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Longitudinal Splitting Of Precast Reinforced Concrete Piles During Driving ? Synopsis
By B. B. Broms
The high transverse tensile stresses that develop in precast concrete piles during driving have been investigated experimentally from pile load tests and theoretically using the finite element method
Jan 1, 2010
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Comparison Of Static Pile Analyses And Load Test Results
By Alan B. Wagner
Data from seven instrumented pile load tests in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and two other instrumented load tests reported in the literature, one in Evanston, Illinois and one in Houston, Texas were reviewed
Jan 1, 1991
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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
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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
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A Case History of Intrinsic Remediation of Reactive Tailings Seepage for Questa Mine, New Mexico
By SungJe Chi
Intrinsic remediation is the effect of natural attenuation mechanisms - dilution, dispersion, sorption/precipitation and biodegradation - reducing contaminant concentrations in ground water to specifi
Jan 1, 2017
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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
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Recent Advances In Soil Nailed Earth Retention
By Tom A. Armour
Different variations of soil nailing techniques have been used in the United States since the late 1970's. Such techniques owe their origins to French developments, which began in the early 1970&
Jan 1, 2003
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Interlocking Caisson Walls
By William E. Lardner
Interlocking caisson walls developed from conventional "soldier pile and lagging" shoring. In the latter, the soldier piles receive directly most of the soil load. Natural arches form in the soil behi
Jan 1, 1987
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Driven Pile Foundation Design And Construction Genentech Hall - UCSF Mission Bay Campus
By Robert E. Fosse
Driven 14-inch-square concrete piles were used as the foundations of Genentech Hall at the new University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Campus. The five-story, steel eccentrically-braced fr
Jan 1, 2002
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Resonant Pile Driving - Part I - The Promise & The Reality - Part II - Soldier Pile Installation - Light Rail Transit - Buffalo, New York - 1. Historic Background.
By D. R. Dance
The Resonant, or as it has more commonly come to be known the 'Sonic' Pile Driver, dates back to the early 1960's, when prototypes were produced by Charlie Guild, of Providence, Rhode I
Jan 1, 1987
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Ground Improvement By Stone Columns At Formosa Plant Taiwan And Its Earthquake Response
By Wolfgang G. Brunner
Mai- Liao, in Yun Lin province of Taiwan, which was once a remote area on the coast of the South China Sea, has been developed into an offshore industrial complex. Approximately 100 million m3 of impo
Jan 1, 2002
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Challenging Ground Conditons during Flooding Lead to Innovative Deep Foundation Design Process and Load Test Evaluation
By Glen M. Bellew, James F. Mehnert
"The Kansas City District-United States Army Corps of Engineers has completed the design modification of a pile supported floodwall located along the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas. This deep f
Jan 1, 2016
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Anchored Diaphragm Wall and Dewatering System for Libya Hotel
By Claudio Asioli
"The project’s goal was to construct the Al Ghazala Intercontinental, a multi-use development in the bay area of Tripoli overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The site of the project is located approxima
Jan 1, 2017
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Anchored Diaphragm Wall and Dewatering System for Libya Hotel
By Claudio Asioli
"The project’s goal was to construct the Al Ghazala Intercontinental, a multi-use development in the bay area of Tripoli overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The site of the project is located approxima
Jan 1, 2017
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Tubex-Grout-Injected-Piles For The Parenco Paper Mill In Renkum (The Netherlands) - The Application Of Tubex-Groutinjection-Piles For The Parenco Paper Mill PM-1 In Renkum (The Netherlands)
By Sikko Doornbos
For the extension of the Paper Mill of Parenco in Renkum, the Netherlands, the application of a pile foundation was required. The demands for this pile foundation were very explicit a vibration free a
Jan 1, 1987
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The Analysis Of FEM On The Anchorage Consolidation For Stabilizing A Tunnel With Thick Overburden ? Synopsis
By J. M. Pei
In this paper, the nonlinear finite element analysis is used to study the support system of a tunnel which is designed to pass through deep-embeded stratum. The rock mass is rather intact, though a se
Jan 1, 2010
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Foundation Retrofit Design and Construction for the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, Martinez, California - 1998 DFI Annual Conference October 7th-9th, 1998 Seattle, Washington
By Roy A. Imbsen
Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) expedited an effort to evaluate and retrofit important state-owned toll bridges to enhance performance of
Jan 1, 1998
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"Comparative Pile Load Tests In Alluvial Sands" - I. Introduction
By Lawrence F. Johnsen
In 1989, the Connecticut Department of Transportation authorized the evaluation and design for a reconstructed Route 1 bridge over the Quinnipiac River in the City of New Haven, Connecticut. The proje
Jan 1, 1993
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Drilled Displacement Piles - Current Practice And Design
By Prasenjit Basu
Drilled displacement piles are being increasingly used as foundation elements, particularly in projects requiring fast construction. Different types of drilled displacement (DD) piles are available i
Jan 1, 2010
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Mt. Baker Ridge Access Pits And Seattle Bus Tunnel Jet Grouted Piles
By John F. MacDonald
From 19BS thru the present, Guy F. Atkinson Construction Company has been involved in several transportation construction projects in the Seattle area. Two of these contracts, the Mt. Baker Ridge Tunn
Jan 1, 1990