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  • DFI
    The Analysis And Computation Of Soil-Pile (Wall) Interaction For Deep Excavation Of High-Rise Building

    By Lu Peiyan

    A computation model of soil-pile (wall) interaction under lateral loading is presented in this paper. The model has been applied to some engineering projects, and the comparison between computation re

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Load In A Drilled Foundation. Where Did It Go And When Did It Get There?

    By Walter E. Vanderpool

    Three drilled foundations for an elevated water-tank were instrumented, tested and monitored during construction and the first two years in service. One shaft was load tested by the Osterberg method.

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    Holding Back The Watchung Mountains

    By Ryan C. Linthicum

    A system of steel sheeting and multiple levels of high capacity double corrosion protected soil anchors were used to restrain a major slope failure that occurred at the base of the Watchung Mountains

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Design-Build Support Of Excavation For Block 76, Salt Lake City, Utah

    By Rick Deschamps

    The Block 76 project includes the demolition and redevelopment of an entire city block for mixed use retail, office and residential properties directly adjacent to Historic Temple Square in Salt Lake

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    25 Story Structure On River Flood Plain Soils Improved By Vibrocompaction And Compaction Grouting

    By Frank Callanan

    The Ameristar Casino expansion project included the design and construction of a 25-story hotel and 9-story parking structure expansion. The site is located in a floodplain on the banks of the Missour

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Review Of The Methods Used To Construct Large Diameter Bored Piles For Top Down Construction

    By J. D. Findlay

    The demands on development in London in recent years has led to the increasing use of top down construction methods in which there is a requirement to place steel columns to high tolerances into large

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Hollow Core Bar Micropiles - Design Parameters Interpreted From 404 Load Tests

    By Jesús E. Gómez

    This work is a continuation of a paper presented in the 32nd DFI Annual Conference, Colorado 2007, titled ?Hollow Core Bar Micropiles - Design parameters interpreted from 260 load tests.? The first pa

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Söderströmstunneln – An Immersed Tunnel Founded on Steel Core Piles

    By Frank Haehnig, Kjell-Åke Averstad, Johannes Glückert

    "AbstractThe Söderströmstunneln is part of the Citybanan project that is currently under construction in the centre of Stockholm. Main part of the lot Söderströmstunneln is a 300m long immersed tunnel

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Design And Construction Of The Sutong Bridge Foundations

    By Robert B. Bittner

    The Sutong Bridge across the lower Yangtze River in China will have, when completed, the longest span (1,088 m) and the highest towers (306 m) of any cable stayed span in the world. The foundations fo

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Design and Installation of Helical Piles for Support of Bridge Pier Foundation

    By David L. Borusiewicz, M. Suri Surendra

    "Abstract Helical piles have been used as anchors and for supporting lightly loaded structures as a method of underpinning, etc in the past. Recently, helical piles are being used to support new struc

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Kirkpatrick Street Pump Station Addition Excavation: Small Project, Big Twist

    By James P. Stewart

    This case history describes the engineering design and construction for the Contractor of a 35-ft-deep excavation for an 800-square-foot addition to an existing sewage pump station. The site posed une

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Soil Improvement Using Soil Mixing – An Alternative Way for the Indian Market

    By Franz-Werner Gerressen

    "The use of soil improvement to utilize areas, which are not suitable for foundation purpose, has a long tradition. Due to the increasing demand of foundation works in areas of unsuitable soils, the i

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Case Studies In Mission Bay, San Francisco: Deep Foundations In Challenging Soil Conditions

    By Lori A. Simpson

    Mission Bay is a 300-acre reclaimed site in San Francisco, California, that is currently being redeveloped. Plans include new neighborhoods, parks, a new University of California, San Francisco, rese

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Ultimate Soil Pressures For Pile Groups In Soft Clay Subjected To Lateral Soil Movements

    By L. F. Miao

    Studies were carried out to investigate the ultimate soil pressure acting on pile(s) undergoing lateral soil movement in soft clay. A special apparatus has been designed to apply a uniform rectangular

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Skirt Suction Foundation - Application To Strait Crossings -

    By Takashi Saito

    Since early 1970?s skirt suction foundations (skirted foundation / bucket foundation) have been used as support for large fixed substructures or anchors for floating structures in offshore hydrocarbon

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    Starsol Piles Foundation Of A Steel Structure At The San Martin De La Vega Resort Park (Madrid)

    By Claudio Olalla

    This paper relates to the foundation of a steel structure located at the San Martin de la Vega (Madrid) amusement park. The structure has more than 100 supports with various loading conditions, includ

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Development Of The Osterberg Load Cell

    By Charles L. Guild

    I will add a few facts about the use and development of the Osterberg Test Load Cell and my association with Jorj. I first met Jorj in 1965 when the Guild Construction Co. drove 12" diameter cast-in-p

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Pile Design, Testing, And Installation For A Gated Dam ? Synopsis

    By B. H. Moore

    The opportunity to evaluate the pile design procedures used on a major project is an infrequent occurrence. It is even more infrequent that the project involves piles with significant tension and hori

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Behavior Of Excavation And Pile Foundations In Soft Bankok Clay

    By D. T. Bergado

    The uppermost subsoil profiles of the Bangkok plain can be divided into four layers, namely: weathered clay, soft clay, stiff clay, and dense sand layers. The soft Bangkok clay is a normally consolida

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Lateral Load Testing Micropiles To Evaluate The Impact Of Threaded Joints And Casing Embedment On Short Micropiles In Shallow Rock

    By J. Brian Anderson

    Jointed micropiles were investigated to support bridge foundations where shallow rock was present. In this application, micropiles would have some amount of unsupported length, and would be subject t

    Jan 1, 2011