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  • DFI
    Micropiles in an Urban Setting – TBTA Verrazano Narrows Bridge HOV/BUS Ramps, Brooklyn, NY and Nysdot Kosciuszko Bridge Replacement, Brooklyn, NY

    By M. D. Riegel, Brian T. Felber

    "Construction of foundation elements in an urban environment is often complicated by multiple constraints such as existing foundations, utility conflicts, maintenance and protection of traffic on high

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Industry Practice Standards And DFI Practice Guidelines For Structural Slurry Walls - First Edition - Title ? Table Of Contents - Part I Industry Practice Standards - 1. Classification Of Slurry Wall Panels

    There are many ways to classify structural slurry wall elements, but the DFI committee chooses to limit these descriptions to three functional requirements, namely: design function, plan configuration

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Confinement Of Two Contaminated Sites In A Petrochemical Plant; Case History

    By Raffaella Granata

    The paper deals with the remediation of two areas formerly utilized for the disposal of hazardous wastes in a petrochemical plant. The works, designed on the basis of the criteria of maximum safety an

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    How Choice Of Foundation Can Alter The Fate Of A Bridge Project – 3 Case Studies

    By Alok Bhowmick

    The most uncertain and challenging part of a bridge design and construction is the ‘Choice of foundation’. During the planning and conceptual design stage, it is extremely important to choose the righ

    Nov 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Monitoring Settlements Of A Vacuum Tower Atlas Refining Co., Shrevesport, La

    By Antal Partos

    ATLAS Processing Company Shrevesport, LA initiated a major plant expansion in 1980. SITE Engineers, Inc. provided engineering consultation regarding the foundation of the vacuum unit. Four test boring

    Jan 1, 1992

  • DFI
    Statnamic Loading Tests On Different Pile Types - 1.0 Introduction

    By Patrick Bermingham

    This report presents the results of six STATNAMIC loading tests that were carried out on four different pile types at the CALTRANS 280 Test Site (Bridge No. 34-46) in conjunction with the Tension Pile

    Jan 1, 1993

  • DFI
    Once Again, Engineering And Contractor Tenacity Overcome Tough Geology

    By John E. Lens

    How much trouble can narrow vertical fissures in bedrock cause on a shallow bedrock site? Enough trouble so end-bearing H-piles range between 8 and 100 feet long in a single pile cap and tiebacks ran

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    High Risk Control For Piling And Deep Foundations - A Systematic Approach

    By Martin van Staveren

    In today's rapid changing construction world, the business pressures on piling and deep foundations reach sky-high levels. Ever increasing complexity of construction projects do severely contribu

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Reliability Analysis Of Load Bearing Capacity Of Single Pile Placed Adjacent To Existing Buried Conduit Or Utility Tunnel

    By Amit Srivastava, Monica Malhotra

    In a congested city or urban area, so called “lifeline of the city”, i.e. Gas, Electricity, telecommunication, as well as other utilities or facilities are supplied or transported underground through

    Sep 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Piling Projects Constructed With Vinyl Polymer Support Fluid In Glasgow, Scotland

    By Derek J. Lennon

    Ground conditions in central Glasgow generally comprise loose granular deposits overlying stiffer soils. CFA piling would normally be preferred for urban sites in these ground conditions, but flightin

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Skirt Suction Foundation - Application To Strait Crossings -

    By Takashi Saito

    Since early 1970?s skirt suction foundations (skirted foundation / bucket foundation) have been used as support for large fixed substructures or anchors for floating structures in offshore hydrocarbon

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    A Brand New Barrier Wall Installed at Wolf Creek Dam

    By Maurizio Siepi, Fabio Santillan, Lyndon Bedford, Carlo Crippa

    "Abstract: Wolf Creek dam, on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, US, operated and maintained by the Nashville District of the USACE, is the Corps' largest reservoir east of the Mississippi river. The 1

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Insitu Ground Reinforcement Techniques

    By Peter J. Nicholson

    The methods of reinforcement to be discussed in this paper are all insitu methods, ones that can be used on the soil structure as it exists in the ground, and do not rely on excavation and replacement

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Cut-Off Walls For Diamond Mining In The Arctic

    By Wolfgang G. Brunner

    A 3800 m long temporary water-retaining dike has been constructed under extreme conditions in the harsh northern climate to enable two of the kimberiite pipes at the Diavik Diamond Project reserve to

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    I-470 Mine Remediation

    By Sheryl D. Gallagher

    The project consisted of filling an abandoned underground limestone mine to facilitate construction of a new entrance ramp to I-470 in Lee?s Summit, Missouri. Due to collapse of mined areas near the

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Auger-Cast Piles Founded In Compressible Bearing Stratum

    By Alfred H. Brand

    New York City contains extensive deep deposits of glacial lake varved silt and clay, often overlain by organic soil. An 18 story building was proposed for Manhattan's upper East Side in one such

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Designed, Dynamically Load Tested And Installed Pile Foundation In Southwest Florida - A Case History

    By Christopher J. Pacitto

    This paper presents a case history of an engineered, monitored, and tested program that provided an effective and satisfactory basis for the completion of pile foundations for Twin Dolphins 1 at La Pe

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Design and Construction of the Summit Senior Care Facility into the Side of an Unstable California Hillside

    By Patrick O. Shires, Harry W. Schnabel

    With stable building sites becoming scarce in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the new Summit Senior Care Facility is being built into the side of an unstable hillside adjacent to the San Ramon Reg

    Jan 1, 2018