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  • DFI
    Innovative Design At Lake Lenexa

    By Jacques Moraille

    The public is asking for more aesthetic designs if they can be proven cost-effective at providing an appealing element to new dams. Lake Lenexa was designed and built around the idea of providing for

    Jan 1, 2009

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    Construction, Inspection And Lessons Learned For 3.81-M Diameter CIDH Piles ? Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Seismic Retrofit

    By A. R. Dover

    The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is a 6.92 kilometer (4.3 mile) long major toll bridge span that crosses the northern San Francisco Bay in a highly seismically active region. Tutor-Saliba / Koch / Tidew

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    A Tale of Two Dams: Performance of Deep Cutoff Walls

    By Donald Bruce, Mark Harris, Wesley Schmutzler, James Sanders

    "This paper evaluates the history, construction and most importantly the performance of two remedial seepage cutoff walls installed in two major dams in the United States. Beaver Dam, on the White Riv

    Jan 1, 2017

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    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
    Response to Load for Four Different Types of Bored Piles

    By Mario Terceros H., Bengt H. Fellenius

    "ABSTRACTFour strain-gage instrumented bored piles were constructed in a sedimentary, dense to very dense, fine to medium sand in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Two of the test piles were the normally used bore

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Suction Piles And Suction Anchors For Offshore Structures

    By S. Bang

    In recent years, suction piles and suction anchors have been used as underwater foundations for various offshore structures. They have been proven very versatile, effective, and environmentally frien

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Recent Advances In Large Diameter Diaphragm Wall Shafts

    By Benoit Virollet

    Over the last 10 years the diameter of unbraced, unlined and unanchored circular shafts has grown dramatically in many parts of the world. This progress has taken place through improvements in: constr

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Deep Foundations In Karst - Lessons Learned From I-40 Corridor Widening In Knoxville, Tennessee

    By James L. Vinson

    Wilbur Smith Associates (WSA) has provided planning, engineering and construction oversight assistance to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) for three construction projects intended to

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Use of APG Piles for Support of New Hospital Replacement Wing in a Site Susceptible to Excessive Ground Settlement Ventura, California

    By Maria Flessas, Justin Ray, Danielle Steinmetz, Brian Zuckerman

    "The Ventura County Medical Center Hospital Replacement Wing project consists of the construction of a 2- to 3-story building with a basement encompassing the entire footprint and two corridors connec

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Application Of Electro-Kinetics To Expedite Pile Setup In Kaolinite Clay

    By Susheel R. Kolwalkar

    A significant increase in the side shear capacity over a period of time is often observed in case of driven piles. This phenomenon is referred to as ?setup? or ?freeze?. This phenomenon cannot be pred

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Caisson Foundation For High Speed Paper Machine ? 1 ? Introduction

    By Anthony H. Tawil

    Modern, high-speed machines used in the manufacture of paper require foundations with stringent settlement constraints. To fulfill this requirement, caisson piles, extending into bedrock, were selecte

    Jan 1, 1987

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    Geotechnical Exploration Phase Drilled Shaft Load Testing

    By Walter E. Vanderpool

    Full scale load tests are frequently performed immediately prior to deep foundation construction to verify the design assumptions. Occasionally, load tests are performed during design development and

    Jan 1, 2011

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    Open Well Caissons Of A 1917 Railroad Bridge: How 19th Century Construction Can Influence 21st Century Construction (f1b0a5f2-b1b8-41d4-bbfb-fab6f395e7a0)

    By Alan D. Fisher

    Amtrak made a decision to replace an aging bascule bridge with a vertical lift bridge for their crossing of the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. The new lift bridge occupies the same alignmen

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Helical Piles With Grouted Shafts - A Practical Overview

    By Gary L. Seider

    Helical screw piles are used in various applications including the underpinning of distressed foundations and as deep foundations for new structures. At present, maximum design loads range between 12.

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Installation Of Augerpiles In Low Headroom And Restricted Access Conditions

    By Jim Steding

    L.G. Barcus and Sons, Inc. recently completed a three-phase project for the expansion of Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico for McCarthy Construction Co., the Construction Manager for th

    Jan 1, 2003

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    Augered Cast-In-Place Piles: Regional Project Profiles - Community Osteopathic Hospital Harrisburg, Pa

    GENERAL CONTRACTOR: ALEXANDER CONSTRUCTORS, INC. STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: CAGLEY & ASSOCIATES, INC. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER: F.T. KITLINSKI & ASSOCIATES, INC. PILE FOUNDATION CONTRACTOR: L.G. BA

    Jan 1, 2001

  • DFI
    Secant Pile Shoring - Developments In Design And Construction

    By Eric S. Lindquist

    High groundwater levels combined with variable soil and rock profiles present challenges to the design and construction of deep excavation support systems. Increasingly, secant piling techniques are t

    Jan 1, 2011

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    Mt. Baker Ridge Access Pits And Seattle Bus Tunnel Jet Grouted Piles

    By John F. MacDonald

    From 19BS thru the present, Guy F. Atkinson Construction Company has been involved in several transportation construction projects in the Seattle area. Two of these contracts, the Mt. Baker Ridge Tunn

    Jan 1, 1990

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    Value Engineering – Design Risk and Reward at Major Sport Arena Projects

    By Peter Faust, Jeremy Zorne, Timothy Siegel, Diane Fiorelli

    Professional sport venue construction follows a very simple rule. Once the decision has been made to move the team to a new place, construction shall begin immediately, so that not more than one or tw

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    Some Developments On Laterally Loaded Piles With Particular Reference To P-Y Subgrade Reaction Method - Resume:

    By A. L. Garassino

    Dans cet article on parle sortout de l'approche de calcule pour les pieux charges horizontalement avec particuliere reference aux curbes p-y et è une solution semi-empirique qui prende en conside

    Jan 1, 1994