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Long Term Behavior Of Piles - Presented At An ASCE-Penn DOT Seminar Innovations In Geotechnical Engineering - Harrisburg, PA, April 1985
By Donald J. Murphy
Longevity of structural units, as compared to the planned useful life of a facility, always is a design consideration. Typical concerns include slow decay due to environmental factors, and changes in
Jan 1, 1986
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Research Advances In Barrettes: Installation Effects And Load-Carrying Behaviour
By Guo H. Lei
Over the last four decades, barrettes have been ever-increasingly adopted as the foundations for tall buildings and heavy infrastructure projects all over the world. Many findings have been gained fro
Jan 1, 2006
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Creative Shoring Solutions For A Tight Urban Site
By David G. Winter
The Olive 8 excavation site in Seattle was surrounded on three sides by conditions requiring innovation, careful modeling, and extensive instrumentation to support use of a first-of-its-kind shoring s
Jan 1, 2009
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The Deep Cut-Off at the Walter F. George Dam
"TREVIICOS CorporationINTRODUCTIONThe Walter F. George lock and dam was constructed on the Chattahoochee River between 1955 and 1963 with the double function of improving navigation and generating pow
Jan 1, 2014
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Press-In Piling Technology For Sustainable Construction
By Philip Dubbeling
Conventional dynamic sheetpiling techniques are ill-suited to urban development because of the emission of excessive noise and ground vibrations. Drilled shafts and slurry walls alleviate some of thes
Jan 1, 2006
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Rehabilitation Of Existing Foundation Piles Of Marine Structures In New York City Harbor, USA
By P. B. Kelleher
Most of the piers and other pile-supported marine structures in the New York City Harbor area were constructed prior to the widespread use of currently available pile protective systems. As a result,
Jan 1, 1989
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Conventional Static And Rapid Load Tests On CIDH Piers At A University Of California Berkeley Site
By Gyimah Kasali
Rapid Load Testing was performed as part of an extensive drilled pier testing program for the University of California Berkeley Capital Improvement Program. The purpose of the program was to: (1)
Jan 1, 2002
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Use of CSM to Support a Heritage Building
By Chris G. Leach
"Abstract A seven storey Northbridge area of Perth, Western Australia presented residential apartment complex located in the an opportunity for a novel application of Cutter Soil Mix technology (CSM).
Jan 1, 2014
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Experimental And Theoritical Studies On Pile Capacity - Synopsis
By K. Rambha Devi
The paper is an attempt to co-relate the findings of pile capacity using a number of formula suggested by various authors with the actual field load test results. Five locations consisting of wholly s
Jan 1, 1996
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Mitigating Settlement with Pile-Supported Approach Slabs
By Reda M. Bakeer
"An approach slab is the roadway segment that immediately follows a bridge intended to provide a smooth transition between the two elements. Some approach slabs have developed rough rideability with t
Jan 1, 2017
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When Real Estate Values Beckon - The Means And Methods Employed In The Underpinning Of 1501 Broadway
By Edward J. McNamara
People in the real estate industry are fond of saying that the three most important features of a piece of property are, in order, location, location, and location. This is perhaps the reason that the
Jan 1, 2000
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Computation Of The Load/Settlement Behaviour Of HP-Bearing Piles - 1. Introduction
By E. E. De Beer
This paper describes a method for the determination of the settlement of an individual H-bearing pile, based on the results of CPT-tests. As implied by the nature of the problem, no analysis perform
Jan 1, 1987
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Experiences With Heavy Drop Hammer Testing Of Rock-Socketed Shafts
By Frank Rausche
Since the early 1980s, when the Road Construction Authority of Victoria authorized the dynamic proof testing of roughly 100 drilled shafts of 1.5 m diameter and typically 60 m length in Melbourne Aust
Jan 1, 2006
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Driving And Testing Of 75 M Long H-Piles In Shanghai - 1 . Synopsis
By Lucien Weber
In the Shanghai area, the soil conditions are such that bearing piles have become an essential foundation part of the new highrise buildings. In order to reduce the settlements under the high working
Jan 1, 1987
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Execution And Evaluation Of High Capacity Caisson Load Tests In Glacial Deposits
By Franklin M. Grynkewicz
As part of the Boston Harbor clean up project, the new 1,000 mgd Deer Island Sewerage treatment plant includes ten 240 feet high egg-shaped "residuals" tanks. Contract documents called for these struc
Jan 1, 1992
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Overview of Design and Practice of SDS Piles in China
By Gang Guo, Zhong Liu, Yi Zhang, Jingchun Lu
"Abstract Application of soil displacement screw pile (known as SDS pile) has been experiencing accelerated growth in Chinese deep foundation industry because of its technical advantages, environmenta
Jan 1, 2014
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Application of Mammoth Vibro-Tamper (MVT) for the Shallow Compaction at Airport Runway Expansion Project on Florida Limestone Ground
By Kazunori Matsushita, Frank Vespi, Emi Walder, Mitsuo Nozu
During the runway expansion project at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida (FLL project), therewere complicated geotechnical issues with a number of cavities in the limeston
Jan 1, 2018
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Lateral Load Tests On Drilled Piers In San Diego Area Residual And Formational Soils
By Kul Bhushan
This paper presents the results of lateral load tests on 0.61-m to 1.27-m (24 to 50-inch) diameter drilled and cast-in-place piers in San Diego area residual/formational soils. The test piers were ins
Jan 1, 2002
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Deep Excavation Retaining Systems In Unsaturated Soils
By Tariq B. Hamid
Deep excavation is commonly associated with construction of different deep below-grade structural elements (e.g., basement walls and slabs, tunnels, retaining walls, tanks, utilities, etc.) Deep Excav
Jan 1, 2006
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Evaluating Excavation Support Systems To Protect Adjacent Structures (The 2010 Michael W. O?Neill Lecture)
By Richard J. Finno
This paper presents an overview of methods that can be used to predict damage to buildings as a result of excavation-induced ground movements and describes an adaptive management approach for predicti
Jan 1, 2010