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  • DFI
    Pile Load Testing Of Helical Piles And Driven Steel Piles In Anchorage, Alaska

    By Mohammed Sakr

    The use of helical piles for permanent foundation applications has become a practical and feasible alternative to the traditional cast-in-place concrete or driven steel piles. Research and development

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Construction Considerations For Ground Modification Projects ? Synopsis

    By J. P. Welsh

    Ground Modification construction is rapidly evolving in the United States. An assessment of the construction status of Ground Modification methods with their dates of introduction and general acceptan

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Problems Encountered For Deep Caissons For The Second Bassein Creek Bridge At Mumbai, India

    By Deepak B. Deshpande

    This paper enumerates various difficulties encountered in the design and construction of deep caisson foundations for the Second Bassein Creek Bridge constructed over a creek with very difficult site

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Increasing Lateral Pile Stiffness Through Limited Soil Improvement

    By Thomas J. Weaver

    Piles extending through soft soil near the ground surface will have a relatively low lateral stiffness. As a result, lateral serviceability limits may control the number of piles required for foundat

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Resonant Driving of Sheet Piles: High Production Sheet Pile Driving With Zero Ground Vibration

    By Mathew Janes

    "Sheet piles remain an economic solution to many shoring problems. However, installation of sheet piling suffers high noise and vibration with conventional impact or vibratory methods or low productio

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Project Specifc Design Criteria I-880 Reconstruction Project, Oakland, California

    By Steve Thoman

    After the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) initiated an overview of the Caltrans Bridge Design Specifications (BDS) and bridge seismic design practic

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    The Waterloo Barrier - A Sealable Joint Steel Sheet Piling For Groundwater Control And Remediation - Presented At The Deep Foundations Institute Annual Meeting & Conference Toronto, Ontario, October 15-17, 1997 - Summary

    By Murray Gamble

    A new type of groundwater cutoff wall has been developed at the University of Waterloo. The Waterloo Barrier? is a steel sheet piling system that incorporates a sealable cavity at each interlocking jo

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    Revitalizing Hillside Using Stabilization Piers Monitored By 3-D Mems-Based Inclinometers

    By Peter Chou

    A total of 117 slope stabilization drilled piers were installed as part of a major hillside revitalization project. The 110-million dollar development, known as Stratford at Kenwood, included an 18-st

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Positive Cut-Off Wall in Indian Dam – A New Technique for Difficult Geology

    By Steni Stefani, Sanjay Dave

    "This paper describes an innovative method, used for the first time in India, for the construction of a 1.0metre-thick positive plastic concrete cut-off wall (CoW) at the upstream toe of the dam at th

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    The Spadina Pier Cofferdam - Design, Installation & Performance

    By Jan A. Nilsen

    This paper describes a key element in the construction of a major project undertaken by Harbourfront Corporation in its efforts to rejuvenate the central Toronto waterfront. The Spadina Pier forms one

    Jan 1, 1987

  • DFI
    High Capacity Barrettes In A Region Of Old Underground Quarries

    By F. Schlosser

    The extension of Montparnasse Station in Paris required the construction of supports of very high unit capacity to support a particularly rigid super-structure. The majority of the site is characteriz

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Evolution Of Piling Design And Techniques In Mudstone At Manchester Airport

    By Colin Curtis

    In recent years, Manchester Airport has undergone expansion including the construction of a second runway, a new terminal building (Terminal 3) and extensions to the existing Terminal 1. Manchester is

    Jan 1, 2001

  • DFI
    Working Platforms In Geotechnical Jobs: Recommendations For Execution And Maintenance

    By Gustavo Armijo

    Slippery and unstable working platforms spoiled not only by natural weather conditions but also by the effects of the construction process (drilling mud, grout slurry) are among the main sources of ha

    Jan 1, 2006

  • 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
    Concrete Overbreak Estimation and Analysis Errors in Bored Piles

    By Nuno Cruz

    "The concrete overbreak estimation for bored piles provides the quantification of the shaft’s expansion beyond its theoretical volume. There are stability analysis methods that can be employed before

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Keynote Lecture: Axial Design And Lateral Design - Deep Foundations

    By Mike Neill, O&apos

    ? Bypass soft soils near the surface ? Resist uplift loads ? Resist lateral loads ? Bypass scourable soils ? Bypass liquefyable soils ? Mitigate movement of expansive or frozen soils ? "Tu

    Jan 1, 1998

  • DFI
    Practical Experience With Nondestructive Testing Of Augered Cast-In-Place Piles

    By Bernard H. Hertlein

    All methods of deep foundation construction present challenges to the contractor and engineer that vary according to the method employed, and the geotechnical conditions in which it is being used. Aug

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    Non-Destructive Testing, Evaluation And Optimization Of Existing Deep Foundations For Re-Use Along The East Coast

    By Matthew E. Meyer

    Renovation, rehabilitation, restoration and expansion of existing residential, retail, commercial, hospital facilities and historic structures requires assessment and evaluation of foundation systems

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Design And Construction Of Large Diameter Drilled Shafts For The Bath - Woolwich Bridge

    By Andrew Peterson

    The Maine Department of Transportation offered this challenging design-build project for a new, 12-span, bridge over the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. This structure would be built to replace the exi

    Jan 1, 1999

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    [Halliburton / Brown & Root Report] - Brown & Root Civil - GeoJet Foundation System - I. Introduction

    By Gordon] [Reavis

    Halliburton Services and Brown & Root have developed a unique foundation system that blends oilfield and construction technologies to construct deep foundations which offer significant advantages acro

    Jan 1, 1993