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  • DFI
    Diaphragm Walls And Barrettes For Top-Down Construction: A Project Report

    By Bjöm Böhle

    Top-down construction (or cut and cover construction) is providing important advantages when comparing with conventional construction techniques for commercial developments with deep basements, underg

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Piled-Raft Foundations in Belarus

    By V. A. Sernov

    "One of the ways to increase the bearing capacity of a piled foundation is to take into account soil resistance in the base of the raft. Piled raft is similar to shallow foundation and can transfer si

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Special Foundation Construction For Large Deep Excavation Pits In Berlin - Summary:

    By Wolfgang G. Brunner

    The center of Berlin is currently a huge jobsite, where international architects, designers, consultants, construction and ground engineers as well as investors take on the challenge of the biggest an

    Jan 1, 1999

  • DFI
    Longitudinal Splitting Of Precast Reinforced Concrete Piles During Driving ? Synopsis

    By B. B. Broms

    The high transverse tensile stresses that develop in precast concrete piles during driving have been investigated experimentally from pile load tests and theoretically using the finite element method

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Plastic Piling

    By Magued G. Iskander

    The deterioration of concrete, steel, and timber is a serious hindrance to construction in marine and corrosive environments. Composite materials such as fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) can offer perf

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Kinematic Load Tests On A Model Pile In Clay

    By Michael J. Brown

    Load testing is important for controlling the quality of piled foundations. The Statnamic test is an alternative to existing testing methods with a load duration that lies between that for static and

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    A Decade Of Concrete Embedded Walls In UK - Synopsis

    By Robert Fernie

    Demographics and Infrastructure demands have led to a significant increase in construction of: deep basements for buildings and, trough structures for Highway and Rail/Metro. Concrete embedded walls u

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Assessing the Bearing Capacity of Existing Wood Pile Foundations

    By Almer E. C. van der Stoel

    "Abstract This paper deals with assessing the bearing capacity of existing wood pile foundations. With a wide range of restoration projects being performed in the Netherlands, on many locations deep e

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Soil-Cement Pile Foundations For A Large Storage Tank And Retaining Wall - Case History - Summary

    By Roy A. Bell

    A 200-foot diameter, 72-foot high petroleum storage tank was built in a hillside ravine where a portion of the site contained soft clay fill. Soil-cement piles, 40 inches in diameter and up to 38 feet

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    Drilled Pier Foundations In Downtown Seattle - Introduction

    By Thomas M. Gurtowski

    This paper presents a summary of allowable bearing pressures and skin friction values that have been used to design drilled pier foundations for support of high-rise structures in downtown Seattle, Wa

    Jan 1, 1990

  • DFI
    Innovations in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations

    By Robert B. Bittner

    "AbstractLarge diameter tubular piles offer significant advantages in terms of design performance and economy for major marine structures. This is particularly true for foundations of major overwater

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Author index

    Abouleid,A.F.327 Ajdic, I.451 Albert, L.F. 221,307 Alem, A. 525 Asama, T. 431 Avgherinos, P. J. 373 Baker Jr, C.N. 331 Balossi Restelli, A. 171 Beckwith,G.H.33 Bellini, A. 469 Ber

    Jan 1, 1994

  • DFI
    Hand-Excavated Pier Foundations For A High-Rise Hotel In The City Of Dalian, China ? Synopsis

    By A. K. C. Chan

    Recent hotel investment projects in China often involve very tight programmes for design and construction. An example given in this paper involves a 24-storey reinforced concrete hotel tower with 460

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Short Comparison Of The Determination Of Allowable Loads Of Steel H-Piles Following The Practice Applied In Different European Countries - Synopsis

    By L. P. Weber

    During the years 1983-1987, a research programme, jointly performed by the steel producers ARBED, British Steel Corporation, Peine-Salzgitter, Unimetal, and co-sponsored by the European Community for

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Construction Of Large Underground Openings And Use Of Grouts ? Synopsis

    By E. Mongilardi

    The construction of large underground openings through cohesionless or weak cohesive soils and under the water table in particular, often requires a ground improvement to be done from the surface or a

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Piling Design and Construction Codes and Standards for Buildings A United States Perspective

    By Rudolph P. Frizzi

    "Abstract Pile design for building structures in the United States is typically performed by: 1) investigating and assigning engineering parameters to the respective ground bearing materials, 2) calcu

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Reflections On Our Industry - Foundation Vs Geotechnical

    By Arturo Ressi di Cervia

    From the times when men in lacustrine environments drove wooden piles into the mud to elevate their dwellings, until the beginning of the twentieth century builders reacted to the conditions found in

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Foundation Design and Construction Challenges with Marsh Deposits in a High Seismic Risk Zone

    By M. Reza Saberi, T. Ted Miyake

    Driven piles are a common tool in any engineer’s toolbox for supporting large structures over very soft ground, especially in high seismic risk zones. Challenges include achieving sufficient vertical

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    Experiences of High Strain Dynamics Pile Testing (HSDPT) in Accordance with EC7 in Sweden

    By Ingemar Hermansson, Thomas Bjerendal, Mattias Grävare, Carl-John Grävare

    "AbstractHigh strain dynamic pile tests (HSDPT) on driven piles have been carried out on a routine basis in Sweden for more than 30 years. The Swedish Commission on Pile research established, in the e

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Innovative Riverbank Erosion Control Retaining Wall System for the Brazos River

    By Tracy Brettmann, Will Bohlen

    An innovative retaining wall design consisting of tangent drilled shafts with supplementary seal piles was used to limit continuing bank erosion along the Brazos River in Southeast Texas. The riverban

    Jan 1, 2018