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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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