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Apportioning Risks On An Urban Deep Foundation Project
By Michael P. Balducci
Urban deep foundation projects contain unique risks that must be recognized by the parties involved. Common pitfalls must be recognized and avoided or addressed through contractual relations and corr
Jan 1, 2008
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Careful And Controlled Underpinning Methods In Restoration Of Damaged Houses In The Old Town Of Stockholm
By T. Iwanowski
Stress wave measurements and calculations are often used to make a safe determination of the bearing capacity and the integrity of driven piles. Some applications to the restoration of old buildings i
Jan 1, 1991
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Drilled Shaft Side Shear Capacity In Compressible Materials What Influences Capacity?
By J. A. Hayes
For over a decade the Osterberg Load Cell has been successfully used to determine the shear capacities of drilled shafts. Since the test method measures side shear directly, analytical complications d
Jan 1, 2003
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Advantages And Limitation Of Integrity Tests For Large Diameter Bored Piles In Bangkok Subsoil
By Narong Thasnanipan
In Bangkok due to the prevailing condition of subsoil (existence of considerably weak stratum at top part) deep-seated large diameter bored piles of over 50 m depth with 0.8 -1.8m in diameter have bee
Jan 1, 2004
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Sao Paulo’s Brooklin Station: An OPA Contender
By Dario Libano
"The Line 5 Extension, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is currently the most important investment in public transportation by Sao Paulo’s state government. It will connect the south part of the city to the city
Jan 1, 2014
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Design And Construction Of Tower Foundations For 345kV Youngheung Marine Transmission Line
By Suk han Jang
This paper describes the tower foundation design and construction experience for the 345kV Youngheung marine transmission line, which has been in commercial operation in Korea since July, 2004. This
Jan 1, 2007
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An Overview Of Soil Mixing In The United States ? Introduction
By Peter J. Nicholson
Since the reintroduction of soil mixing to the United States over 10 years ago, the work installed by soil mixing technology has grown dramatically. From an annual turnover of less than ten million do
Jan 1, 2001
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Real Time Monitoring the Historic Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts
By Pierre Gouvin, Michael Oakland
"This paper covers the rapid response methods used to monitor the emergency response to damage to an historic structure. An architectural gem, the latest incarnation of the old south Church was comple
Jan 1, 2017
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3 Recent Developments In Pile Design - Developments In Pile Design
By W. F. Van Impe
The design of piles and of pile groups has remarkably progressed over the past two decades. The increasing complexity of the building concept implements a more rational approach of the deep foundatio
Jan 1, 1994
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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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Special Topic On Eurocode 7 And Standardization - Eurocode 7 - A European Geotechnical Design Code - The Eurocode System * The Objectives Of The Eurocodes
By Niels Krebs Ovesen
Close economic cooperation was established among the countries in western Europe during the seventies. As a consequence, among others, a need for harmonized technical specifications for civil engineer
Jan 1, 1994
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New Technology For An Old Seawall: Micropile Installation At Ellis Island National Park In New York Harbor
By Helen D. Robinson
The seawalls that surround Ellis Island were constructed in the early 1900s and now show varying degrees of deterioration. An innovative approach to the structural repair of the seawalls was develope
Jan 1, 2008
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Comparison of Pile Foundations and Ground Improvement for Reduction of Seismic Displacements for a Wastewater Treatment Plant
By Andrew Port, Ali Ghandeharioon
Nonlinear seismic deformation analyses using the finite difference program FLAC were performed for a wastewater treatment plant to estimate foundation displacement and performance of two proposed tric
Jan 1, 2018
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Rock Sockets
By D. E. Sherwood
Mr. Tamaro introduced his paper which concerned the construction of foundations for the buildings and related infrastructure of the World Financial Center on a reclaimed shoreline site at the Southern
Jan 1, 1991
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Foundation Retrofit Design and Construction for the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, Martinez, California - 1998 DFI Annual Conference October 7th-9th, 1998 Seattle, Washington
By Roy A. Imbsen
Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) expedited an effort to evaluate and retrofit important state-owned toll bridges to enhance performance of
Jan 1, 1998
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Formation Of Interlocking Jet Grout Columns At Large Depth
By Chu E. Ho
Jet grout column formation at large depths are prone to several uncertainties, such as inaccuracy in setting out boreholes, drilling deviation, soil variability and reduced jetting energy at the nozzl
Jan 1, 2008
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Deep, Large Diameter Bored Piles In Hong Kong, Two Selected Cases - Synopsis
By Yvone Franco Crosato
The dense population of Hong Kong requires the construction of tall buildings in reclaimed areas or perched on the slopes of the many hills. The large loads to be supported are carried by deep foundat
Jan 1, 2000
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Soil-Cement Pile Foundations For A Large Storage Tank And Retaining Wall - Case History - Summary
By Roy A. Bell
A 200-foot diameter, 72-foot high petroleum storage tank was built in a hillside ravine where a portion of the site contained soft clay fill. Soil-cement piles, 40 inches in diameter and up to 38 feet
Jan 1, 1997
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Construction Of Deep Open Foundations For Airoli Road Bridge On Thane Creek In New Bombay - Synopsis
By A. R. Jambekar
City of Bombay has been developed out of former 7 islands. Landmass of 434 sq.km. of Bombay, started looking inadequate for further growth and expansion of Bombay City. In order to develope twin city
Jan 1, 1996
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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