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Design and Construction of Mixed Ground Working Platform for a CCR Surface Impoundment
By Juan M. Pestana, Jeremy M. Gasser, Cuneyt Gokmen, Paul J. Sabatini, William Tanner, Daniel J. Woeste
An access pathway and working platform were designed and constructed for equipment access for a Deep Soil Mixing (DSM) pilot study over a coal combustion residual (CCR) surface impoundment (SI). The D
Jan 1, 2019
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Baum Station – A New Pile Driving and Drilling Navigation System
By Dzianis Proshchanka, Yoshi Izumi, Koji Mitani, Ayuna Kitaura
"A new pile driving and drilling navigation system has been developed. It utilizes the commonly used surveying total station, combined with an innovative reticle. Conventional crosshairs have been rep
Jan 1, 2017
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Caveat Emptor Or A Buyer's Guide To Pile Integrity Testing - Introduction
By Joram M. Amir
During recent years, the integrity testing of piles has made considerable progress. With the availability of portable and powerful computers, practically all integrity testing equipment is now digital
Jan 1, 1999
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Principles and Soil Mixing Examples of Portland Cement-Based Solidification/Stabilization Treatment
By Charles M. Wilk
"Solidification/stabilization (S/S) treatment is used to treat hazardous wastes for disposal and in the remediation/site restoration of contaminated land . SIS is also an increasingly popular technolo
Jan 1, 2005
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Ground Improvement Using Stone Columns To Mitigate Liquefaction, Reduce Settlements And To Increase Safe Bearing Capacity Of In-Situ Soils – A Case Study
By Venkata Krishnaiah Yeddala, Sai Vivek Adari, Suresh Kumar Velugu
Assam cancer care foundation (ACCF) proposed the construction of hospitals and related facilities across 18 locations in the state of Assam-India. Tezpur is one among the 18 locations of Assam with hi
Nov 1, 2022
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Ground Improvement for New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 14A: A Case Study
By Sarah Ramp, Daniel V. Cacciola, Justin Labrozzi, Shafiq I. Siddiqui, Faisal Ahmed
"Construction of embankments up to 34 ft in height for twelve ramps and roadways needed for the New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 14A project required ground improvement. The subsurface conditions, cons
Jan 1, 2017
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Pile Lateral Behaviour under Full Scale Lateral Load Tests in Thick Compacted Marine Carbonate Sand Fill of an Artifical Island
By Challa Venkata Rami Reddy, Anindya Roy, G. R. Konni
This paper presents the results of pile lateral capacities obtained from both conventional design and fullscale pile lateral load tests. Conventional design using P-Y curve analysis is very commonly b
Sep 8, 2021
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Simplifying the Design of Laterally Loaded Piles for Waterfront Structures
By Amanda R. Parry, Chris R. Pray
Predicting and modeling the soil structure interaction of laterally loaded piles with significant unbraced lengths is one of the challenges faced in designing many waterfront structures. Designers of
Sep 8, 2021
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Three-Dimensional (3D) Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM) Comparative Study of a Landslide Case Study Supported with Piles
By Terence Ma, Seok hyeon Chai, Jeff Lam, Thamer Yacoub, Brigid Cami, Sina Javankhoshdel
The Limit Equilibrium (LE) analysis of pile-supported geotechnical structures normally assumes a constant shear force for the pile instead of considering the non-linear capacity of the pile which is r
Sep 8, 2021
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Alternative Binder For Ground Improvement To Reduce Co2 Footprint
By Brandon M. Robinson, Osman F. Besler, Dominik Gaechter
The Sandbukta-Moss-Såstad (SMS) project is a part of the Intercity development project, which is part of the largest transport project in Norway, consisting of 270 km of new double-track rail. The SMS
May 1, 2022
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Use of Vibro-Replacement Stone Columns for Ground Improvement and Support of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall
By Pancho J. Garza, Keith H. Dahlen, Chris A. Labye
"Design for reconstruction of the East Flagstaff traffic interchange project located in Flagstaff, Arizona posed particular challenges. The proposed design included construction of a nearly 50-foot ta
Jan 1, 2015
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Determination Of Thermal Conductivity Of Coarse-Grained Soils
By Madhu. P, Srinivas. K
Measurement of thermal properties like thermal conductivity, thermal resistivity, heat capacity and thermal diffusivity for materials, it plays a crucial role in a wide range of various civil and elec
Sep 1, 2022
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Ground-Supported Working Platforms For Tracked Plants And Mobile Cranes – Investigations Of Intercaction Effects
By Moritz Schleeh, Christian Moormann
Temporary working platforms are generally required in order to ensure that heavy construction machinery such as drilling and trench wall units, pile drivers, vehicle and crawler cranes can be set up s
May 1, 2022
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Discussion of Differences in Design Methodology between Granular and Grouted Inclusions
By Brandon Buschmeier, Frederic Masse
"Inclusions are a type of ground improvement that provide an improvement of a soil mass by insertion of a material with better characteristics than the surrounding soils. There are primarily two types
Jan 1, 2015
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Augered Pile World Record Depth within a Soil Mix Basement
By Andres M. Baquerizo, Jeremiah J. Filjones, Nicholas Feldt
The Estates at Acqualina located in Sunny Isles Beach, FL, is comprised of two, ocean-front, 50-story, luxury towers with podiums and villas. With city regulations now requesting that above-grade floo
Jan 1, 2019
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Session 32 "Grout Mixtures and Materials 3"
By Lois G. Schwarz
I did a project (Sungai Piah) as a consultant to your firm in Malaysia, where we were faced with a similar situation as sketched out in your question. The following is what we did for the grouting of
Feb 10, 2003
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Seismic Response of Raft Foundations Supported on Aggregate Piers (f3188351-761b-458f-b00c-1bcc1cb9cf93)
By Alper Turan, Hesham El Naggar
"The use of aggregate pier foundation systems has become widespread as the engineering practice moves towards cost-effective ground improvement solutions that provide accelerated construction schedule
Jan 1, 2017
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Seismic Response Of Raft Foundations Supported On Aggregate Piers
By Alper Turan
The use of aggregate pier foundation systems has become widespread as the engineering practice moves towards cost-effective ground improvement solutions that provide accelerated construction schedules
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Mobilised Shear Strength on the Failure Surface of 2D Belled Anchor Model Piles under Uplift in Cohesionless Soil
By Tanaya Deb, Sujit Kumar Pal
"Experimental investigations are carried out on failure pattern around 2D models of belled anchor piles in dry sand bed of density 15.60 kN/m3 under uplift. The models are having thickness ratio (Ts/T
Jan 1, 2015
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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