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    Piling In Calcareous Red Bed Soils and Weak Rock Formation – Design Development for a Gas Processing Facility

    By Rick Piovesan, Pramod Rao, Nihal Bohra, Mark Wahler

    "This paper discusses the approach followed for the geotechnical design of 355 mm and 457 mm diameter driven open-ended steel pipe piles used for a gas plant at a green field site in Pilbara region in

    Jan 1, 2015

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    New Findings on the Capacity of Connections between Micropiles and Existing Footings

    By João Veludo, Eduardo Júlio, Helen D. Robinson, Jesús E. Gómez

    "Utilization of micropiles for structural retrofit requires connection of the micropiles to the footings of the existing structure. Almost ten years ago, an experimental research effort was carried ou

    Jan 1, 2015

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    New Ground Freeze Method for Groundwater Cutoff below Foundation Excavations in Permeable Soils

    By Daniel W. Mageau, Larry W. Applegate, Aaron K. McCain

    "An innovative method of ground freezing was successfully tested to create a “dry” excavation condition for a new building foundation at a site in downtown, Miami, Florida. The subsurface conditions i

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Experimental Investigation on the Lateral Load Capacity of Monopiles in Dense Sand

    By Kenneth Gavin, Weichao Li, Paul Doherty

    "The lateral load capacity is one of the most important issues to be considered in designing piles to resist berthing loads, ship impact forces and for monopiles used in the offshore wind sector. A nu

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Failure Analysis and Strengthening of Tailing Pond Embankment by Prefabricated Vertical Drains and Geogrid

    By Anup Kumar Mandal, Sanjoy Chowdhury, Biswajit Das

    "Tailing pond of an iron ore mine necessitated raising the height of its embankment to create additional storage capacity. The tailing pond is located in eastern India and raising the height of embank

    Jan 1, 2015

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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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    Downdrag Effects on the Pile Groups Supporting Bridge Abutments

    By M. Hesham El Naggar, Tony Sangiuliano, Alper Turan

    "Bridge abutments supported on pile foundations are often constructed over weak and compressible soils. The consolidation settlements induced by the embankment loads are known to result in downdrag an

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Drilled Shaft Design, Testing and Construction in New Jersey Turnpike - Case Studies

    By Abu B. Siddique, Anthony S. Crincoli

    "The New Jersey Turnpike Section 2 widening program consisted of widening between Interchange 6 in Mansfield Township, Burlington County and Interchange 9 in East Brunswick Township, Middlesex County.

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Fogg Museum Expansion - Support of Excavation Design and Construction

    By James L. Christensen, Gregory Sanchez, Michael P. Walker

    The Fogg Museum expansion project required excavation and construction in a congested urban area in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A soldier pile tremie concrete (SPTC) wall provided the support of excavat

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Driven Pipe Pile Solutions for the Temporary Foundations at the New San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

    By Manuel M. Reyes, Thuraisamy Thavaraj, Alex Sy

    "The new east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bridge features a single tower self-anchored suspension (SAS) bridge. During construction of the SAS bridge, a temporary bridge was used to support the

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Dynamic and Static Load Tests on Tapered Piles in Soils Exhibiting Time-Dependent Capacity Gain

    By Terrence M. Carroll, Chu E. Ho

    "A pile installation and load testing program on driven tapered piles was undertaken at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City for the extension of the existing Terminal 4. As part of

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Dynamic Response of Short Piles under Lateral Transient Load

    By Ambarish Ghosh, Rituparna Dey, Indrajit Chowdhury

    "In port and harbor facilities, jetties and cargo berth terminals are usually installed on piles that remain partially embedded in soil, while a part of it behaves as columns supporting top deck. Tech

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Full Scale Load Test Program Confirms the Design of a Rigid Inclusions Solution for the Support of an MSE Wall in Southern New Jersey

    By Susan Rafalko, Mike Walker, John Sankey, Sherif Aziz, Alex Potter-Weight, Mary Nodine, Frederic Masse

    "After several successful projects on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike for support of single-stage MSE (Mechanically Stabilized Earth) walls using rigid inclusions (Controlled Modulus

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Low Noise and Low Vibration Tube Pile Installation by the Press-in Piling Method

    By Takefumi Takuma, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Shigeru Kambe

    "In order to achieve tubular pile driving with low noise and low vibration, the Press-in Piling Method has been adopted on many projects. The method utilizes reaction force derived primarily from prev

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Hybrid Design Approach for Anchored Retaining Walls in Complex Geology

    By Christopher J. Ramsey, Don W. Dotson

    "An existing four lane section of US 27 was widened to eight lanes. The project lies in the rugged Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian mountains starting at the Tennessee River in Chattanooga

    Jan 1, 2015

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    State of the Art Ground Improvement Technique for a Residential Complex: Case Study

    By Madan Kumar Annam, Hari Krishna Y, I. V. Anirudhan

    "For completion of projects in time with positive results, improvements of productivity and effective project management procedures have become extremely important. This paper discusses a milestone pr

    Jan 1, 2015

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    The Little Lake Harris Bridge Settlement Restoration Project: Lessons Learned

    By Amr Sallam, David Thompson, Moataz Hassan

    "The Little Lake Harris (LLH) Bridge was constructed in 1951 to replace the eastwest County Road 48 Bridge connecting the towns of Howey-in-the-Hills and Astatula in Lake County, Florida, United State

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Use of Isolated Tie-Back Plates to Stabilize a Landslide in Steep Terrain

    By Scott D. Neely, Donald R. Clark

    "An existing landslide located at the southeast corner of the Telluride Regional Airport has been in an active state of failure for several years. The presence of the landslide has represented an on-g

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Use of Post-Grouted Drilled Shafts in Coastal Mississippi

    By Jacob A. Jordan, Rachel M. Garrett, W. Robert Thompson III, James C. Pegues

    "Environmental control structures for an existing fossil-fuel power generating plant near Pascagoula, Mississippi faced several design and construction challenges due to space limitations. Conceptual

    Jan 1, 2015

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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