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Helical Pile Foundation Solution for Landfill Redevelopment
By Kevin Baumgartner, Steven Babcock
A landfill in Phoenix, AZ reached capacity and was graded over in the 1970s. The property was subdivided into lots in 2007 to create a business park. However, the challenging site conditions caused by
Sep 8, 2021
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Effects Of Self-Weight On Thermomechanical Response Of Energy Piles
By Arash Saeidi Rashk Olia, Dunja Perić
The increasing demand for renewable energy has attracted attention to energy geostructures as means of extracting clean geothermal energy from the ground. To further advance the understanding of soils
Oct 1, 2022
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Augercast Piles - History And Advancements
By Larry Rayburn
Augercast piles evolved in the late forties from the process of pressure grouting open holes backfilled with stone. In 1956, a patent was issued for a cast in situ pile by pumping high pressure grout
Jan 1, 2005
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Construction Of The Drilled Shaft Foundations For The Huey Long Mississippi River Bridge, New Orleans
By Dan A. Brown
The foundations at the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans presented special challenges for construction due to the requirements for very deep drilled shafts in the Mississippi River beneath the existi
Jan 1, 2010
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Alternative Deep Foundation Solutions – DMM at LPV-111 in New Orleans
By Peter Cali, Wesley Schmutzler
"The Deep Mixing Method (DMM) was employed to raise and support the LPV (Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity) -111 Levee in New Orleans. Even using innovative technologies, the tight schedule to achieve t
Jan 1, 2017
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Innovations and Challenges during Urban Development – Shoring and Foundations of Canada’s Tallest Residential Building
By Shawna Munn, Nadir Ansari, Toben Jerry
With ever increasing demands on space in urban environments and smaller available footprints, buildings are being designed to increasing heights to meet the need. This case study discusses the increas
Jan 1, 2019
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Determination of Coefficient of Modulus of Sub-Grade Reaction for Free Head Short Pile
By Sumit Kumar Biswas, Moyukh De, Sibapriya Mukherjee
"The piles often are also subjected to lateral (horizontal) forces and moments. In fact, there are some structures where the primary function of piles is to transfer lateral loads to the ground. Prope
Jan 1, 2015
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Nicholson In The Neighborhood: Virginia’S North Hill Project
By Dominic Ammon, Mark Rothbauer, Paul Landers P. E.
Across the Potomac River from the location of the DFI47 Annual Conference (October 2022), in Alexandria, VA, two large permanent anchored walls with a decorative shotcrete face were recently construct
Oct 1, 2022
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Virtual Imaging Technologies as Decision-Making Tools for Geo- Hazards
By Arpana P. Sabu, Themis Vaxevanis, Sissy Nikolaou, Guillermo Diaz-Fanas
Geo-failures from extreme events (landslides, wild fires, earthquakes, floods, etc.) have increased exponentially in recent years around the world and within the USA. When catastrophic failures occur,
Jan 1, 2019
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Efficient Deep Foundations, Earth Retention Systems and Ground Improvement – New School Techniques for Columbia Manhattanville’s Subsurface Challenges
By Justin Lukens, Di Stasim Jeffrey, Frank Di Salvo
Columbia University’s Manhattanville Campus expansion includes the construction of two new business school buildings. The new buildings require development of an entire city block bound by 12th Avenue
Jan 1, 2019
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Helical Pile Foundations at Tangier Island Substation
By Jeff Wilkinson, Brandon Walter
"A&N Electrical Cooperative provides electrical service to the counties of Accomack and Northampton along Virginia’s Eastern Shore and to Smith Island in Somerset County, Md.A&N recently worked to imp
Jan 1, 2017
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Installation Of Drilled Piers In Shales ? Synopsis
By A. C. Ackenhell
The geologic environment of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is both inviting and challenging to drilled pier installation. The shales and clayey soil zone of the hills are favorable but the alluvial soils of
Jan 1, 2010
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Realistic Estimation Of Water Table Depth For Design Optimization Of Bored Tunnel And Cut & Cover Tunnel Structures For Underground Metro
By Chiranjib Sarkar, Sibapriya Mukherjee, N Kumar Pichumani
With the rapid expansion of urban transportation systems, tunnels and cut & cover structures are considered as the only solution in improving the urban space congestion problem in mass rapid transit s
Nov 1, 2022
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Pressure-Grouted Helical Piles Aid Urban Redevelopment
By Karen Dawson
Pressure-grouted helical piles support a new seven-story homeless housing center in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The project team instrumented and statically load tested piles
May 1, 2022
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Performance Monitoring for Deep Excavations
By Alexi J. Neill
"This presentation will showcase two challenging projects with deep excavation support systems in the Atlanta area where state-of-the-art instrumentation and monitoring systems were used to manage ris
Jan 1, 2016
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Errata - Performance Of A Large Diameter Drilled Pier
By A. J. Partos
Table 4, Page 311 Table 4 Experimental Parameters from Straight Line Interpretation of Mohr Failure Envelope [ ]
Jan 1, 1991
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Goethals Bridge Replacement Foundation Design Modifications Due to Field Conditions
By John P. Turner, Mark Jen, Bobby Daita
"The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is replacing the existing Goethals Bridge built in 1928 which is deemed to be functionally obsolete. The replacement bridge will consist of a dual cable-
Jan 1, 2016
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Harry Nice Bridge Geotechnical Instrumentation Case Study
By Jeffrey Goodwin P. E., Melih Demirkan Ph. D. P. E., Kevin Tehansky P. E.
Just an hour drive down MD 301 from National Harbor, construction to replace the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas ‘Mac’ Middleton Bridge (HNB) began in spring of 2020. The Maryland Trans
Oct 1, 2022
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Creative Solution For Sydney Data Centre
By M. Krzaninski, Y. Zou, A. Frost
The foundation solution for a data centre building in Sydney, Australia comprised two alternatives, the first of which incorporated the use of CFA piles founded in rock at approx. 27m depth to support
Nov 1, 2022
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Soil Improvement Using Gravel-Sand Columns for a Highway Project in Germany
By Schmitz Stefan, Stephan Jee-Sun
"Due to the reunion of Western and Eastern Germany in the late 80’s, a multitude of infrastructure projects had to be executed. A good portion of these projects required improvement of the motorway sy
Jan 1, 2015