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Drilled Shaft Design For Noise Wall Barriers Along I-20 In Columbia, SC
By Anil Bhandari
Using subsurface data collected at each drilled shaft location is an ideal approach for conducting drilled shaft design. However, conducting subsurface tests at each drilled shaft location and subseq
Jan 1, 2011
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Uncertainty And Bias In Evaluation Of LRFD Ultimate Limit State For Axially Loaded Driven Piles
By James A. Schneider
Selection of resistance factors within Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) requires accurate assessment of uncertainty and bias in load and resistance. To date, many studies have focused predomin
Jan 1, 2009
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SFMOMA Expansion – Multiple Uses of Ground Improvement – A Case Study
By Scott A. Walker, Frank L. Rollo
"The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in downtown metropolitan San Francisco, California, is supported on a mat foundation. Although the mat foundation of the original museum was designed t
Jan 1, 2014
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Approach Wall Foundations Olmsted Locks And Dam Project ? Summary
By Jeffrey A. Schaefer
The Olmsted Locks and Dam project is located on the Ohio River approximately 16.5 miles upstream of its confluence with the Mississippi River. It consists of twin 1200 ft. locks with floating and fixe
Jan 1, 2001
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Effective Dewatering Is More Than A Pump In The Hole - A Presentation At The Deep Foundations Institute Annual Meeting St. Louis, Missouri, November 1980
By William J. Rothschild
Ground water at construction sites can be controlled by properly placed wellpoint dewatering systems. Care must be taken in planning cofferdams to have adequate space for and access to pumps, headers
Jan 1, 1984
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Foundations For The M25 Motorway Near To Heathrow Airport
By John F. Spence
Ever since opening, the M25 motorway to the west of London has carried a rapidly increasing volume of traffic. The section of M25 between the junctions with the M3 and M4 motorways, which is in the ne
Jan 1, 2007
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3 Recent Developments In Pile Design - Developments In Pile Design
By W. F. Van Impe
The design of piles and of pile groups has remarkably progressed over the past two decades. The increasing complexity of the building concept implements a more rational approach of the deep foundatio
Jan 1, 1994
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Design And Preliminary Investigations For Deep Foundations Of The Charleroi Locks River Wall Project, Monessen, Pennsylvania
By Brian H. Greene
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, is in the final phases of modernizing the locks and dams on the Monongahela River. One facet of this modernization is to replace the existing Lo
Jan 1, 2006
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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
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Axial Cyclic Degradation of Marine Piles: A Strain-Based Fatigue Limit
By Aaron S. Bradshaw, Ryan M. Coulson
The offshore wind industry in the United States is slowly emerging with the recent construction of the first offshore wind farm located off the coast of Rhode Island. The turbines at the Block Island
Jan 1, 2018
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Dynamic Testing Results Indicator Pile Test Program --I-880 - Introduction
By D. Michael Holloway
The California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) evaluated several pile foundation schemes for supporting the structures along the realignment of Interstate 880. The project replaces the double-
Jan 1, 1995
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A Tale of Two Dams: Performance of Deep Cutoff Walls
By Donald Bruce, Mark Harris, Wesley Schmutzler, James Sanders
"This paper evaluates the history, construction and most importantly the performance of two remedial seepage cutoff walls installed in two major dams in the United States. Beaver Dam, on the White Riv
Jan 1, 2017
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Presentation #1 - Deep Foundation Inspection And Integrity Testing - Introduction - Why Use Drilled Shafts?
By Bernard Hertlein
¦ Drilled shafts resist scour seismic loads better than groups of driven piles ¦ Drilled shaft construction creates less noise and vibration than driving piles ¦ Drilled shafts permit direct obser
Jan 1, 2001
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Copenhagen – Denmark Cityringen Metro Project: Innovative Solution for Deep Excavation in Complex Urban Areas
By Paolo Cavalcoli, Marco Ziller
"ABSTRACT: In the year 2010 the State of Denmark together with the Municipality of Copenhagen, launched a very important and complex Project : the complete construction of a new double Subway Line :th
Jan 1, 2014
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Technical Note - Hollow Threaded Rebar For Cross Hole Sonic Logging Access Tubes Combined With Longitudinal Concrete Reinforcing In Drilled Shafts
By Josef K. Alter
Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) of drilled shafts requires 1.5-in (38-mm) or 2-in (51-mm) I.D. sonic access tubes to be installed inside the steel reinforcement cage. The sonic access tubes do not contr
Jan 1, 2011
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Experimental Evidences From A Pile Load Test On A Driven Composite Pile
By A. Garassino
A pile design was performed for a thermal power station in Egypt and more than 4000 piles were to be driven. Technical economical reasons suggested the choice of driven composite LACOR piles designe
Jan 1, 1991
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Innovative Cofferdams Used On The I-205 Columbia River Bridge
By Robert Bittner
The following is a report on the development of two unique and separate cofferdam systems used in the construction of the marine foundations for the I-205 Columbia River Bridge at Portland, Oregon for
Jan 1, 2013
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Deep Foundations In Hong Kong - Synopsis
By Martin Pratt
This paper is an overview of deep foundation engineering in Hong Kong past, present and future. The enormity of the subject compared with the space available makes brevity inevitable. Issues of constr
Jan 1, 2000
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Design And Construction Aspects Of A Deep Basement In Dublin - Synopsis
By Philip J. Daynes
As part of the regeneration of the centre of Dublin, a multi-functional development is being constructed on the site of the historic Smithfield Fruit Market. The site is being developed in three phase
Jan 1, 2003
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Challenges And Uncertainties Relating To Open Caissons
By Fathi Abdrabbo
Open caissons are used for many geotechnical engineering applications. Open caissons may be used as deep foundation elements bypassing weak soils to tip in firm deeper strata, and in rivers and mariti
Jan 1, 2012