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    Improvement Of The Cost-Effectiveness Of H-Bearing Piles By Using High-Strength Histar Steels. - Summary

    By Lucien P. Weber

    Over the last few years, increased customer demands as well as strong competition from substitute materials have accelerated the development of advanced technologies to improve both the performance an

    Jan 1, 1997

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    Designed, Dynamically Load Tested And Installed Pile Foundation In Southwest Florida - A Case History

    By Christopher J. Pacitto

    This paper presents a case history of an engineered, monitored, and tested program that provided an effective and satisfactory basis for the completion of pile foundations for Twin Dolphins 1 at La Pe

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Tentative Guidelines For Design Of Stone Columns- G. H. Approach - Synopsis

    By A. R. Katti

    The stone columns are widely used in the improving the bearing capacity of weak soils mostly for supporting flexible foundation systems. The load carrying capacity of a stone column is complex in natu

    Jan 1, 1996

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    You Are Safer In Litigation - I. Prologue

    By Charles F. Seemann

    It is with considerable trepidation that I set out to defend "litigation" to Design Professionals (DPs), as a better method of resolving disputes than arbitration, in the light of my personal feeling

    Jan 1, 1988

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    Methods Of Constructing Concrete Piles On Heavily Contaminated Sites

    By N. C. Matheson

    The West's Shell Pile has been used on sites with very soft ground conditions for over 60 years. Fibre reinforced precast concrete shells 900mm long are threadled onto an internal mandrel which c

    Jan 1, 1989

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    A Pile-Supported Mat Foundation For A 27-Story Building In Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)

    By Alan B. Wagner

    The River Tower is a proposed 27-story condominium building in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA). The tower will be over 100 m tall, and will have a ground area measuring 15 m by 40 m.

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Application Study On Non-Destructive Static Test Pile

    By Han Xuanjiang

    Through whole analysis of static testing piles information of a teaching building, this paper put for ward that when the ratioes of unload rebound amount to residual deformation and to total settlemen

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Confinement Of Two Contaminated Sites In A Petrochemical Plant; Case History

    By Raffaella Granata

    The paper deals with the remediation of two areas formerly utilized for the disposal of hazardous wastes in a petrochemical plant. The works, designed on the basis of the criteria of maximum safety an

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Design And Instrumentation Results Of A Reinforcement Concrete Piled Raft Supporting 2500 Ton Oil Storage Tank On Very Soft Alluvium Deposits

    By Shaw-Shong Liew

    This paper presents the design concept using floating piles to support 2500Ton oil storage tanks on a very soft alluvial clayey soil of about 40m thick in Riau Province of Sumatra, Indonesia. The floa

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Comparison Of Dynamic And Static Methods Of Evaluating Static Pile Capacity - Synopsis

    By Harpal Parmar

    This paper evaluates dynamic methods of pile capacity prediction by comparing their results to static load test results. Dynamic and static pile load test data were assembled from four southeastern st

    Jan 1, 1996

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    The State Of The Art Of Jet Grouting In The United States

    By George K. Burke

    Jet grouting was first introduced into North America in the late 1970's, soon after the conception of the system in Japan. However, it was not until the mid-1980's that the technique began t

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Proof of Bearing Capacity of Anchors on the Example of Innovative Anchor Monitoring System

    By Stephan Großwig, Karolina Nycz, Arne Kindler

    "Commonly used anchor monitoring systems are mainly based on the use of anchor force meters. However, experience shows that the reliability of the display of force meters lowers over time. Other measu

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Single-Head Large Diameter Hammer Drill For Bored Piling Actualizes Large Diameter Rock Drilling And Deep Underwater Drilling Operation - Synopsis

    By J. Nakayama

    Down-the-hole hammer is commonly recognized as the most powerful drilling equipment for weathered to fresh rock formation including boulders. However, its drilling diameter is restricted by reasons of

    Jan 1, 1996

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    Foundations For Light Buildings On Lime/Cement (L/C) Columns ? Summary

    By Per Eriksson

    For light buildings on clay, foundations on L/C-columns is in many cases a competitive alternative to piles when the thickness of the clay is moderate (<20 m). The method is applicable for the above m

    Jan 1, 2000

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    The Channel Tunnel Project - Historical Background

    By C. J. Kirkland

    For two thousand years and more, we insular Britons have been grateful for the existence of the narrow strip of water that separates us from mainland Europe. It has given us a sense of security agains

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Economic and Safe Design and the Execution Standards for the Construction Phase of Deep Foundation Systems in Difficult Soil Conditions

    By Seffen Leppla, Rolf Katzenbach, Matthias Seip

    "Abstract The economic and safe design of deep foundation systems in difficult soil conditions is based on a reduction of construction material used, construction time spent, energy consumed and a hig

    Jan 1, 2014

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    Ladies And Gentlemen,

    By George Koenig

    I have been granted the outstanding privilege... and pleasure to introduce you this evening to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and to tell you in a few words how this country came into existence, how it

    Jan 1, 1987

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    Determination Of Design Pile Uplift Capacities Using Dynamic Pile Testing Methods

    By Juan M. Antorena

    A pile driving and testing program was undertaken to evaluate installation procedures, assess capacity, particularly in uplift, of 360- and 460-mm (14- and 18-inch) square prestressed concrete piles a

    Jan 1, 1995

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    Deep Mixing Technologies for Lateral Support Systems

    By W. Sondermann

    "AbstractWith the increasing demand in reuse of inner city areas and the urgent need for deeper foundation pits under cramped circumstances, adjacent structures close to and high ground water level, t

    Jan 1, 2014

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