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  • DFI
    30 Hudson Street Foundation Design and Construction in Variable Rock

    By Joel Moskowitz, George J. Tamaro

    "A new office complex is being constructed within 25m of the Hudson River in New Jersey. The project, about 140m by 100m, will include 4 basements under the entire footprint. The perimeter was to be s

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    Sustainability Assessment of Deep Foundations: Case Study

    By Krishna R. Reddy, Jyoti K. Chetri, Girish Kumar

    Geotechnical engineering encompasses a major portion of the civil and infrastructure projects. The large amounts of energy and resources typically used in these projects leads to undesirable emissions

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Dynamic Response of Short Piles under Lateral Transient Load

    By Ambarish Ghosh, Rituparna Dey, Indrajit Chowdhury

    "In port and harbor facilities, jetties and cargo berth terminals are usually installed on piles that remain partially embedded in soil, while a part of it behaves as columns supporting top deck. Tech

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    SR167/70th Avenue East Vicinity Bridge Replacement Project

    By Reda Mikhail, M. Birkan Bayrak

    The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) State Route (SR) 167/70th Avenue East Vicinity Bridge Replacement Design-Build project is located in Fife, Washington. This $40 million projec

    Sep 8, 2021

  • DFI
    Bi-Directional Testing Using Super Cells for the Jiaxing-Shaoxing River Crossing Bridge

    By Diane Reid, Antonio Marinucci, Robin Mao

    Super Cells are an innovative, open-shaped bi-directional static load testing device used to promote concrete flow during placement while utilizing greater cross-sectional area of the pile to achieve

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Grid Type Deep Mixing Applications to Liquefaction Mitigation

    By Masaki Kitazume

    "Many earthquakes take place every year in Japan, in which the 1995 Hyogoken-Nambu earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake induced both a humanitarian crisis and massive economic impacts. As liquefa

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Definition of Drilling-Activity Patterns Based on Production Data Profiles

    By Diego Bellato

    Production data recorded by special foundation rigs during construction activities at the site are commonly used for quality assurance / quality control procedures and, in particular, to prove that th

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Deep Excavation for Loop Pit

    By Pathik Deb Mallik, Shyamal K. Mitra, Rajiv Kishore, Shuvranshu Rout, Manos De

    "This paper presents a case study on the design and construction of a deep underground pit structure constructed inside almost a century old existing plant building. The complexity and challenge for t

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Evaluation of Existing T-Z Models for Caliche Based on Numerical Analysis of Bi-Directional Load Tests Using NVShaft

    By Ramin Motamed, Fahim M. Bhuiyan, Raj V. Siddharthan, Joseph Toth

    The difficulty in material characterization and the erratic response of cemented soil layers, such as caliche in the Las Vegas valley, creates challenges for practicing engineers to reliably predict t

    Sep 8, 2021

  • DFI
    The World's Longest Directional Impact Driven Pile

    By Robert F. Stevens, Robin Givet, Kenneth Viking

    "Summary This paper describes a case of a directional pile installation conducted from an existing oil platform in the Caspian Sea, offshore Baku. Results are presented for 660 mm outer diameter (660

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Standard Testing Method for Deflection Characteristics of Pile Driving Cushion Material

    By David M. Rempe

    The purpose of this standard is to provide a method for testing of cushion materials that leads to uniform results when employed by various organizations and laboratories. The load-deflection charact

    Dec 1, 1984

  • DFI
    Introducing VCE's: Support Of Excavation Without Tie-Backs

    By Rick Deschamps

    A reoccurring problem with support of excavations in urban areas involves the placement of external support components like anchors or nails in right-a-ways, subway and utility setbacks, in areas occu

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    The Use of Rigid Inclusions to Support Large Spans

    By Michael Shedlosky, Sonia Sorabella Swift, Nina Carney, David Tarasovic

    Rigid inclusions were used to support roadway fills and mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls for the South Capitol Street Corridor project. The first phase of this two-phase, nearly $1 billion pr

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    How Well Do Helical Piles Resist Earthquakes as Foundation Systems? WHERE TO GO FROM HERE?

    By Amy B. Cerato, Shawn Allred, Tatiana Vargas

    "Helical piles are deep foundation elements that resemble, and are installed like, a large steel soil screw — they have a slender steel shaft with one or more round helix bearing plates welded to the

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    The Progress Of Jet Grouting In The Last 10 Years In Japanese Market

    By H. Yoshida

    Jet grouting was first introduced in Japan in the second half of the 1960s, approaching 50 years ago. By the end of the first 40 years, jet grouting from single to triple fluid systems had become a g

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Design, Construction, and Long-Term Monitoring of a Pile-Supported LNG Tank in Savannah, Georgia

    By Cheng Lin, Guoming Lin

    "This paper presents a case history for the design, construction and long-term performance monitoring of a driven prestressed concrete (PSC) piled foundation supporting a large liquefied natural gas (

    Jan 1, 1900

  • DFI
    Case Studies Of Driven Tubular Steel Piles In Soils And Basalt On Woolgoolga To Ballina Pacific Highway Upgrade

    By Henry Zhang

    This paper presents two case studies of large diameter driven tubular steel piles for the ongoing Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade (W2B). This project forms part of Australia’s largest re

    Nov 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Design and Construction Benefits of Performing a Bi-Directional Test on a Drilled Shaft in Sand, Gravel, and Cobble Deposits

    By Marco Fellin, Van E. Komurka

    Significant cost and construction benefits were obtained from performing a bi-directional static load test prior to construction on the Russell Street Bridge Replacement project in Missoula, Montana.

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Caisson Foundations For Mississippi River Bridges In The New Orleans Area (2e66a216-6dc8-4479-804e-25f5836f407e)

    By William B. Conway

    This paper will describe the large caisson pier foundations for four of the bridges crossing the Mississippi River in the New Orleans area; and will discuss some of the unusual problems encountered du

    May 11, 2007

  • DFI
    Design and Construction of the Deepest Base Grouted Bored Piles at Moorehouse in London

    By Adam Pickles, Duncan Nicholson, Richard E. Prust, Hoe C. Yeow

    "Moorhouse is founded on what at the time of construction were the deepest base grouted piles ever installed in London, specifically designed to accommodate settlement from the proposed development of

    Jan 1, 2005