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  • DFI
    Advantages of Design in Drilled Displacement Type Piles in Tropical Porous Soil Deposits

    By Jean R. Garcia, Paulo J. R. Albuquerque, Renato P. Cunha, Osvaldo Freitas Neto

    "Abstract Results obtained from in-situ load tests carried out on drilled displacement piles sunk in a porous, lateritic and unsaturated soil deposit, are analyzed in this paper. Three slow-maintained

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Rehabilitation Of Existing Foundation Piles Of Marine Structures In New York City Harbor, USA

    By P. B. Kelleher

    Most of the piers and other pile-supported marine structures in the New York City Harbor area were constructed prior to the widespread use of currently available pile protective systems. As a result,

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Diaphragm Walls And Barrettes For Top-Down Construction: A Project Report

    By Bjöm Böhle

    Top-down construction (or cut and cover construction) is providing important advantages when comparing with conventional construction techniques for commercial developments with deep basements, underg

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Spring Constants of Belled Caissons for Seismic Retrofit of an Existing Critical Structure in a Seismically Active Area

    By David E. Albus, Ahmadreza Mortezaie, Bidjan Ghahreman

    The structural evaluation of seismic performance of an existing hospital in Long Beach, California, required spring constants of foundation elements. The structure included support by deep foundation

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    Biodegradable Hydraulic Fluid in the Deep Foundation Industry - Synopsis

    By S. H. Miller

    Biodegradable hydraulic fluids can save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and clean up costs in the event of a hydraulic fluid leak or spill. When properly selected, applied, maintaine

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Instrumented Rock-Socketed Drilled Piers Hamilton General Hospital ? Introduction

    By R. G. Horvath

    In the Hamilton area, and in many other areas of Ontario and around the world, large diameter drilled pier (caisson) foundations are frequently selected as the most appropriate foundation system for h

    Jan 1, 1987

  • DFI
    Support Of Excavation System - Columbia Heights Metro Station Project - Washington, D.C. - Summary:

    By Robert W. Bergwall

    The $58,000,000.00 Columbia Heights Metro Station project (Section E3-a) forms a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Greenbelt Route - Green Line subway system. T

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    6000 Ton Osterberg Load Test Reduces Foundation Costs For Delaware River Tramway

    By Aly M. Mohammad

    The Delaware River Tramway will link civic and retail developments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey. Twin 300-foot towers will anchor the cables at either side of the river. Four h

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Earth Retention Using Augered Cast-In-Place Piles - A. Introduction - 1. Applications

    By William S. Heckman

    a. When to use: high surcharges, vertical capacity required, limit noise and eliminate vibrations, low headroom, eliminate vibration induced settlements. b. Advantages: eliminates impact noise and

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    Case History: Deep Soil-Cement Mixing At The I-90/I-93NB Interchange On The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Contract C09A7 At Fort Point Channel Site, Boston, MA - Synopsis

    By Robert Jakiel

    The following paper is being presented to provide an understanding of the Deep Soil-Cement Mixing (DMM) performed at Contract C09A7 at the Fort Point Channel Site (FPC), for the I-90/I-93 Interchange

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    A Brand New Barrier Wall Installed at Wolf Creek Dam

    By Maurizio Siepi, Fabio Santillan, Lyndon Bedford, Carlo Crippa

    "Abstract: Wolf Creek dam, on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, US, operated and maintained by the Nashville District of the USACE, is the Corps' largest reservoir east of the Mississippi river. The 1

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    CSM: An Innovative Solution For Mixed-In-Situ Retaining Walls, Cut-Off Walls And Soil Improvement

    By Fabrice Mathieu

    The Cutter Soil Mixing (CSM) provides a cost effective solution for the rapid construction of retaining and cut-off walls using new equipment developed from diaphragm wall cutter technology. CSM consi

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Analyzing Drivability Of Open Ended Piles In Very Dense Sands

    By James A. Schneider

    The successful installation of long piles driven into very dense sands relies on the occurrence of the reduction in local friction with increased pile embedment, a phenomenon known as ?friction fatigu

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Application Of Bu-Type Steel Sheet Pile On Construction Of Ports ? Preface

    By Zhou Lu-Jian

    The Port of Shekou is situated at Shenzhen Bay on the east bank of Lingding Ocean. Its coastline is about 6 km long and the water depth near the shore is Favourable. Across the bay is the ' New T

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Tanana River Bulkhead Expansion, Flexibility In Construction; Key To Arctic Dock Construction

    By Roy Peratrovich

    An innovative cost-saving design for a 1,100 ft bulkhead on the Tanana River at Nenana in central Alaska won Alaska Construction & Oil magazine's Construction Achievement Award. The designers uti

    Jan 1, 1985

  • DFI
    Session III - Foundation Techniques In The Urban Environment - Structural Movement And Ground Settlement Control For A Deep Excavation Within An Historic Building - Synopsis

    By Martin J. Kenwright

    Within the famous Harrods department store, a new lift shaft has been constructed, servicing a depth of 22m below ground level as well as the existing 6 storeys of the store. The shaft will connect wi

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Pile Load Testing At JFK International Airport - Synopsis

    By J. Moskowitz

    Construction of the new JFK International Airport Light Rail System (LRS) began in 1998 with a pre-construction load test program. This $1.2 billion design-build project consists of approximately 13 k

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Helical Pile Foundation Anchors As A Practical Alternative

    By Dilip Khatri

    Helical pile anchors have gained acceptance over the past sixty years. Most recently they have been commonplace in the 20th century for the power utility industry in anchoring transmission towers, equ

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Analysis of Plugging Effect for Open-Ended Piles in Sandy Soil

    By Sangseom Jeong, Moonkyung Chung, Junyoung Ko

    "Abstract The plugging effect of open-ended piles in sandy soil is analyzed by full-scale field test and plugging measurement. PLR (plug length ratio) measurement data from 144 field cases are analyze

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Recycling Jet Grout Backflow: Waste Mitigation and Cost Benefits

    By Craig T. Jones, Zachary Q. Maassen

    "Jet grouting is a method of ground improvement that relies on the erosive capacity of high-speed jets to cut and mix the ground in place with a cementitious grout. A continuous return flow of cutting

    Jan 1, 2017