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  • 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

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    Continuous Grouting In Embedding Of Sheet Piles

    By Jouko L. Lehtonen

    Sheet pile walls can be sealed watertightly using various methods. The objective of this paper is to introduce a new innovation comprising the use of continuous cement grouting during embedding. The m

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Small Diameter Piling System Used In Australia

    By P. J. Yttrup

    Small diameter timber piles are used in Australia to solve foundation problems in soft or filled ground and expansive soil. The paper describes the results of pile load tests to develop simple methods

    Jan 1, 1989

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    Bearing Capacity Of Pile By Curve-Fitting Method ? Synopsis

    By Z. Q. Zhou

    It is the first worke in design of pile foundation to determine the carring capacity of single pile, and a static loading on site is considered to be the lost derect and reliable way. All values P and

    Jan 1, 2010

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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

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    Session II - Industry Trends And Up And Coming Innovations - Reflections On Our Industry - Foundation Vs Geotechnical

    By Arturo Ressi di Cervia

    From the times when men in lacustrine environments drove wooden piles into the mud to elevate their dwellings, until the beginning of the twentieth century builders reacted to the conditions found in

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Structural Seismic Design Of Fashion Island Boulevard Bridge Earthquake Repair State Bridge No. 35C-160 San Mateo, California - 1 Assessment Of The Existing Bridge

    By Roy M. Schnabel

    The Fashion Island Boulevard Bridge over the Marina Lagoon in San Mateo, California is an eight span precast, prestressed concrete girder bridge. It is approximately 495 feet in length and 61 feet in

    Jan 1, 1993

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    "Value Engineering" In United States Of America

    By Maral Papazian Bedian

    Construction contracts in the USA contain the clause "Value Engineering" ? an interesting and curious clause allowing contractor initiated design changes. Misleading is the interpretation of value eng

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Experiences With Deep Foundations In Shanghai - Synopsis

    By Y. X. Tong

    The simplicity off Ø=0 analysis has been taken advantage of to evaluate the geotech­nical problems of open caissons, slurry trench walls and piles in Shanghai. Undrained shear strengths obtained by va

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    The Reliability Of Conventional Design Methods For Driven Piles In Sand - Synopsis

    By Kenneth Gavin

    The accurate prediction of the shaft capacity of drives piles in sand continues to present problems for foundation designers. Research in this field has been carried out for many years and has yielded

    Jan 1, 1996

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    Vibration Environmental Effect Of Construction Operations - Synopsis

    By Mark R. Svinkin

    Construction vibrations may be harmful to adjacent and remote structures, sensitive instruments and people. Construction vibration sources have a wide range of energy, displacement, velocity and accel

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Woodrow Wilson Bridge Cofferdams (ef6ed0b3-5c8c-41f1-8337-00ee57bff823)

    By Roderic A. Ellman

    The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge (WWB) will replace the existing bridge over the Potomac River to connect Alexandria, Virginia to Prince Georges County, Maryland. The new WWB will extend approximately 1.

    Jan 1, 2013

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    Design-Build Support Of Excavation For Block 76, Salt Lake City, Utah

    By Rick Deschamps

    The Block 76 project includes the demolition and redevelopment of an entire city block for mixed use retail, office and residential properties directly adjacent to Historic Temple Square in Salt Lake

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    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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    The Spadina Pier Cofferdam - Design, Installation & Performance

    By Jan A. Nilsen

    This paper describes a key element in the construction of a major project undertaken by Harbourfront Corporation in its efforts to rejuvenate the central Toronto waterfront. The Spadina Pier forms one

    Jan 1, 1987

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    Design And Construction Of A Cut-Off Wall In Warm Permafrost

    By Steven L. Anderson

    A cut-off wall has been designed and is currently under construction along the Back Dam of the existing tailings impoundment at Red Dog Mine, Alaska. The cut-off wall, which will be in the order of 5

    Jan 1, 2010

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    The Influence Of RC Nonlinearity On P-Y Curves For CIDH Bridge Piers

    By Leonardo Massone

    The p-y method is one of the most popular methods in pile design and has been calibrated for various boundary conditions using numerical and experimental studies during recent years. Most studies on r

    Jan 1, 2012

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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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    An Innovative Approach To Load Testing Of High Capacity Piles

    By P. Bermingham

    A new approach to load testing of high capacity piles is presented. The method is mobile, inexpensive, repeatable and non-destructive allowing for multiple pile testing at a single site. A reaction ma

    Jan 1, 1989