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Double Rotary CFA Piles: Performance In Cohesive Soils
By Michel Bustamante
The occasional substandard performances of continuous flight auger in particular soil conditions have prompted the drilling rig manufacturer to improve the standard CFA in order to reduce its negative
Jan 1, 2002
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Design Of Drilled Pier In Expansive Soils
By G. T. Hong
A numerical model for use in design is developed to predict the stresses and axial and bending displacements in a drilled pier in expansive soils. The prediction is based on the horizontal swelling p
Jan 1, 2007
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Recommendations For Implementing And Interpreting NonDestructive Integrity Testing Of Cast In-Situ Concrete Piles And Diaphragm Walls.
By Jose L. Garcia
The following document aims to cover all issues concerning the three main methods employed for the in-situ survey of concrete pile integrity. Within it are described both sonic coring and low-stra
Jan 1, 2006
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Gallery Towers, Melbourne: Successful Approach To Difficult Piling Contract Management
By Mario Aiezza
This paper outlines the results of a relationship developed during the design and construction of the foundations for the Gallery Towers project in Melbourne. Both the builder and the piling contracto
Jan 1, 2002
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Compressibility Behavior Of Tropical Peat Reinforced With Cement Column
By Y. Duraisamy
This paper presents the compressibility of tropical peat reinforced with cylindrical cement column. When a cement column installed vertically in peat, its compressibility was reduced because of the ha
Jan 1, 2007
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Kinematic Load Tests On A Model Pile In Clay
By Michael J. Brown
Load testing is important for controlling the quality of piled foundations. The Statnamic test is an alternative to existing testing methods with a load duration that lies between that for static and
Jan 1, 2002
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Design And Construction Of Integral Drilled Shaft - Columns For The Boscawen-Canterbury Bridge
By Frederick C. Rhyner
Drilled shafts have become an economical foundation choice for bridges in the northeast United States, especially when they can be constructed over water without the use of cofferdams. For the Boscaw
Jan 1, 2004
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The Design And Construction Of Large Diameter Base Grouted Piles In Thanet Sand At Blackwall Yard, London
By J. A. Yeats
This paper describes the loading to 25MN of a 1.2m diameter bored cast-in-situ test pile founded in the Thanet Sand which was base grouted. The pile was sleeved over the major portion of its length to
Jan 1, 1989
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Defective Piles In Clay - Synopsis
By S. Narasimha Rao
Bored cast in situ piles are highly susceptible to construction defects like necking, discontinuity in concreting, poor compaction of concrete, improper end bearing condition due to inadequate cleanin
Jan 1, 1996
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Acrylamide Grouting: Successfully Controlling Groundwater From Canada To South America
By Jom Gentry
Acrylamide chemical grout (C3H2NO) has been successfully used for over 50 years to control groundwater and stop infiltration. This paper will address three unique projects involving the control of gr
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Piled Raft Design For High Rise Buildings In East London, UK
By D. P. Nicholson
The current phase of office development at Canary Wharf in the London Docklands includes twelve multi-storey buildings varying from eighteen to forty stories in height. The area of Canary Wharf South
Jan 1, 2002
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Bore Pile Stabilization Issues in Offshore Marine Works
By Nuno Cruz, Saúl Rodríguez
"When executing offshore bored piles there are several specific factors and problems to consider in order to guarantee excavation stability. One of the methods employed to carry out this type of work
Jan 1, 2017
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American Developments In The Use Of Small Diameter Inserts As Piles And Insitu Reinforcement
By D. A. Bruce
The use of small diameter cast-in-place bored piles is becoming increasingly popular in the United States. Such inserts are used as conventional load bearing piles, and are generally referred to as pi
Jan 1, 1989
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A Simple Solution For Slope Stabilization Using Micropiles
By Dan Brown
A method is outlined for computing the contribution of a micropile group to global stability of a sliding mass. The forces in the micropile are computed in a way which accounts for the effect of soil
Jan 1, 2007
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Rock Socketed Drilled Shafts in Electrical Substations
By Brock Wallis, Steve Davidow
The following text will present the concept of rock socketed drilled shafts used to support electrical substation structures, and discuss the cost and schedule risks that traditional design responses
Jan 1, 2018
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Machine Foundation Repair
By Scott D. Thomson
The client for this project specializes in the use of state-of-the-art technology to fabricate and assemble composites and metal-bonded structures for commercial and military aircraft programs. One of
Jan 1, 2003
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Estimation of Shaft and Base Responses from Pile Load Test
By Vidyaranya Bandi, Madhav Madhira, Kota Vijay Kiran
"Using hyperbolic relationships for the non-linear responses of shaft and base resistances, a method is proposed for estimating initial shaft and base stiffnesses and ultimate shaft and base resistanc
Jan 1, 2017
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Impact Of Environmental Regulations On Pile Foundation Design And Construction Using Diesel Hammers
By R. D. Short
Environmental regulations for noise and air pollution are directly affecting the type of equipment and construction techniques being utilized for pile driving construction using diesel hammers in Cali
Jan 1, 1989
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Reinforcement Project For The Shopping Centre "Grand Littoral" In Marseilles
By J. -M. Rescoussier
Due to Important settlements inducing major structural damages, the western part of the Grand Littoral shopping centre has been closed in 1997. The present paper describes the project of underpinnin
Jan 1, 2002
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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