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  • DFI
    CPT - Guided Installation Of Pressure-Grouted Displacement Piles

    By Mark M. Petersen

    As part of the addition of eight new combined cycle generating units at the Florida Power & Light Sanford Plant, 2,129 piles were to be installed. The existing plant elements were supported on driven

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Case Study: Innovative Soil Nail Stabilization Of A 100 Foot High Urban Slope

    By Mike Fabius

    The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority is responsible for slopes along the Kaministiquia River, one of the largest tributaries to Lake Superior in Canada. After arresting toe erosion for a mile o

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Micropiles Prove Advantageous Over Drilled Shafts For Merchants Railroad Bridge Rehabilitation

    By Jeffrey R. Hill

    To extend the life of the Merchants Railroad Bridge crossing the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO, the owner implemented a rehabilitation and reconstruction project. The Merchants Bridge provides a

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Sandwich Wall Beneath Amsterdam Centraal Station - An Innovative Approach For Jet Grouting Under Difficult Conditions

    By J. C. W. M. de Wit

    An excavation, within which a tunnel is sunk as a part of the Centraal Station underground station (platform section) of the Noord/Zuidlijn ('North/South Line'), is to be created beneath the

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    The World In Steel Sheet Piling ? Synopsis

    By M. Dondelinger

    This paper presents a comprehensive review of steel sheet piling including internationally manufactured hot rolled sections, their history, applications, installation and driving techniques. The di

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Design And Construction Of Large Diameter Drilled Shafts For The Bath - Woolwich Bridge

    By Andrew Peterson

    The Maine Department of Transportation offered this challenging design-build project for a new, 12-span, bridge over the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. This structure would be built to replace the exi

    Jan 1, 1999

  • DFI
    Kentucky Route 9 - Licking Pike Widening Design Build Slope Stabilization

    By Frederick W. Slack

    This paper will discuss the inherent value engineering associated with the design and construction of approximately 184,000 SF of anchored tieback wall, installed as part of the widening and drainage

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    The Advantages Of Arbitration - I. Arbitration Defined

    By John B. Tieder

    Arbitration is a legally recognized alternate litigation for the resolution of civil disputes. The parties agree, either before or after a dispute arises, to submit that dispute to an independent thir

    Jan 1, 1988

  • DFI
    Rehabilitation Of Tilted Large Drainage Caisson ? Synopsis

    By M. A. El-Sohby

    The paper describes some problems encountered with the foundation of a deep drainage caisson constructed on the Nile Bank in Cairo. The use of suction dredging while sinking the caisson led to a pipin

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Statnamic Load Testing; Overview And Case Histories Of Augered Cast-In-Place Piles

    By Mike Muchard

    Augered cast-in-place piles are one of the most cost effective deep foundation options available to designers but have been largely underutilized due to skepticism associated with quality assurance an

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Industry Practice Standards And DFI Practice Guidelines For Structural Slurry Walls - First Edition - Title ? Table Of Contents - Part I Industry Practice Standards - 1. Classification Of Slurry Wall Panels

    There are many ways to classify structural slurry wall elements, but the DFI committee chooses to limit these descriptions to three functional requirements, namely: design function, plan configuration

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Float-In Cofferdams

    By Robert B. Bittner

    Large diameter piles (2 to 3 m diameter, both driven and drilled) are being used more frequently by designers of bridge foundations. The use of these large piles allows the pile cap to be positioned

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    The Effects Of System Components On The Deflection Of MSE Retaining Walls

    By Scott C. Vollmer

    This paper seeks to examine some of the technical factors influencing the deflection of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining walls based on the authors' field observation of numerous str

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Simulation of Offshore Piling using Advanced Dynamic Material Point Method (MPM)

    By Shreyas Giridharan, Fursan Hamad, Sujith Gowda, Christian Moormann

    "Pile installation in soil is a dynamic process which exhibits large deformation in the soil region. Experimental investigation of pile installation is both time and resource intensive. Numerical inve

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Use Of Non-Invasive Helical Foundations For Urban Forest Canopy Walk Way ? Atlanta Botanical Garden

    By David C. Kraft

    Helical piles and ground anchors were used to meet critical design and constructability requirements for an urban forest Canopy Walk at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA. The 12-foot wide ped

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Mini-Pile Design And Construction Methods Change To Mitigate Soil Loss Through Glacial Till

    By Cassandra A. Wetzel

    Rock socketed mini-piles are a desirable foundation alternative when design capacity is more than 40 tons and there is limited access. In this case history mini-piles were designed to support between

  • DFI
    Frequency-Variable Vibrators And Their Application To Foundation Engineering - 1 Introduction

    By K. Rainer Massarsch

    In some parts of the world, vibrators are used extensively for different types of foundation engineering projects. If used correctly and in suitable soils then vibratory pile driving for example is ve

    Jan 1, 1995

  • DFI
    Piled Raft Design For High Rise Buildings In East London, UK

    By D. P. Nicholson

    The current phase of office development at Canary Wharf in the London Docklands includes twelve multi-storey buildings varying from eighteen to forty stories in height. The area of Canary Wharf South

    Jan 1, 2002