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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
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Appropriate Field Measurements For Testing Capacity-Prediction Methods For Piles Installed By Vibration - Introduction
By Michael W. Neill, O&apos
The engineering profession generally does not accept vibro-driven piles as bearing piles unless their capacities can be verified by restriking with an impact hammer, which significantly reduces the ec
Jan 1, 1989
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The Merits Of Polymeric Fluids As Support Slurries
By J. J. Beresford
The primary function of a support slurry is to provide stability during excavation. Today foundation structures can be designed around the additional friction afforded by the absence of the filter cak
Jan 1, 1989
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Design And Instrumentation Results Of A Reinforcement Concrete Piled Raft Supporting 2500 Ton Oil Storage Tank On Very Soft Alluvium Deposits
By Shaw-Shong Liew
This paper presents the design concept using floating piles to support 2500Ton oil storage tanks on a very soft alluvial clayey soil of about 40m thick in Riau Province of Sumatra, Indonesia. The floa
Jan 1, 2002
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Jet Grouting Underpinning Of A Building In The US
By Gustavo E. Armijo
This job was done in Morristown, NJ, with mono fluid system jet grouting for the construction of a new bank building. After the demolition of the existing two story structures, an excavation in loose
Jan 1, 2002
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Design Of Pile Foundations For The Sand Creek Byway, Sandpoint, Idaho
By Dean E. Harris
The realignment of U.S. Highway 95 in Sandpoint, Idaho, is being designed on a site underlain by glaciolacustrine soil that includes very thick deposits of soft, sensitive clay to estimated depths of
Jan 1, 2003
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Design And Construction Of Tower Foundations For 345kV Youngheung Marine Transmission Line
By Suk han Jang
This paper describes the tower foundation design and construction experience for the 345kV Youngheung marine transmission line, which has been in commercial operation in Korea since July, 2004. This
Jan 1, 2007
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History Of Chicago Foundation Systems & Underground Construction ? Summary
By Theodore R. Maynard
The history of foundation engineering in Chicago is a tale of innovation, made necessary in order to keep pace with structural technology which allowed taller buildings with heavier bearing loads, to
Jan 1, 1991
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Resonant Pile Driving - Part I - The Promise & The Reality - Part II - Soldier Pile Installation - Light Rail Transit - Buffalo, New York - 1. Historic Background.
By D. R. Dance
The Resonant, or as it has more commonly come to be known the 'Sonic' Pile Driver, dates back to the early 1960's, when prototypes were produced by Charlie Guild, of Providence, Rhode I
Jan 1, 1987
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The Quality Control Of Pile Foundations Of Tall Buildings In Shenzhen
By Li Keqiang
Among the pile foundations of the 156 tall buildings over 18 storeys in Shenzhen, 86. 5% of them are constructed by slurry drilled piles, bored piles and excavated piles (hand-dug caissons). Based on
Jan 1, 1991
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Static-Load Hydraulic Piledriving: An Alternative System For Noise & Vibration-Sensitive Applications ? Introduction
By Robert A. Field
Static-Load Piledriving systems utilize hydraulic push to advance piles into the ground. Dynamic systems (ie. hammers and vibratory equipment) utilize impact, or vibration, to advance the piles. S
Jan 1, 1995
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Seismic Retrofit Of Bridges; Geotechnical Design Considerations And Case History
By Aly M. Mohammad
State and federal agencies during rehabilitation of existing bridges may require the existing bridges to be evaluated under seismic conditions. If the bridge does not perform under the seismic event,
Jan 1, 2006
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An Innovative Foundation Technology For The Construction Of Retaining Walls In Urban Areas - Introduction
By F. Pagliacci
Retaining walls for the construction of underground urban infrastructures have to be executed considering the impact of a deep foundation job-site within an urban network. Traditional excavation syste
Jan 1, 2000
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Comparison of Static Lateral Behavior of Vertical and Battered Pile Groups of the I-10 Twin Span Bridge Using Finite Element Simulation
By Ahmad F. Souri, Murad Abu-Farsakh
"In this study, the static lateral resistance of vertical and battered pile groups was analyzed using 3D finite element analysis. The battered pile group finite element model was verified using the re
Jan 1, 2017
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Environmental Considerations For Foundation Construction In The Boston Area - The New MCP
By James V. Errico
On October 1, 1993 the regulations for assessing and cleaning up contaminated soil and groundwater in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts were revised. These new regulations, known as the Massachusetts
Jan 1, 1994
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Case Studies In Mission Bay, San Francisco: Deep Foundations In Challenging Soil Conditions
By Lori A. Simpson
Mission Bay is a 300-acre reclaimed site in San Francisco, California, that is currently being redeveloped. Plans include new neighborhoods, parks, a new University of California, San Francisco, rese
Jan 1, 2006
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Summary Of Pile Adhesion And Creep Data From Central Artery/Tunnel Project Test Programs - Summary
By Francis D. Leathers
Four friction pile load test programs, including 23 tension tests and 9 compression tests, have been performed as part of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, Massachusetts. The tests, perform
Jan 1, 1994
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Industry Practice Standards And DFI Practice Guidelines For Structural Slurry Walls - First Edition - Title ? Table Of Contents - Part I Industry Practice Standards - 1. Classification Of Slurry Wall Panels
There are many ways to classify structural slurry wall elements, but the DFI committee chooses to limit these descriptions to three functional requirements, namely: design function, plan configuration
Jan 1, 2005
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The Use of Seismic Trace Characterization to Guide the Analysis of DST Results to Obtain More Accurate Soil Parameters
By Gerald Verbeek, Erick Baziw
Downhole Seismic Testing (DST) is a very popular applied seismology site characterizing tool within geotechnical engineering. A challenging aspect of DST is to characterize the acquired seismic data s
Jan 1, 2018
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Analysis of the Uncertainty by the Random Finite Elements Method of a Vertical Load Test of a Piled Raft Founded in Tropical Soil
By Cristhian C. Mendoza, Renato da Cunha, Bernardo Caicedo, Max Barbosa
"Abstract This paper shows that a raft alone is not sufficiently appropriate to address the uncertainty of underlying soil variability; therefore, a piled raft system is a better option for mitigating
Jan 1, 2014