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TRD Soil Mixing at Herbert Hoover Dike
By George Burke
"Many soil mixing methods have evolved over the years, but the Trench Cutting Re-mixing Deep method (TRD) was developed in Japan, circa 1993, to construct continuous uniform cutoff walls, without the
Jan 1, 2009
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Assessment, Remediation And Acceptance Of Drilled Shafts Through The Use Of Csl Tests
By Bernardo J. Jiménez Vega, Edy L. T. Montalvan PhD
The experience gained during more than 900 Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) tests on drilled shafts shows the importance of establishing proper project acceptance and repair protocols. Drilled shaft eval
Oct 1, 2022
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Radium Hospital Project in Oslo, Norway.
By Dominik Gächter, Wojciech Szczepiñski
In early 2020, the construction phase began for the new complex of buildings for Radium Hospital in Oslo – the leading facility for cancer treatment in Norway. Settlements in the surrounding area, cau
Sep 8, 2021
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Radium Hospital Project In Oslo, Norway
By Wojciech Szczepiński, Dominik Gächter
In early 2020, the construction phase began for the new complex of buildings for Radium Hospital in Oslo – the leading facility for cancer treatment in Norway. Settlements in the surrounding area, cau
Oct 1, 2021
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Design And Performance Evaluation Of A Grouting Program In Weak Rock Masses
By George Moses K, Mahendran K
Grouting is performed in rock masses in order to increase its strength properties and also to reduce the seepage. In the design of underground structures such as tunnels or caverns located in weak roc
Nov 1, 2022
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Observational And Numerical Evaluation Of Defects In Deep Mixing Method Columns Used For Lng Process Train Structural Foundation Support
By Paul J. Sabatini
Between 2008 and 2009, more than 6,000, 23-m long deep mixing method (DMM) elements were constructed to support 124 concrete mats comprising the foundations for the process trains for an LNG facility.
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Observational and Numerical Evaluation of Defects in Deep Mixing Method Columns Used for LNG Process Train Structural Foundation Support (30cbb62b-9335-4a4e-8105-e672f3e82ba5)
By Paul Summers, Kevin Richardson, Willem (Billy) Villet, Paul J. Sabatini, Edward C. Clukey
"Between 2008 and 2009, more than 6,000, 23-m long deep mixing method (DMM) elements were constructed to support 124 concrete mats comprising the foundations for the process trains for an LNG facility
Jan 1, 2017
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Cooling Water Intake Shafts for the Oak Creek Expansion
By Edward Jacobsen, Patrick J. Lydon
"The ongoing expansion of the Oak Creek Power Plant in Oak Creek, Wisc., includes a tunnel bored in rock that connects to four vertical intake shafts approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) offshore in Lake
Jan 1, 2008
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“Borehole Stabilization” For Deep Excavation, An Essential Part In Bored Piling / Diaphragm Wall Construction
By Thomas Domanski
Any type of deep excavation whether for Bored Piling, Diaphragm Walls or Contiguous Bored Piling Walls depends on forming a stable borehole with a defined cross-section to receive safely the permanent
Sep 1, 2022
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Verification Of Drilled Shaft Resistance By The Post Grouting Method
By Suthan Pooranampillai
Verification of drilled shaft resistance is primarily obtained through the use of different load testing methods. Procedures utilized include conventional top down static loading, the Osterberg load c
Jan 1, 2010
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Ground Improvement for Underground Construction in South Florida
By Christopher Sammon, Nicholas Turus
"The demand for underground parking in South Florida has increased as a result of changes to the local building code, coupled with developers’ desire to improve building aesthetics and provide much ne
Jan 1, 2017
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Adaptive Design and Contractual Approaches to Address Geotechnical Uncertainties in a Design-Build Ground Improvement Project
By Kalyani Devabhaktuni, Mike Minton, Mark T. Howe, Yan Zhang
During the procurement phase of a Design-Build (DB) project, design-build contractors must often commit to a fixed price based on limited or incomplete geotechnical information. This lack of informati
Jan 1, 2019
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Innovative Use Of ACIP Piles And Geogrid To Support Kroger Superstore
By George C. Webb
A wide variety and variable depth (up to 40 ft.) of compressible, uncontrolled fill (including construction debris and a perched water condition) was present at a proposed Kroger construction site in
Jan 1, 2005
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Lateral Load Tests on Step Tapered Bored Piles in Calcareous Sands
By Nabil F. Ismael, Mohamed El Deeb
"The behavior of laterally loaded step tapered bored piles in calcareous sand was examined by field tests. Lateral load tests were carried out on straight and step tapered bored piles 5.3 m long embed
Jan 1, 2005
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Monopile Construction Technique For Mumbai Coastal Road Package 1 - Mumbai
By T Vijayakumar, Vipul Dobhada, Rajesh Patel, Swarnadip Dey, Naveen Babu D
The most challenging scope of any bridge project in marine or inter tidal zone is to construct sub structure like well Foundation, group pile, pile cap etc. Similarly, it also affects the marine envir
Sep 1, 2022
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Case Study: Load Transfer Analysis on an Instrumented Augercast Pile Using EDC Strain Gauges and Geokon Rebar Strainmeters
By Sastry Putcha, Santosh Mummaneni, Swamy Avasarala, Vamshi Vemula
"This paper presents the results from a case study on the comparison of two strain acquisition instrumentation technologies, Geokon rebar strainmeters and Embedded Data Collectors (EDC) for the DC Wat
Jan 1, 1900
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Ground Improvement Using Stone Columns To Mitigate Liquefaction, Reduce Settlements And To Increase Safe Bearing Capacity Of In-Situ Soils – A Case Study
By Venkata Krishnaiah Yeddala, Sai Vivek Adari, Suresh Kumar Velugu
Assam cancer care foundation (ACCF) proposed the construction of hospitals and related facilities across 18 locations in the state of Assam-India. Tezpur is one among the 18 locations of Assam with hi
Nov 1, 2022
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Hudson’s Revitalization: The Use of Robotics in the Work Place
By Dave P. DeClerck
Hardman Construction was faced with the challenge of completing a large earth retention project on a constricted downtown Detroit site, while maintaining a safe and productive worksite. To do so, new
Jan 1, 2019
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Philadelphia Dock Story—Pile Challenges at Delaware River
By Craig H. Olson
"A new ship dock at a Philadelphia area refinery will be capable of docking the largest tanker to travel the Delaware River, the Stena V-MAX, which will induce significant lateral loads. The loads at
Jan 1, 2008
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Philadelphia Dock Story—Pile Challenges at Delaware River (06bf9951-abf5-4656-aab7-81fa955662d4)
By Craig H. Olson
"Anew ship dock at a Philadelphia area refinery will be capable of docking the largest tanker to travel the Delaware River, the Stena V-MAX, which will induce significant lateral loads. The loads at t
Jan 1, 2008