Jan 1, 1989
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Interaction Between New Drilled Shafts And Existing Timber Piles At Holland Tunnel Approach
By Aly M. Mohammad
The 12th and 14th Street Viaducts, which carry Route 139, are located west of the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City, New Jersey. The two viaducts, provide access to and from the Holland Tunnel (which con
Jan 1, 2009
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Deep Jet Grouting Grids for Support of a 42-Story Tower Designed Using Performance-Based Seismic Design
By Scott A. Walker, Roberto A. Lopez, Lori A. Simpson, David A. Shook
500 Folsom Street is part of the new Transbay neighborhood in San Francisco, which is being redeveloped after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake damaged a freeway viaduct; removal of the viaduct created
Jan 1, 2018
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Port Mackenzie, Alaska - Deep Soil Compaction, Spin Fin- Pile Tension Test And Dock Construction
By Garth Howlett
In 1998 the Matanuska-Susitna Borough formed the new port district at Point MacKenzie, known as Port MacKenzie, located directly across the Knik Arm from Anchorage. In 1991 PND Engineers Inc. (PND), w
Jan 1, 2006
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Large Diameter Drilling Operations Of Multi Head Down The Hole Hammer Drill Through Boulders And Granite - Mach Drilling System And Some Construction Examples
By J. Nakayama
Construction of foundation piles or diaphragm walls through rocky or boulder containing formations has been long-standing difficulty. It has been widely understood that the down-the-hole hammer is t
Jan 1, 1989
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Experiences With A New Type Of Displacement Screw Pile - Synopsis
By William Van Impe
A most renewing and promissing soil displacement screw pile is called the O-pile. The O-screw pile is a soil displacement auger pile based on a screwing in - screwing out procedure. The displacement a
Jan 1, 1996
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Deep Soil Stabilization Using Lime Cement Columns - Synopsis:
By Melvin I. Esrig
Lime Cement column stabilization of soft clay and sand in Salt Lake City, Utah and in San Francisco California is described and discussed. Stabilization permitted the construction, in a single stage,
Jan 1, 2000
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Amsterdam North South Line Metro - Construction Of Deep Diaphragm Walls For Three Underground Stations.
By Theo. A. M. Salet
The historic centre of one of the most beautiful cities in Northern Europe -Amsterdam - is being excavated to accommodate the new North/South metro line. This new line is due for completion in 2012, a
Jan 1, 2006
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Deep Foundation Design For Liquefaction Induced Lateral Spreads
By Zia Zafir
Design of the deep foundations for the loads imposed by lateral spread include the estimate of the pressure applied by the liquefied material as well as amount of anticipated displacement. In the abs
Jan 1, 2006
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Cement-Bentonite Slurry Cut Off Wall Maxent Lagoon Levee Rehabilitation Orleans Parish, Louisiana - Summary
By Edmund J. Cardoza
The paper describes the design, construction and quality control aspects of the installation of a cement-bentonite (CB) cut off wall to impede seepage through a flood control dike. Special emphasis is
Jan 1, 1992
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Installation And Performance Characteristics Of High Capacity Helical Piles In Cohesive Soils
By Mohammed Sakr
This paper presents the results of a full-scale axial compression and tension (uplift) testing program executed on large-capacity helical piles installed in very stiff to very hard clay till soils (i.
Jan 1, 2012
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Micropile-Supported Wall To Resist Lateral Deflection Of Existing Railroad Bridge Abutment
By Samer R. Rabab?ah
As part of the PHX Sky TrainTM project at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, the existing traffic lanes at the 44th Street underpass below the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)
Jan 1, 2011
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Design Of The Foundation Of Zhu Jiang Fanying High-Rise Building Complex ? Synopsis
By A. F. Deng
A general description of the project, mainly the pier foundation design of the ZHU JIANG FANYING is presented in the paper. The major contents include the foundation scheme, the evaluation of bed-rock
Jan 1, 2010