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  • DFI
    Reverse Circulation Drilling (Rcd) Technology For Largediameter Piles

    By Nikolas Schmitz

    For today’s construction industry, large-diameter piles are common practice, as they are more competitive than drilling a larger number of smaller piles. More and more piles are installed by drilling

    Nov 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Soil Improvement Using Soil Mixing – An Alternative Way for the Indian Market

    By Franz-Werner Gerressen

    "The use of soil improvement to utilize areas, which are not suitable for foundation purpose, has a long tradition. Due to the increasing demand of foundation works in areas of unsuitable soils, the i

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Summary Of Pile Adhesion And Creep Data From Central Artery/Tunnel Project Test Programs - Summary

    By Francis D. Leathers

    Four friction pile load test programs, including 23 tension tests and 9 compression tests, have been performed as part of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, Massachusetts. The tests, perform

    Jan 1, 1994

  • DFI
    Video Inspection Of Rock Sockets For A Piling Project

    By Ali Ameli

    Design loads are limited for piles relying upon toe stresses in rock due to uncertainty about the rock quality over the whole pile diameter because of rock mass properties or construction effects. Th

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Use Of Micropiles And Soil Nail Piles In State Of California Earthquake Retrofit Project No.#569 - Deep Foundations Institute Seattle, Washingon October 7-9, 1998

    By Ron Bromenschenkel

    The State of California, Department of Transportation is currently retrofitting a major interchange near the San Francisco area. The project is located in a highly traveled area of Oakland with light

    Jan 1, 1998

  • DFI
    Underpass Support Using Secant Pile Walls And Cement Deep Soil Mix Bottom Seal

    By Carole L. B. Mitchell

    The South 180th Street Grade Separation underpass in Tukwila and Renton, Washington, USA, permits vehicular traffic to pass beneath Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroad tracks. The

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    Deep Foundation Solutions And Implementation For Pittsburgh International Airport Midfield Terminal ? 1.0 Introduction

    By Peter Florian

    At 5:50 am on October 1, 1992, the new $800 million Pittsburgh International Airport Midfield Terminal opened its gates to the world after five years of construction and more than 24 years of planning

    Jan 1, 1993

  • DFI
    Effective Dewatering Is More Than A Pump In The Hole - A Presentation At The Deep Foundations Institute Annual Meeting St. Louis, Missouri, November 1980

    By William J. Rothschild

    Ground water at construction sites can be controlled by properly placed wellpoint dewatering systems. Care must be taken in planning cofferdams to have adequate space for and access to pumps, headers

    Jan 1, 1984

  • 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
    EFFC/DFI Best Practice Guide to Tremie Concrete for Deep Foundations, Edition 1

    By EFFC/DFI Concrete Task Group

    Concrete technology continues to advance rapidly and modern mixes with five components – cement, additions, aggregates, (chemical) admixtures and water – often have characteristics which differ signif

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Design And Construction Of Bored Piles And Diaphragm Wall For MHA Headquarters Complex, Singapore - Synopsis

    By N. S. Yet

    This paper shall present the design and construction of bored pile and diaphragm wall for the proposed MHA complex in Singapore. The work was carried out by L&M Foundation Specialist Pte Ltd and PWD C

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Driving And Testing Of 75 M Long H-Piles In Shanghai - 1 . Synopsis

    By Lucien Weber

    In the Shanghai area, the soil conditions are such that bearing piles have become an essential foundation part of the new highrise buildings. In order to reduce the settlements under the high working

    Jan 1, 1987

  • DFI
    Resolution Of Prestressed Concrete Pile Splice Problems - Summary

    By David Siu

    Many problems were encountered with the mechanical wedge-type splices used for the 15-inch square precast prestressed concrete piles installed at an industrial plant site. Many of the wedges were brea

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Lessons Learned From Installation Of ACIP Piles In Various Geologic Settings Of The NYC Region

    By Frank J. Arland

    Augered-Cast-in-Place piles have been used successfully for many deep foundation applications. The four case studies discussed herein describe ACIP pile projects where problems developed during ACIP p

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    Conventional And Box-Shaped Piled Rafts

    By Heinz Brandl

    Box-shaped pile and diaphragm wall foundations have proved suitable for transferring heavy loads of bridges, power plants, tanks, towers or other buildings in a concentrated form into the ground. The

    Jan 1, 2002

  • 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
    Vibwall Installation - Cardiff Bay Barrage ? Synopsis

    By Graeme McWhirter

    This paper discusses the Installation of a Vibwall for the Cardiff Bay Barrage Project Wales, UK, by Kvaerner Cementation Foundations. Only the second use of the technique in the UK the wall was succe

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Treated Round Wood Piling Specifications

    By James S. Graham

    Specifications for treated round wood piling are presented for the engineers consideration. Included in the text are background information, technical committees, Chellis, quality, treatment, static a

    Jan 1, 1992

  • DFI
    Quality Control Of Augered Cast-In-Place (ACIP) And Drilled Displacement (DD) Piles ? Introduction

    By Rudolph P. Frizzi

    Quality control is essential for augered cast-in-place (ACIP) piles (also known as continuous flight auger (CFA) piles outside the United States) and drilled displacement (DD) piles since the pile is

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Theoretical Examination of Initially Bent Piles

    By Janne P. Isohaka, Anssi M. Laaksonen

    "Abstract In Scandinavia the use of steel pipe piles in bridge foundations started in the mid-1980s and has increased steadily since. As the piles driven in soft soils are slender, they can fail by bu

    Jan 1, 2014