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Dynamic Monitoring And Analysis Of Pile Foundation Installations ? Introduction
By Patrick J. Hannigan
The pile foundation designer typically performs a subsurface exploration program and static pile capacity calculations before selecting a pile foundation type, length, and capacity. During constructio
Jan 1, 1990
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Design And Construction Of The Sutong Bridge Foundations
By Robert B. Bittner
The Sutong Bridge across the lower Yangtze River in China will have, when completed, the longest span (1,088 m) and the highest towers (306 m) of any cable stayed span in the world. The foundations fo
Jan 1, 2005
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Quality Control Of Augered Cast-In-Place And Displacement Piles ? Introduction
By Rudolph P. Frizzi
Quality control is essential for augered cast-in-place (ACIP) piles (also known as continuous flight auger (CFA) piles outside the United States) and augered displacement (AD) piles since the pile is
Jan 1, 2002
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A Novel Approach To The Performance Evaluation Of Driven Prestressed Concrete Piles And Bored Cast-In-Place Piles
By Sridhar Krishnan
This paper presents the results of a comprehensive pre-production pile testing programme for the US$ 800 million 1400MW Coal-Fired Jimah Power Plant Project in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The testing p
Jan 1, 2006
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Load Testing High Capacity Drilled Shafts - Summary
By Jorj O. Osterberg
Until ten years ago, the largest load tests on drilled shafts (bored piles) were about 3,000 tons (27MN). These tests were made with kentledge (large weights, usually concrete blocks) stacked up as a
Jan 1, 2002
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Driven Pile Foundation Design And Construction Genentech Hall - UCSF Mission Bay Campus
By Robert E. Fosse
Driven 14-inch-square concrete piles were used as the foundations of Genentech Hall at the new University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Campus. The five-story, steel eccentrically-braced fr
Jan 1, 2002
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Thermal Integrity Profiling Of Drilled Shafts
By Gray Mullins
The construction of drilled shafts as well as other cast in place foundation alternatives relies heavily on good practices from the contractor, engineer, and inspector in order to produce a quality fo
Jan 1, 2010
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EFFC-DFI Geotechnical Carbon Calculator Project
By Vincent Joannes, Marine Lasne, Luca Brenelli, Colin Serridge, Inge van Baardwijk, Martin Stanley, Anthony Fisher, Mary Ellen Bruce, Tony Suckling, Pedro Avellanosa
"Abstract The European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) and Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) developed a sector-specific carbon accounting methodology and associated “carbon calculator” for
Jan 1, 2014
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Analysis Of The Settlement Of A Single Axially Loaded Soil-Cement Pile
By Jiwei Duan
The deformation and load transfer behavior of a single soil-cement column are studied with the finite element method. The results show that there is an effective length for a soil-cement column. Beyon
Jan 1, 2002
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Combined Loading Tests On Large Diameter Piles
By A. Lyndon
Combined loading tests are described to three 1.2m diameter cast-in-place bored piles, 12m long, formed through cohesionless material into stiff sandy clay. The maximum loading conditions imposed at t
Jan 1, 1989
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Bearing Capacity Of Pile By Curve-Fitting Method ? Synopsis
By Z. Q. Zhou
It is the first worke in design of pile foundation to determine the carring capacity of single pile, and a static loading on site is considered to be the lost derect and reliable way. All values P and
Jan 1, 2010
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Centrifuge Modeling of Temperature Effects on the Pullout Capacity of Energy Piles in Clay
By John S. McCartney, Ismaail Ghaaowd
This study presents the results from centrifuge modeling experiments performed to understand the effects of temperature changes on the pullout capacity of scale-model energy piles embedded in normally
Jan 1, 2018
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Fundamental Tests On The Performance Of High Capacity Pin PilesSM
By Donald A. Bruce
Pin Piles are small diameter, bored, cast-in-place piles used to underpin structures. They were first employed over 40 years ago in Italy, and have been used in the U.S. since the late 1970's. Ho
Jan 1, 1993
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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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Inaccurate Interpretation Of Offshore Geotechnical Site Investigation Results And Risk Associated - A Case Study Of Conductors Collapse In Driving
By Hodjat] [Shiri
A 4-legged jacket structure was installed by an Offshore Installation Contractor (OIC) in the Persian Gulf. In addition to four open-end pipe piles, six conductors were installed by OIC. During the in
Jan 1, 2006
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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
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Untangling The Octopus" Bored-In Pile Construction - On Nysdot Project D256424 Ithaca, New York - Executive Summary - Bored-In Pile Construction
By Andrew L. Peterson
CATOH Inc. of Weedsport, New York recently completed a very challenging Bored-In Pile project which features unique construction techniques in the installation and load testing of 45 and 100 ton capac
Jan 1, 1997
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Foundations In The Urban Environment The Need For Unique Installation Methods - Introduction
By James J. Cahill
Contractor's working in an urban environment face a multitude of working conditions. There is no typical "Downtown" job site. From afar we just see the skyline, or up close a specific building. T
Jan 1, 1991
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Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Manual, Second Edition, 2003
The development of Augered Cast-In-Place (ACIP) piles started in the late 1940's when several projects were performed by Intrusion-Prepakt, Inc. utilizing various techniques to place the piling.
Jan 1, 2003
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Design And Construction Considerations For The Use Of Slurry Walls To Construct Water Reservoirs In The Denver Formation
By Ken Andromalos
Continued population growth combined with limited water resources in the Denver area has resulted in the conversion of a number of mined out gravel pits in the area into municipal water storage facili
Jan 1, 2007