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  • DFI
    Earth Pressure Distribution On Diaphragm Wall During Excavation

    By Ting Chinsu

    Diaphragm wall with tie-back cable is widely used for deep excavation, especially in the area with high density of buildings. This paper presents the measured earth pressure distribution on diaphragm

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    DFI 2008 Outstanding Project Award Winner Intricate Excavation for the New South Ferry Subway Station

    By Alice Arana, David M. Cacoilo, Joel L. Volterra

    "To make space for the new South Ferry Station in lower Manhattan, engineers and contractors carved out a new tunnel beneath three operating subway tunnels and tangentially to yet another tunnel. Crea

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    The Road to Innovation in Geotechnical Construction (f2290583-6329-4b39-a4c9-b746aba3a1f4)

    By Peter J. Nicholson

    "IntroductionDuring my more than 40 years in the practice of underground construction and engineering, the industry has seen progress from the dig down to rock or hardpan or alternatively drive concre

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Levee Repair and Upgrade by Dual Sheet Pile Walls and Accordion Sheet Pile Wall

    By Takefumi Takuma, Ali Fayad, Shigeru Kambe

    "This paper discusses the unique design and construction circumstances of the cantilevered dual sheet pile walls and the Accordion Sheet Pile Wall for the repair and upgrade of the East Garden Grove-W

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    A Quality Control System For Augered Cast-In-Place Pile Installation

    By George G. Goble

    The use of augercast piles has been limited by the engineer's concern for the structural quality of the installed pile. The nature of the pile is such that its final structural continuity is very

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    Deep Foundations In Karst - Lessons Learned From I-40 Corridor Widening In Knoxville, Tennessee

    By James L. Vinson

    Wilbur Smith Associates (WSA) has provided planning, engineering and construction oversight assistance to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) for three construction projects intended to

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Foundations For Offshore Wind Energy Converters - A Review Of Some Current Scadinavian Development Projects

    By K. Viking

    This article deals with some of the civil engineering related problems to be encountered when offshore wind energy projects transform from prototype offshore wind energy converter farms, developed and

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Oakland Turning Basin Bulkhead Spin Fin® Pile

    By Todd Nottingham

    Channel deepening of major ports is challenging designers to explore innovative solutions to ensure stability of bulkheads, such as for the Oakland Inner Harbor. This particular challenge was met with

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Stability Analysis Of Jack-Up Rig At The Bohai Oil Field ? Introduction

    By H. Cheng

    The Bohai Oil Company has applied all together 11 jack-up oil drilling rigs (movable platforms) (1) which can be classified in terms of their forms of foundations into two types: the integ­ral mat and

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    A Proposed Model For Soil/Auger Interaction During Installation Of Screw Piling Augers - Synopsis

    By J. W. Slatter

    Cast in situ screw piling techniques (both displacement and non displacement) have seen considerable growth in recent years due to competitive production rates, low noise and vibration free installati

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Insitu Ground Reinforcement Techniques

    By Peter J. Nicholson

    The methods of reinforcement to be discussed in this paper are all insitu methods, ones that can be used on the soil structure as it exists in the ground, and do not rely on excavation and replacement

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    The Reliability Of Conventional Design Methods For Driven Piles In Sand - Synopsis

    By Kenneth Gavin

    The accurate prediction of the shaft capacity of drives piles in sand continues to present problems for foundation designers. Research in this field has been carried out for many years and has yielded

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    Experimental Investigation on Drag Load Acting on Single End-bearing Piles in Collapsible Soil due to Inundation

    By Adel M. Hanna, Ibrahim M. Mashhour

    "Collapsible soil is known as one of the difficult soils, which possesses considerable strength when it is dry and significantly reduced when inundated. In practice, in case of a thick layer, pile fou

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Evaluating Axial Elastic Pile Response From Cone Penetration Tests (The 2009 Michael W. O?Neill Lecture)

    By Paul W. Mayne

    Axial pile performance can be rationally evaluated within an elastic continuum framework using field results from seismic piezocone tests (SCPTu). Adopting a versatile Randolph-type elastic pile model

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Helical Foundations And Tiebacks: Quality Control, Inspection And Performance Monitoring

    By John S. Pack

    The last 25 years have seen rapid expansion in the use of helical screw pile foundations and tiebacks for new and retrofit construction of buildings and earth retention structures. An estimated $100 m

    Jan 1, 2003

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    South 196th/200th Street Corridor And Bridge Crossing, Kent, Washington

    By James Su

    The Green River Valley in Kent, Washington, is a fast growing area containing retail facilities, warehouse factories and industrial businesses, including the Boeing Space Center. Traffic from Intersta

    Jan 1, 1998

  • DFI
    An Innovative Approach To Load Testing Of High Capacity Piles

    By P. Bermingham

    A new approach to load testing of high capacity piles is presented. The method is mobile, inexpensive, repeatable and non-destructive allowing for multiple pile testing at a single site. A reaction ma

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Press-In Piling: The Influence Of Plugging On Driveability - 1 Introduction - 1.1 Urban Construction Of Deep Foundations

    By David J. White

    The decreasing availability of land in urban areas, and the increasing demand for urban development is leading to the construction of taller and heavier buildings at increasingly marginal sites. Such

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Design, Specification And Installation Of Square Shaft Helical Piers In Expansive Soils

    By John S. Pack

    The application of square shaft helical piers in expansive soils is a standard of practice in many areas of the United States. Over 20 years of performance monitoring show exceptional performance and

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Practice to Reduce Ground Displacement in Deep Mixing Work

    By Kozo Takeda, Arashi Shimano

    "Dry Jet Mixing (DJM) technique is widely known as soil mitigation technique with small ground displacement during installation comparing with other techniques. Some projects involving sensitive struc

    Jan 1, 2015