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  • DFI
    Helical Pile Foundation Solution for Landfill Redevelopment

    By Kevin Baumgartner, Steven Babcock

    A landfill in Phoenix, AZ reached capacity and was graded over in the 1970s. The property was subdivided into lots in 2007 to create a business park. However, the challenging site conditions caused by

    Sep 8, 2021

  • DFI
    Effects Of Self-Weight On Thermomechanical Response Of Energy Piles

    By Arash Saeidi Rashk Olia, Dunja Perić

    The increasing demand for renewable energy has attracted attention to energy geostructures as means of extracting clean geothermal energy from the ground. To further advance the understanding of soils

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Augercast Piles - History And Advancements

    By Larry Rayburn

    Augercast piles evolved in the late forties from the process of pressure grouting open holes backfilled with stone. In 1956, a patent was issued for a cast in situ pile by pumping high pressure grout

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Construction Of The Drilled Shaft Foundations For The Huey Long Mississippi River Bridge, New Orleans

    By Dan A. Brown

    The foundations at the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans presented special challenges for construction due to the requirements for very deep drilled shafts in the Mississippi River beneath the existi

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Alternative Deep Foundation Solutions – DMM at LPV-111 in New Orleans

    By Peter Cali, Wesley Schmutzler

    "The Deep Mixing Method (DMM) was employed to raise and support the LPV (Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity) -111 Levee in New Orleans. Even using innovative technologies, the tight schedule to achieve t

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Innovations and Challenges during Urban Development – Shoring and Foundations of Canada’s Tallest Residential Building

    By Shawna Munn, Nadir Ansari, Toben Jerry

    With ever increasing demands on space in urban environments and smaller available footprints, buildings are being designed to increasing heights to meet the need. This case study discusses the increas

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Determination of Coefficient of Modulus of Sub-Grade Reaction for Free Head Short Pile

    By Sumit Kumar Biswas, Moyukh De, Sibapriya Mukherjee

    "The piles often are also subjected to lateral (horizontal) forces and moments. In fact, there are some structures where the primary function of piles is to transfer lateral loads to the ground. Prope

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Nicholson In The Neighborhood: Virginia’S North Hill Project

    By Dominic Ammon, Mark Rothbauer, Paul Landers P. E.

    Across the Potomac River from the location of the DFI47 Annual Conference (October 2022), in Alexandria, VA, two large permanent anchored walls with a decorative shotcrete face were recently construct

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Virtual Imaging Technologies as Decision-Making Tools for Geo- Hazards

    By Arpana P. Sabu, Themis Vaxevanis, Sissy Nikolaou, Guillermo Diaz-Fanas

    Geo-failures from extreme events (landslides, wild fires, earthquakes, floods, etc.) have increased exponentially in recent years around the world and within the USA. When catastrophic failures occur,

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Efficient Deep Foundations, Earth Retention Systems and Ground Improvement – New School Techniques for Columbia Manhattanville’s Subsurface Challenges

    By Justin Lukens, Di Stasim Jeffrey, Frank Di Salvo

    Columbia University’s Manhattanville Campus expansion includes the construction of two new business school buildings. The new buildings require development of an entire city block bound by 12th Avenue

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Helical Pile Foundations at Tangier Island Substation

    By Jeff Wilkinson, Brandon Walter

    "A&N Electrical Cooperative provides electrical service to the counties of Accomack and Northampton along Virginia’s Eastern Shore and to Smith Island in Somerset County, Md.A&N recently worked to imp

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Installation Of Drilled Piers In Shales ? Synopsis

    By A. C. Ackenhell

    The geologic environment of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is both inviting and challenging to drilled pier installation. The shales and clayey soil zone of the hills are favorable but the alluvial soils of

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Realistic Estimation Of Water Table Depth For Design Optimization Of Bored Tunnel And Cut & Cover Tunnel Structures For Underground Metro

    By Chiranjib Sarkar, Sibapriya Mukherjee, N Kumar Pichumani

    With the rapid expansion of urban transportation systems, tunnels and cut & cover structures are considered as the only solution in improving the urban space congestion problem in mass rapid transit s

    Nov 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Pressure-Grouted Helical Piles Aid Urban Redevelopment

    By Karen Dawson

    Pressure-grouted helical piles support a new seven-story homeless housing center in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The project team instrumented and statically load tested piles

    May 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Performance Monitoring for Deep Excavations

    By Alexi J. Neill

    "This presentation will showcase two challenging projects with deep excavation support systems in the Atlanta area where state-of-the-art instrumentation and monitoring systems were used to manage ris

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Errata - Performance Of A Large Diameter Drilled Pier

    By A. J. Partos

    Table 4, Page 311 Table 4 Experimental Parameters from Straight Line Interpretation of Mohr Failure Envelope [ ]

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Goethals Bridge Replacement Foundation Design Modifications Due to Field Conditions

    By John P. Turner, Mark Jen, Bobby Daita

    "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is replacing the existing Goethals Bridge built in 1928 which is deemed to be functionally obsolete. The replacement bridge will consist of a dual cable-

    Jan 1, 2016

  • DFI
    Harry Nice Bridge Geotechnical Instrumentation Case Study

    By Jeffrey Goodwin P. E., Melih Demirkan Ph. D. P. E., Kevin Tehansky P. E.

    Just an hour drive down MD 301 from National Harbor, construction to replace the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas ‘Mac’ Middleton Bridge (HNB) began in spring of 2020. The Maryland Trans

    Oct 1, 2022

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    Creative Solution For Sydney Data Centre

    By M. Krzaninski, Y. Zou, A. Frost

    The foundation solution for a data centre building in Sydney, Australia comprised two alternatives, the first of which incorporated the use of CFA piles founded in rock at approx. 27m depth to support

    Nov 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Soil Improvement Using Gravel-Sand Columns for a Highway Project in Germany

    By Schmitz Stefan, Stephan Jee-Sun

    "Due to the reunion of Western and Eastern Germany in the late 80’s, a multitude of infrastructure projects had to be executed. A good portion of these projects required improvement of the motorway sy

    Jan 1, 2015