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    Deep Mixing for Levee Repair at Hurricane Protection Project, P-17A, Louisiana, USA

    By Peter Cali, David Yang, Rakshya Shrestha, Ralph Griffin, Sushil Kafle, Motoji Watanabe

    "As a part of the ‘US Army Corps of Engineers - New Orleans to Venice, Louisiana Hurricane Protection Project’, deep mixing ground improvement was designed to reinforce the soft ground for the emergen

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Session 17 "Grout for Enhancement of Piles and Piers"

    By Dennis Wrixon

    It was a little bit exceeded. The decision was the uniform settlement is measured at each one corner and the highest one corner is the important one. And in addition there is a differential settlement

    Feb 10, 2003

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    Monitoring Auger Cast in Place Pile Construction and Testing in Hard Clay (c1a730a8-7e87-4cd7-85b2-336e4f7995da)

    By Onur Guvener, Kalaiarasi Vembu, C. Vipulanandan

    "Installation procedure and the quality of the material used in the construction have significant effects on the behavior of the Auger Cast in Place (ACIP) piles. In this study, Installation and curin

    Jan 1, 2017

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    A New Type Of Wave Equation Analysis Program

    By Don C. Warrington

    This paper describes a new wave equation analysis program called ZWAVE, which is a program specifically for external combustion hammers. The program is de-scribed in detail, the discussion dealing wit

    Jan 1, 1988

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    Dynamic Analysis of a Base-Isolated Bridge, Seattle, Washington

    By Greg Nutson, Jeremy Butkovich, Bill Perkins, Hollie Ellis, Paul Bott

    "Dynamic soil-structure interaction (DSSI) analyses are becoming more common in bridge designs, especially in seismically active areas. Because of its proximity to two active fault zones, the Evergree

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Gordie Howe International Bridge Foundations - Drilled Shaft Construction in Challenging Detroit Limestone

    By Jim Glider, Noah Miner

    The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a project to build a cable-stayed bridge and border crossing across the Detroit River. With a span length of 2,800-ft (853.4 meters), the Gordie Howe Internatio

    Sep 8, 2021

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    Wet Soil Mixing For Foundation Support and Liquefaction Hazard Mitigation for the Ventura Cancer Center

    By Thang V. Nguyen, Lisheng Shao, Gary E. Taylor

    "The Community Memorial Hospital of Ventura, California, proposed to build a new state-of-the-art Cancer Treatment Center with radiation shielding walls and roof. The loose silty soils at the site had

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Slurry Trench Design and Construction in Difficult Conditions

    By Peter Deming

    "PART 2 OF 2 (CONTINUED FROM SUMMER 2006 EDITION) CONSTRUCTION ISSUES (cont’d) The Influence of Ground Conditions on Collapse Sand and gravel strata provide frictional resistance to support active ear

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Metro Sao Paulo, Line 5, Five Shaft Diaphragm Wall for Brooklin Station

    By Dario Libano, Franz-Werner Gerressen

    "Diaphragm walls are known as underground structural elements commonly used for retention systems and permanent foundation walls or elements. Of course they can also be used as deep groundwater barrie

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Frustum Confining Vessel (FCV) For Investigation of Deep Foundation Performance

    By Abolfazl Eslami, Masoud Zare, Ali Asadi, Ali Abrang

    "Physical small scale models for study of deep foundations can be performed in simple chambers (1g), calibration chambers (CC), and centrifuge apparatus (ng) which involve some limitations and difficu

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Soil Improvement in Marina Coastal Expressway Project (C485) with Cement Deep Mixing (CDM) Method

    By Yoshinori Kurumada, Tatsuo Nagatsu, Keiji Uchida

    "Cement deep mixing method has been utilized in the process of construction of an underwater tunnel in Singapore. The soil was improved by this method to prevent undesirable heaving of the soil below

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Best Practices for Soil Mixing Near Sensitive Structures

    By Joseph A. Mann

    "Soil mixing is a proven solution for the construction of ground improvement adjacent to sensitive structures due to the use of computer controlled and monitored equipment. The precision to which geom

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Mansueto Library: Drama below Ground and Above

    By Patrick J. Lydon, Gregory A. Terri

    "The recently opened Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago campus was a 2012 OPA runner-up. The dramatic elliptical shaped dome of this structure tells only part of this structure’s story. The

    Jan 1, 2013

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    Construction of a Very Flexibility, Impermeable, Bituminous Membrane Seepage Barrier, to Connect an Existing Concrete Dam Structure to a Newly Constructed Abutment Cut-Off Wall

    By Brian Wilson, Megan Atkinson, Richard Diggle, Nathan Sweeney

    "Ruskin Dam, located near Mission, British Columbia, was constructed in 1929 and 1930 and comprises of a concrete gravity dam structure founded on bedrock. At the right abutment, which consists mostly

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Investigation and Design for Large Drilled Shaft Foundations in Southwest Arizona

    By John C. Tosh, Peter M. Kandaris, Sheldon John

    Geologic, geotechnical and hydrologic studies were performed for the design of 115 deep, large diameter drilled shaft reinforced concrete foundations (6 to 12 feet) to support tall steel monopoles for

    Sep 8, 2021

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    Removal of the Former San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Foundation Caisson E3 by Mechanical Means and Explosives

    By Michael Gebman, Jack Gerwick

    "With the opening of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span, the former bridge and its caisson foundations are being demolished. Caisson foundations are in the path of a future shipping ch

    Jan 1, 2016

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    Piled Foundations for the New Wembley Stadium, London

    By Anthony L. Reynolds, Clifford J. Wren

    "The adoption of a significant pile testing regime, the use of Eurocode 7 as the design standard, the development of lean construction techniques, and lateral thinking in overcoming some considerable

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Rehabilitation of the Kölnbrein Dam / Austria

    By Frank Haehnig, Kurt Kogler

    "With a height of 200 m, a crown width of 626 m and a concrete volume of 1.6 million m³, the Kölnbrein Dam in the upper Malta valley in Carinthia / Austria is the largest concrete dam in Austria. Boas

    Jan 1, 2016

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    Earth Pressure Distribution On Diaphragm Wall During Excavation

    By Ting Chinsu

    Diaphragm wall with tie-back cable is widely used for deep excavation, especially in the area with high density of buildings. This paper presents the measured earth pressure distribution on diaphragm

    Jan 1, 1991