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Proof of Bearing Capacity of Anchors on the Example of Innovative Anchor Monitoring System
By Stephan Großwig, Karolina Nycz, Arne Kindler
"Commonly used anchor monitoring systems are mainly based on the use of anchor force meters. However, experience shows that the reliability of the display of force meters lowers over time. Other measu
Jan 1, 2017
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Structural Seismic Design Of Fashion Island Boulevard Bridge Earthquake Repair State Bridge No. 35C-160 San Mateo, California - 1 Assessment Of The Existing Bridge
By Roy M. Schnabel
The Fashion Island Boulevard Bridge over the Marina Lagoon in San Mateo, California is an eight span precast, prestressed concrete girder bridge. It is approximately 495 feet in length and 61 feet in
Jan 1, 1993
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Evaluating Axial Elastic Pile Response From Cone Penetration Tests (The 2009 Michael W. O?Neill Lecture)
By Paul W. Mayne
Axial pile performance can be rationally evaluated within an elastic continuum framework using field results from seismic piezocone tests (SCPTu). Adopting a versatile Randolph-type elastic pile model
Jan 1, 2009
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Case History: Augered Cast-In-Place Piles For The Pittsburgh International Airport Midfield Terminal
By Randy R. Huberty
Although originally designed with deep foundations consisting of all driven steel H piles and drilled caissons, a unique application of Augered Cast-in-Place (ACIP) piles as an alternate design result
Jan 1, 2001
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Site Management Towards Pile Execution At Qurashiya Bridge
By Emad W. Shublaq
Contractual site plans are implemented for executing pile foundations (5 x 5) at segmental concrete bridge. Project schedule demands have forced the contractor to find out the most economical procedur
Jan 1, 1992
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Auger Pressure Grouted Displacement Piles Installed & Tested On The Margins Of The San Francisco Bay ? Part One
By Christian Divis
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Jan 1, 2002
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Support Of Excavation System - Columbia Heights Metro Station Project - Washington, D.C. - Summary:
By Robert W. Bergwall
The $58,000,000.00 Columbia Heights Metro Station project (Section E3-a) forms a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Greenbelt Route - Green Line subway system. T
Jan 1, 1997
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High-Capacity Rock Anchors Provide Uplift Resistance For Concrete-Filled Steel Pipe Piles - A Case Study
By James Weaver
During the past 16 years, the authors have successfully used high-capacity rock anchors installed inside open-ended pipe piles, driven to bedrock, to provide uplift and overturning resistance for vari
Jan 1, 2011
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Regulations Of Construction Vibrations
By Mark R. Svinkin
Regulations are needed to keep construction vibrations in tolerable limits. The existing regulations were developed for low-rise residential structures, but they are incorrectly used for different sup
Jan 1, 2006
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The Use of Seismic Trace Characterization to Guide the Analysis of DST Results to Obtain More Accurate Soil Parameters
By Gerald Verbeek, Erick Baziw
Downhole Seismic Testing (DST) is a very popular applied seismology site characterizing tool within geotechnical engineering. A challenging aspect of DST is to characterize the acquired seismic data s
Jan 1, 2018
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Press-In Piling: The Influence Of Plugging On Driveability - 1 Introduction - 1.1 Urban Construction Of Deep Foundations
By David J. White
The decreasing availability of land in urban areas, and the increasing demand for urban development is leading to the construction of taller and heavier buildings at increasingly marginal sites. Such
Jan 1, 2000
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Gallery Towers, Melbourne: Successful Approach To Difficult Piling Contract Management
By Mario Aiezza
This paper outlines the results of a relationship developed during the design and construction of the foundations for the Gallery Towers project in Melbourne. Both the builder and the piling contracto
Jan 1, 2002
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Test Pile Program Carrier Pier And South Wharf Naval Station Puget Sound Everett, Washington
By David G. Winter
The first test pile for the carrier pier and south wharf at NAVSTA Puget Sound was driven on December 27, 1989, and the final pile was tested on February 26, 1990. Implementation and modification of t
Jan 1, 1990
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Ground Improvement By Cement Grouting Combines With Pipe Piles In Bridge Construction - Summary
By Peter White
A bridge reconstruction project involved driving pipe piles for the new foundations. Disturbances within soil layers at depth caused sinkholes to open up within the construction site. After a near fat
Jan 1, 1997
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Modulus of Elasticity in Deep Bored Piles
By Carlos Lam, Joram M. Amir, Erez I. Amir
"Abstract The modulus of elasticity of pile material (E) is an important parameter for the interpretation of both static and dynamic loading tests on piles. This value is commonly assumed to be consta
Jan 1, 2014
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Full-Scale Field-Test Studies On Driveability And Induced Ground Vibrations Of Vibratory Driven Sheet Piles
By K. Viking
The vibratory characteristics of full-scale sheet piles, vibratory driven into the ground, have so far not been described systematically in detail. This paper concerns the preliminary results of a ser
Jan 1, 2000
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Winter Marine Construction In Northern Alberta - Construction Of Baffle Walls Sundance Cooling Pond Expansion Sundance Generating Plant Wabamun, Alberta, Canada ? Introduction
By Robert R. Morrison
Alberta Piling Contractors very rarely are required to perform major marine construction in the prairies, so it became as a big surprise to AGRA Foundations Limited to be invited by Transalta Utilitie
Jan 1, 1997
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Interpreted Residual Load In An Augered Cast-In-Place Pile
By Timothy C. Siegel
Accurate representation of the geotechnical resistance distribution is critical in evaluating the performance of piles and pile groups for design. A current practice is to infer the geotechnical resi
Jan 1, 2009
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Evaluation of Crane Pad Performance on Partially Improved Ground Adjacent to a Seawall
By Paul J. Sabatini, Yazen A. Khasawneh
"A Demag CC1800 crawler crane was partially erected on crane mats adjacent to a seawall when settlements near a corner of the crane mat area were observed to be slightly larger than previously assesse
Jan 1, 2017
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The Utilization Of Static-Load Piledriving Near Structures That Are Sensitive To Vibration - Static-Load Piledriving: - Concept;
By Robert A. Field
Static-Load Piledriving utilizes a hydraulic push to facilitate the installation of a pile. The pile is not rotated, impacted or vibrated. A smooth pushing force advances the pile incrementally into t
Jan 1, 1997