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  • DFI
    Historical Evolution Of Deep Foundations

    By Dean E. Matthews

    The concept of a pile for construction is credited to a Neolithic tribe called the "Swiss Lake Dwellers" who lived in what is now Switzerland about 6,000 years ago. They used piling, not for supportin

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Augered Cast-In-Place Piles: Regional Project Profiles - Community Osteopathic Hospital Harrisburg, Pa

    GENERAL CONTRACTOR: ALEXANDER CONSTRUCTORS, INC. STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: CAGLEY & ASSOCIATES, INC. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER: F.T. KITLINSKI & ASSOCIATES, INC. PILE FOUNDATION CONTRACTOR: L.G. BA

    Jan 1, 2001

  • DFI
    Pile Load Test Results For Highway 280 Pile Uplift Test Site

    By Douglas Brittsan

    This paper presents pile tension and compression load test results for the Southern Freeway Viaduct (North) pile load test site. The testing program represents a collaboration between California Depar

    Jan 1, 1993

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Economic and Safe Design and the Execution Standards for the Construction Phase of Deep Foundation Systems in Difficult Soil Conditions

    By Seffen Leppla, Rolf Katzenbach, Matthias Seip

    "Abstract The economic and safe design of deep foundation systems in difficult soil conditions is based on a reduction of construction material used, construction time spent, energy consumed and a hig

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Construction Of A Deep Slurry Wall In A Restricted City Centre Site Using A Hydraulic Grab And Rotator System.

    By P. M. Wiltcher

    The construction of a deep structural slurry wall in a restricted city centre location is always a challenging prospect. However, when the city is London and the site is bounded on two sides by high

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Examples Of The Use Of Temporary Works Soil Nailing In The UK And Ireland

    By Martin J. Pedley

    The use of soil nailing has grown steadily in the UK over the last 15 years and it has recently become more popular in the Republic of Ireland. This paper presents three soil nailing temporary works c

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Large Scale Lateral Testing Of Pile Foundations (Young Professor Paper Competition 2010)

    By Anne Lemnitzer

    Full-Scale cyclic field testing was performed on a 3x3 pile group consisting of nine cast-in-drilled-hole (CIDH) reinforced concrete shafts and a comparable single-shaft in order to investigate group

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    A Review Of Typical Foundations Used In The City Of Cleveland, OH

    By David V. Lewin

    Heavy structures in central Cleveland, Ohio, are supported on raft foundations, driven piles, or caissons. Settlements can be predicted and structures are designed to accommodate such settlements. On

    Jan 1, 1985

  • DFI
    Gallery Towers, Melbourne: Successful Approach To Difficult Piling Contract Management

    By Mario Aiezza

    This paper outlines the results of a relationship developed during the design and construction of the foundations for the Gallery Towers project in Melbourne. Both the builder and the piling contracto

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Business Benefits Of An Integrated CFA Rig Instrumentation System

    By Jason N. Scott

    CFA piling is a ?blind? construction process that relies heavily on the rig instrumentation to produce sound piles. If the data measured and recorded during construction can be made available to engi

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Keynote Lecture: Axial Design And Lateral Design - Deep Foundations

    By Mike Neill, O&apos

    ? Bypass soft soils near the surface ? Resist uplift loads ? Resist lateral loads ? Bypass scourable soils ? Bypass liquefyable soils ? Mitigate movement of expansive or frozen soils ? "Tu

    Jan 1, 1998

  • DFI
    Drilled Displacement Piles - Current Practice And Design

    By Prasenjit Basu

    Drilled displacement piles are being increasingly used as foundation elements, particularly in projects requiring fast construction. Different types of drilled displacement (DD) piles are available i

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    The Evolution of Augered Cast-in-Place Piles

    By Willie M. NeSmith, W. Morgan NeSmith, Alan Roach

    "In 2013, Augered Cast-in-Place (ACIP) piles are a mature foundation technology throughout the United States. General guidelines for the design and construction of ACIP piles are available along with

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    Support Of Structures In Expansive Shale Using Recycled Plastic Piles

    By Lance A. Roberts

    Expansive soil formations can be found throughout the United States. When subjected to wetting, these formations have the potential to swell and exert large uplift forces on buildings and foundations.

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Theoretical And Experimental Investigation On Underwater Ground Anchors

    By Leonello Sciacca

    Deepening of harbours has become a priority, necessary to the ongoing operation of the wharves in the face of deeper draft merchant vessels and cruise ships. It is now standard practice in many areas

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    The Application Of Interlocked Steel Pipe Pile And Steel Sheet Pile For An Industrial Port ? Synopsis

    By M. Tominaga

    An industrial port complex was constructed on the west coast of Leyte Island The work was started in December 1981 and completed in May 1984. This port complex includes a 665 m long wharf and can acco

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Different Drilling Techniques in Challenging Geology at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

    By Michael Arnold, Jonathan Delgado

    In 2017, Bauer Foundation Corp. (BFC) was awarded the contract to install the deep foundations for the new 17-story Hotel Tower and the Low Rise Casino Expansion at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Ca

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    Dynamic Analysis Correlation Of Standard Penetration Resistances With The Adhesion Of Very Stiff To Hard Clays On Driven Piles

    By Chris D. Thompson

    In Southern Ontario, Canada, piles are frequently driven through competent clayey soils to obtain end bearing on extremely dense till or bedrock. One reason for this is the difficulty at assessing the

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Design & Construction Of Pile Foundations For A Building Complex - A Case History

    By S. K. V. Avasarala

    This paper presents a case history of design, prediction, probe and production pile driving monitoring, loading tests and installation of over 3,300 prestressed concrete piles for a building complex c

    Jan 1, 1995