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Driven Piles In Glacial Deposits Exhibiting Time Dependent Capacity
By Upendra L. Karna
The pile capacity gain with time evaluated and implemented for the construction of the Route 21 Viaduct in Newark, NJ, U.S.A is discussed in this paper. The project consisted of the replacement of mor
Jan 1, 2006
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Installation And Testing Of Instrumented Tieback Anchors - Introduction
By Joan Stoupa
The expansion of the West Point wastewater treatment plant located in Seattle, Washington, will require a permanent tieback retaining wall to enlarge the plant site for the new treatment plant facili
Jan 1, 1990
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High Capacity Drilled Cast-In-Place Piles, House Of Representatives Building, Lansing, Michigan - Summary
By Robert C. Rabeler
Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME) has utilized drilled cast-in-place (D-CIP) piles on a number of projects in the midwest. These foundation systems have typically consisted of drilling an 8 to
Jan 1, 1999
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Presentation #6 - Rapid Load Testing: A New Choice For Pile Testing
By Michael D. Justason
...a global perspective... In March of 2000, the Japanese Geotechnical Society added "Rapid Load Testing" to their national standard for pile testing. In the year 2000. it is estimated that th
Jan 1, 2001
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Results Of Dynamic And Static Load Tests On Helical Piles In The Varved Clay Of Massachusetts
By Jorge Beim
Helical Piles are increasingly being used to support and rehabilitate structures subjected to compressive axial loads. Traditionally, empirical correlations between installation torque and load capaci
Jan 1, 2012
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Effective Analysis Of Soil-Pile Interaction Under Dynamic Loads
By Inn-Joon Park
Major problems associated predicting soil-structure interaction behavior are based on the fact that soil is neither homogeneous nor elastic and soil properties are spatially variable. There also exist
Jan 1, 2002
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Design And Construction Considerations For The Use Of Slurry Walls To Construct Water Reservoirs In The Denver Formation
By Ken Andromalos
Continued population growth combined with limited water resources in the Denver area has resulted in the conversion of a number of mined out gravel pits in the area into municipal water storage facili
Jan 1, 2007
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Drilled Pile Design and Installation Challenges in an Urban Environment
By Satyajit Vaidya, Rudolph Frizzi, Luis Berroteran
This paper presents design and construction challenges associated with a high-capacity rock-socketed drilled pile foundation system for a 60-story building recently constructed in an urban environment
Jan 1, 2018
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World Financial Center Foundations, New York
By G. Tamaro
The World Financial Center is situated on a 60,000 square meter site at Battery Park City at the southern tip of Manhattan Island. The foundations for the buildings and the related infrastructure pose
Jan 1, 1989
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Design And Installation Of Pretensioned Spun Concrete Piles To Support A Large Diameter Sewer
By Naresh Koirala
The Greater Vancouver Regional District completed installation of a 2.5 Km long, 2400 mm diameter concrete sewer in Delta, British Columbia in 2000. The sewer traverses through area of peat and soft
Jan 1, 2004
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Application Of Neurofuzzy Approach To Estimate Duration And Evaluate Delay For Diaphragm Wall And Barrette Construction
By Thoedtida Thipparat
The diaphragm walls and barrettes are very important to the constructions of multi-storeyed buildings, elevated expressways, subway railway stations, etc. Uncertainties particularly increase in accord
Jan 1, 2006
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Aseismic Bearing Capacity Of Pile Foundation ? Synopsis
By J. X. Wu
An investigation on the seismic damage to buildings with pile foundations in Tianjin region, was conducted after the earthquake which hit Tangshan in 1976. It showed that most pile-founded buildings h
Jan 1, 2010
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Understanding Soils Reports - Presented At A Structural Engineers Association Of Northern California Continuing Education Seminar On Foundations/Excavations, March 1984
By Loring A. Wyllie
Preparation, understanding and use of soils reports must be a team effort to be fully effective. The soils engineer must know what is to be built and exactly where. The structural engineer and owner m
Jan 1, 1986
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The Channel Tunnel Project - Historical Background
By C. J. Kirkland
For two thousand years and more, we insular Britons have been grateful for the existence of the narrow strip of water that separates us from mainland Europe. It has given us a sense of security agains
Jan 1, 1991
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A New Approach To Estimate The Base Bearing Capacity Of Driven Piles Based On SPT Data
By N. Shariatmadari
In recent years, determining bearing capacity of piles from in-situ testing data as a complement of static and dynamic analysis has been used by geotechnical engineers. In this paper, different approa
Jan 1, 2006
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List Of Delegates
AUSTRALIA CHAPMAN Gary JOHN WAGSTAFF CONTSRUCTIONS PTY. LTD. 1 Ashgrove Crescent 4060 ASHGROVE BRISBANE HILLAR Jaaes Director J.A. HILLAR & ASSOCIATES 99 Woolwich Road WOOLWICH,
Jan 1, 1994
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Aspects of Standardization for Piles in Europe
By Roger Frank
"Abstract After noting the importance of standardization for piles, the European system is described (execution, tests and design, etc.). Some important aspects of Eurocode 7 are outlined (like the ro
Jan 1, 2014
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Efficacy and Execution of Floating Lattice-Shaped Cement Treatment against Liquefaction
By Sachihiko Tokunaga, Hirofumi Taguchi, Kenji Maruyama, Hidenori Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Morikawa
"Abstract The present study proposed a new liquefaction countermeasure to improve sandy ground and conducted a trial execution. The new method is a floating-type and lattice-shaped cement treatment me
Jan 1, 2014
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Variation Of Load Settlement Relations Of 25 Steel Pipe Piles Constructed In A Site From Rapid Pile Load Testing
By Tatsunori Matsumoto
In order to investigate the variation of the load-displacement relations of piles in a site, vertical load tests were carried out on 25 small diameter steel pipe piles. Out of 25 piles, 15 piles were
Jan 1, 2006
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Small Diameter Piling System Used In Australia
By P. J. Yttrup
Small diameter timber piles are used in Australia to solve foundation problems in soft or filled ground and expansive soil. The paper describes the results of pile load tests to develop simple methods
Jan 1, 1989