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  • DFI
    Nearshore Pile Construction Experience In Burnie, Tasmania

    By Thomas W. Scott, Manh N. Tran

    Marine environments present a range of challenges for pile construction. This paper contains a discussion on the design and construction of marine piles for a recent Toll Shipping wharf upgrade in Bur

    Nov 1, 2022

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    Design Of Drilled Shaft Supported Mat Moscow Towers

    By Issa S. Oweis

    Two Towers are currently under construction in Central Moscow in the Russian Federation. Building A is a 96 story tower and Building B is a 65 story tower. The columns in both structures bear on a t

    Jan 1, 2007

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    University Of Minnesota Football Stadium Down Hole Pile: Innovative Solution For Difficult Conditions

    By Eric J. Pederson

    The down hole hammer is widely used in specialty geotechnical construction. The common uses include tie-back anchor installation, micropile installation, and general soil/bedrock drilling operations.

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Cannonsville Dam Emergency Borehole Response

    By John Vickers, William H. Hover, Paul C. Schmall

    "Any sudden subsurface issue that threatens the stability of existing buildings or infrastructure is cause for immediate investigation and prompt remedial action. Nowhere is this more true than the n

    Jan 1, 2016

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    Excavation Risks Adjacent to Existing Structures in Illinois and Urban Environments - Identifying and Managing Technical and Legal Issues

    By James P. Chivilo, Gregory R. Meeder, Scott J. DiFiore, Matthew H. Johnson

    New construction in metropolitan areas has direct impacts on immediate neighbors and abutters. While noise and dust are generally nuisance concerns, demolition, vibrations, excavation, and dewatering

    Jan 1, 2019

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    What It Takes (Geostructurally) To Extend The Plane Train Tunnel Under The World'S Busiest Airport

    By Ryan T. Smith, Anthony Sahj, Alexander T. Darnell

    Every second can count when trying to board a departing flight or catch a ride-share to your final destination. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is in the midst of a project that aims

    Oct 1, 2022

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    Performance Of Open And Close-End Screw Piles In Bearing Layer

    By Faisal Shalzad, Adnan Anwar Malik, Tadashi Maejima, Jiro Kuwano

    Single helix screw piles carry most of the structural load through end-bearing if the helix is embedded in the dense bearing layer. The tip condition of the central shaft of the screw pile can be clos

    Oct 1, 2022

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    Acrylamide Grouting: Successfully Controlling Groundwater from Canada to South America

    By Daniel Magill, Jim Gentry

    "Acrylamide chemical grout (C3H2NO) has been successfully used for over 50 years to control groundwater and stop infiltration. This paper will address three unique projects involving the control of gr

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Effect of Binder Composition on the Secondary Compression of an Artificially Stabilized Soil

    By Monica R. Garcia, Antonio Alberto S. Correia, Paulo J. Venda Oliveira

    "The aim of this paper is to analyze the creep behavior of a Portuguese soft soil stabilized with binders in one-dimensional conditions, based on oedometer creep tests. The study focuses on the analys

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Bertha Rescue Shaft – SR99 Tunnel

    By Lance Rasband, Richard Hanke

    "Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) started mining on Seattle’s SR99 tunnel on July 30, 2013, working slowly through a 15 ft (4.6 m) thick fiber-reinforced concrete headwall. Once through the headwall, the

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Mixing Proportion Design and Construction Management for Application of Cement Deep Mixing Method to Construction Project on Controlled Final Landfill Site in Japan

    By Yoshinori Kurumada, Masaya Watanabe, Kenji Sasa

    "The Port of Yokohama is strengthening its international competitiveness as a strategic container port in order to respond appropriately to global exchange and shipping demands. Thus, the Minami Honmo

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Comparison Of Large Plate Load Test Result With Predicted Deformation In Deep Vibro Techniques Treated Ground For Iron Ore Stockpile Yard In Vietnam

    By Leong, William. Chong, Kam Weng

    Deep Vibro Techniques namely Vibro Compaction (VC) and Vibro Replacement (VR) are widely used in ground improvement to densify sands and strengthen cohesive soils. This paper describes the application

    Nov 1, 2022

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    Application Of Deep Mixing And Stone Column Techniques For Stabilization Of Large Earth Cum Rock Fill (Ecrf) Dam For An Irrigation Project

    By Cemal Can Maslak, Vijaya Bhushan Rao, Vidyaranya Bandi, Karsten Beckhaus

    A Large Earth Cum Rock Fill, ECRF Dam is under construction at Polavaram in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India as part of an irrigation project. The Embankment crest width of the dam is 12.5m and ba

    Sep 1, 2022

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    Introduction (10b9df94-8559-46e8-b74a-5e5ae2f990b0)

    "The development of non-destructive testing (NDT) methods for deep foundations occurred in several parts of the world, gradually coming together into the present state of the art. The compilation of t

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Dynamic Pile Testing for the Five Mates Bridge

    By Jonathan G. Cannon

    "This paper will describe dynamic pile testing conducted during installation of driven octagonal precast prestressed concrete piles used as the foundation for this bridge. The piles were long and henc

    Jan 1, 1900

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    State of the Art Ground Improvement Technique for a Residential Complex: Case Study

    By Madan Kumar Annam, Hari Krishna Y, I. V. Anirudhan

    "For completion of projects in time with positive results, improvements of productivity and effective project management procedures have become extremely important. This paper discusses a milestone pr

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Soil Mixing Monitoring System Quality Control for the SR-83 Project in Florida

    By Danny Winters, Wesley Schmutzler, Christopher Lewis, Matteo Bertoni

    "SR 83/US 331 is a primary North/South roadway in Walton County that is a crucial link for tourism and commerce between the Walton County beaches and the heavily traveled I-10 corridor in the panhandl

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Jet Grout For Soil Mass Stabilisation To Support Power Plant Foundation

    By Vishal Pathak, Shailesh A. Godhuly

    Ground Modification System in terms of Jet Grouting for soil strengthening and mass stabilization was engaged for a power plant project in an international power project, engineered by L&T-S&L. The si

    Sep 1, 2022

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    Diving Underground - Through a Hologram - To Better Understand Foundation Risk

    By Scott A. Anderson, Benjamin S. Rivers, Derrick D. Dasenbrock, Silas Nichols

    Unknown geotechnical conditions are a major source of risk. Unexplored places vastly outnumber the sampled and tested ones, and widely spaced boreholes with intermittent tests and samples are the norm

    Jan 1, 2019

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    Ground Improvement for Underground Construction in South Florida

    By Christopher Sammon, Nicholas Turus

    "The demand for underground parking in South Florida has increased as a result of changes to the local building code, coupled with developers’ desire to improve building aesthetics and provide much ne

    Jan 1, 2017