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  • DFI
    Recent Advances In Quiet & Vibration-Less Steel Pile Installation & Extraction

    By Ray. K. Filip

    The concept of installing a steel sheet pile retaining wall into the ground by "pressing" has resulted in the development of various equipment solutions over the last thirty years e.g. Taylor Woodrow

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Designed, PDA Assisted Load Tested, And Constructed Pile Foundation Provides An Economical Foundation Solution - A Case History

    By Gregory A. Stephan

    A case history of design, prediction, probe pile driving, and construction of a pile foundation for Building 3 of Waterside at Bay Beach Condominiums located in Fort Myers Beach, southwest Florida, is

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Vibratory Driver/Extractors Do More Than Drive Sheet Piles - Summary

    By John L. White

    Vibratory driver/extractors do more than drive and extract sheet piles. I would say more than sixty percent (60%) of the time, vibratory pile driver/extractors are engaged in work that has nothing to

    Jan 1, 1997

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    Session III - Foundation Techniques In The Urban Environment - Structural Movement And Ground Settlement Control For A Deep Excavation Within An Historic Building - Synopsis

    By Martin J. Kenwright

    Within the famous Harrods department store, a new lift shaft has been constructed, servicing a depth of 22m below ground level as well as the existing 6 storeys of the store. The shaft will connect wi

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Installation Of Augerpiles In Low Headroom And Restricted Access Conditions

    By Jim Steding

    L.G. Barcus and Sons, Inc. recently completed a three-phase project for the expansion of Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico for McCarthy Construction Co., the Construction Manager for th

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Specialized Slurry Wall Equipment - The Hydromill - Summary

    By Mario Mauro

    The article illustrates the Hydromill technology, as applied in urban sites, and its advantages in terms of quality of the end product, mitigation of the construction impact, and optimization of the l

    Jan 1, 1994

  • DFI
    Upgrading Projects of Existing Infrastructures by Steel Piles – Press-in Method and Implant Structure

    By Tsunenobu Nozaki

    "AbstractThe PRESS-IN METHOD is widely recognised as “an environmentally friendly piling method”. However, this characteristic is only one of the fundamental advantages of the method and this paper pr

    Jan 1, 2014

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    Oakland Airport Roadway Project - Synopsis

    By David S. Yang

    The construction of Oakland Airport Roadway Project for the airport expansion requires stabilization of subsurface soils for the construction of three grade separation structures at two roadway interc

    Jan 1, 2001

  • DFI
    Effects Of Mineral And Polymer Slurries On Drilled Shafts - 1. Introduction - 1.1 History Of And Principles Of Mineral Slurries In Drilled Shaft Construction

    By Michael W. Neill, O&apos

    Drilling slurry has become an effective aid to the construction of drilled shafts in caving and/or waterbearing soils. Historically, drilling slurry made of bentonitic clay and water was first used in

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Augered Cast-In-Place Piles: Regional Project Profiles - Community Osteopathic Hospital Harrisburg, Pa

    GENERAL CONTRACTOR: ALEXANDER CONSTRUCTORS, INC. STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: CAGLEY & ASSOCIATES, INC. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER: F.T. KITLINSKI & ASSOCIATES, INC. PILE FOUNDATION CONTRACTOR: L.G. BA

    Jan 1, 2001

  • DFI
    Impact Of Offshore Site Investigation Practice On Reliability Of Axial Pile Design In Siliceous Sands

    By James A. Schneider

    The evolution of the American Petroleum Institute (API) design method for axial capacity of driven piles in siliceous sands is explored, and complemented with an overview of how changes in offshore si

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Evaluation of Engineering Properties of Expansive Soils Mixed with Waste EPS Beads

    By B. Soundara, A. Suganya, S. Selvakumar

    "Expansive soils have a potential for shrinkage or swelling under changing moisture content. Attempts were made to reduce the swelling potential of expansive soils with conventional additives such as

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Deep Soil Mixing for Contaminated Soil Remediation at a Superfund Site

    By Larry Stearns, Lori Tiefenthaler

    Remediation of contaminated soil represents a significant market for application of Deep Soil Mixing (DSM). Eighty-one percent of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program’s site re

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    High-Capacity Rock Anchors Provide Uplift Resistance For Concrete-Filled Steel Pipe Piles - A Case Study

    By James Weaver

    During the past 16 years, the authors have successfully used high-capacity rock anchors installed inside open-ended pipe piles, driven to bedrock, to provide uplift and overturning resistance for vari

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Operator Independent Installation Of Lime Cement (L/C) Columns

    By Tobias Hansson

    The quality of Lime Cement (L/C) columns is to a great extent dependent on the installation procedure. At a site in the south of Sweden, the client reported problems with the installed columns. To eva

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Deep Foundations In The Challenging Geology Of Central Florida

    By Gary Kuhns

    Central Florida is among the fastest growing urban areas in the United States, and its rapid development has required the steady construction of various types of civil engineering works. The karst geo

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Arbitration - The Tender Trap

    By James Green

    It has often been said that the best contracts written are by people who are suspicious of each other. The Spanish philosopher, Ortega y Gasset, said: "Every contract is an Act of Distrust." T

    Jan 1, 1987

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    Case Study: MGM Casinonational Harbor, Washington, DC Displacement Cast-In-Place Piles in Coastal Plain Soils

    By Karl A. H iggins, James P. Racine

    "Displacement Cast-in-Place (DCIP) piles are not a common deep foundation type in the Washington, DC Metro Area market. As a result, less regional data is available for these foundations compared to o

    Jan 1, 2017

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    The Effect of Arching Pressure on a Vertical Circular Wall

    By Sangseom Jeong, Kyoungyul Kim, Jaeyeon Cho

    "Abstract The lateral earth pressure of vertical circular shaft is investigated by using experimental tests and a theoretical analysis. The emphasis was quantifying on the magnitude and distribution o

    Jan 1, 2014