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  • DFI
    Deep Foundations In Hong Kong - Synopsis

    By Martin Pratt

    This paper is an overview of deep foundation engineering in Hong Kong past, present and future. The enormity of the subject compared with the space available makes brevity inevitable. Issues of constr

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Deep Soil Mixing for Contaminated Soil Remediation at a Superfund Site

    By Larry Stearns, Lori Tiefenthaler

    Remediation of contaminated soil represents a significant market for application of Deep Soil Mixing (DSM). Eighty-one percent of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program’s site re

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    Minipiles And Jet-Grouting: A Strong Foundation In Parma, Italy

    By Bruno Gemmi

    The objective of the ? 200 million ($280 million) project Parma Railways Station-Urban Transformation was the reconnection of the North and South parts of the town by constructing an 80 m (250 ft) wid

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Hydrocutter-Excavated Slurry Wall for Center Hill Dam Foundation Remediation

    By Michael Arnold, Bob Faulhaber, Joe Nichols

    "Center Hill Dam is a critical part of the infrastructure controlling floods at the Caney Fork River and reducing flood levels at the Cumberland, lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The Center Hill Dam

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Evaluation of Crane Pad Performance on Partially Improved Ground Adjacent to a Seawall

    By Paul J. Sabatini, Yazen A. Khasawneh

    "A Demag CC1800 crawler crane was partially erected on crane mats adjacent to a seawall when settlements near a corner of the crane mat area were observed to be slightly larger than previously assesse

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Float-In Cofferdams

    By Robert B. Bittner

    Large diameter piles (2 to 3 m diameter, both driven and drilled) are being used more frequently by designers of bridge foundations. The use of these large piles allows the pile cap to be positioned

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    Micropiles Prove Advantageous Over Drilled Shafts For Merchants Railroad Bridge Rehabilitation

    By Jeffrey R. Hill

    To extend the life of the Merchants Railroad Bridge crossing the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO, the owner implemented a rehabilitation and reconstruction project. The Merchants Bridge provides a

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Army Corps of Engineers Seepage Control Cutoffs for Dam and Levees Engineering Manual (EM)

    By David B. Paul

    "ABSTRACTThe US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has 704 dams in their inventory and over 100,000 miles of levees with a capital value of over $150 billion. Currently, there are 319 dams that are class

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Improvement Of The Cost-Effectiveness Of H-Bearing Piles By Using High-Strength Histar Steels. - Summary

    By Lucien P. Weber

    Over the last few years, increased customer demands as well as strong competition from substitute materials have accelerated the development of advanced technologies to improve both the performance an

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    Classical And Finite Difference Method To Estimate Pile Capacity Compared With Pile Load Testing Results

    By Yogesh Prashar

    Three conventional uplift tests and 12 Rapid Pile Load Tests (RLT) were performed on total of fifteen 16-inch square pre-cast concrete driven piles at a test site in Emeryville California in December

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Underpinning With Steel Pipe Piles

    By Pasi Korkeakoski

    There are about 400 multi-storey buildings founded on wooden piles in the city centre of Turku in Finland. Soil conditions are variable from hard rock to very soft clay. Due to the soil conditions and

    Jan 1, 2000

  • 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

  • DFI
    Drivability Of Piles By Vibration

    By Don C. Warrington

    This paper is a survey of the various methods and research efforts by which the drivability of piles is determined. First, a brief outline of the basic theory and the important parameters for driving

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Vertical Earth Reinforcement Technique - Test Wall 1998 DFI Annual Conference And Meeting

    By Peter J. Nicholson

    A new method of constructing retaining walls, in-situ, prior to excavation has been developed. This "Vertical Earth Reinforcement Technique" VERT, has been demonstrated at a full scale test wall at th

    Jan 1, 1998

  • DFI
    Behavior Of Mini-Piles Used In Foundation Underpinning In Beaumont Clay, Houston, Texas, USA

    By O&apos, M. W. Neill

    Mini-piles have been found to be a practical, technically correct remedial underpinning method. They can be constructed in limited access areas with very little disruption. Experience indicated that m

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Jet Grouting For Deep Excavation Support For Re-Entrant Corners

    By Chu E. Ho

    This paper reviews the design of jet grouting at re-entrant corners of excavations where the diaphragm wall and secant pile wall installation were interrupted by existing utilities in the streel sidew

    May 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Compensation Grouting Under Real-Time Monitoring, Rio Piedras Project, San Juan, Puerto Rico - Deep Foundations Institute 25th Annual Meeting And 8th International Conference New York USA, October 5-7, 2000

    By Jean-Pierre Hamelin

    Ground movements induced by underground excavation are always of critical concern, particularly in urban areas. Compensation grouting now appears as a safe means to control these movements. The paper

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Use Of Nondestructive Testing To Evaluate Defects In Drilled Shafts: Status Of FHWA Research - Background

    By Clyde Baker

    Drilled shafts for many situations offer an economical alternative to driven piles. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has spent considerable time and money in research and developing design an

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Foundations For The Sohio Corporate Headquarters - A Presentation At The Deep Foundations Institute Annual Meeting Cleveland, Ohio, November 1983

    By Clyde N. Baker

    Foundations for the Sohio Corporate Headquarters in downtown Cleveland have column loads of 11,400 kips, which increase to 15,000 kips with wind loading. An extensive exploratory program was conducted

    Jan 1, 1984