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  • DFI
    Cockatoo Island Seawall Seepage Barrier – Permeation Grouting, Jet Grouting and a Soil/Cement/Bentonite Mixed Slurry Capping Trench

    By Chris L. Powell, Russell J. Denny.

    "The remotely located Cockatoo Island iron ore mine off the Kimberly coast in Western Australia, which has been in operation since 1951, was recently expanded up to 50m below sea-level using staged co

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Analysis and Case Study for Minimizing Differential Settlements in Piled Raft Foundations

    By Yu Chuang, Zai Jinmin, Liu Songyu

    "The piled raft foundation is a geotechnical composite construction method, consisting of three elements, piles, raft and soils, which is applied for the foundation in an increasing number. Differenti

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Bio-Grout Based Soil Improvement

    By Terzis D. PhD, Katterbach M.

    While awareness around the environmental impact of existing grout materials and chemical binders is increasing rapidly, biotechnologies are growing traction as sustainable alternatives in groundwork o

    May 1, 2022

  • DFI
    30 Hudson Street Foundation Design and Construction in Variable Rock

    By Joel Moskowitz, George J. Tamaro

    "A new office complex is being constructed within 25m of the Hudson River in New Jersey. The project, about 140m by 100m, will include 4 basements under the entire footprint. The perimeter was to be s

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    DFI and NDT – Parallel Histories and Mutual Benefits

    By Bernard H. Hertlein

    "When the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) was founded, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) of foundation construction was rudimentary. Nondestructive testing (NDT) was a nascent technology,

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Design And Field Comparison Of Ground Improvement And Bored Piles For Large Diameter Steel Water Tanks

    By Vijaya Bhushan Rao, Ali Semercioglu, Jason Redgers

    Large diameter steel water tanks with high storage capacities impart heavy loads deep into the ground, generally requiring deep foundations to adequately support them. The use of ground improvement as

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Cockatoo Island Seawall Seepage Barrier (b791f2b4-d692-4b8a-afba-0ecd9b385be1)

    By Chris L. Powell, Russell J. Denny

    "The remotely located Cockatoo Island iron ore mine off the Kimberley coast in the northwest of Western Australia has been in operation since 1951. The mine was recently expanded up to about 50 m (165

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Cockatoo Island Seawall Seepage Barrier

    By Chris L. Powell, Russell J. Denny

    "The remotely located Cockatoo Island iron ore mine off the Kimberley coast in the northwest of Western Australia has been in operation since 1951. The mine was recently expanded up to about 50 m (165

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Pindersfield Hospital ? An Innovative Piled Scheme

    By James N. Mure

    The paper describes the design development and construction of bored piles at Pindersfield Hospital, Wakefield, U.K. The piles were of monopile type. Monopile is the term used to describe piles which

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Lessons Learned From Construction Of A Tire Plant In Karst, Ns2 Tires, White, Ga

    By Robert L. Goehring, Fred Munene

    This case history for three major additions to a tire manufacturing plant in north Georgia discusses the impact of highly variable Karst (sinkhole) geology on both foundation design and construction.

  • DFI
    Building Risk Assessment For Urban Rail Transit Systems In India - Current Practices And Challenges

    By Manchanda H, Agarwal J.

    The construction industry has one of the largest numbers of injuries compared to other industries. Thus, reducing accidents and determining construction risks are extremely important. One of the essen

    Sep 1, 2022

  • DFI
    A Fully Connected Jobsite is a Must for the Future

    By Christian Hoyme, Jochen Maurer

    Most of the current foundation projects are suffering from disconnected information silos. In the first silo there is the planning of the project with corresponding data, presented by paper or digital

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Innovative Earth Retention Project for a Parking Garage

    By Andreas Brandner, Karl Schoenherr-Strasse, I. B. Brandner, Dipl. Ing

    "A world famous Wintersport resort in the Alpine planned to build a parking garage for more than 600 cars and busses situated between a torrent, a district road and the village.A nearly 200 m long bui

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Construction Of Foundation Of Power House-IV At W.Y.C., Hydro-Electric Project, H.S.E.B., Bhudkalan, Haryana. - Synopsis

    By D. K. ] [Gupta

    The Foundations of the Shear keys and alround cut off for Power House -IV of the Western Yamuna Canal Hydroelectric Project at Bhudkalan, Haryana were to be laid at a depth of 26M below the N.S.L and

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Deep Stabilisation in Sulphide Soil for Embankments in Sweden - Laboratory and Field Studies

    By Bo Westerberg, Mattias Andersson, Yvonne Rogbeck

    "Deep stabilisation has been used in Sweden for decades. The method has been improved to allow it to be used in different types of soils and with new binders. One challenging soil type in Sweden is so

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Mobilizing CIDH Pile Base Resistance on the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project with Tip Grouting

    By Adam Zagorski, Rusty Lucido, Curt Scheyhing

    "The current California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) practice based on AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications is to use the O’Neill and Reese method (FHWA, 1999) for calculating the side

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Seepage Cut-Off Wall Installation Using Cutter Soil Mixing for Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation

    By Michael Arnold

    "BAUER Foundation Corp. was one of three contractors awarded with the installation of a cut-off wall at the Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation project. The cut-off wall was constructed up to 84 feet d

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Detecting Cement Mixing Pile with Cone Penetration Test in the Reserved Hole

    By Wu Jian-tao, LI Guo-wei

    "The Cement Mixing Pile (CMP) quality assurance assessment is an important programme in evaluating the efficiency of foundation improvement. Coring is the current specified method of quality assessmen

    Jan 1, 2015