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  • DFI
    Guide to Drafting a Specification for High Capacity Drilled and Grouted Micropiles for Structural Support

    By Donald Bruce

    The three types of specifications which are used for micropile work are: ? Performance Specifications: The contractor is permitted control over certain design and/or construction procedures but must

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    Laterally Loaded Caissons for Ontario College of Art & Design

    By William F. Starke

    "The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) located in Toronto, Ontario, found itself in dire need of space due to increased enrollment, leading them to embark on a major expansion and redevelopment o

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    Full-Scale Field-Test Studies On Driveability And Induced Ground Vibrations Of Vibratory Driven Sheet Piles

    By K. Viking

    The vibratory characteristics of full-scale sheet piles, vibratory driven into the ground, have so far not been described systematically in detail. This paper concerns the preliminary results of a ser

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Application Of Electro-Kinetics To Expedite Pile Setup In Kaolinite Clay

    By Susheel R. Kolwalkar

    A significant increase in the side shear capacity over a period of time is often observed in case of driven piles. This phenomenon is referred to as ?setup? or ?freeze?. This phenomenon cannot be pred

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    List Of Delegates

    AUSTRALIA CHAPMAN Gary JOHN WAGSTAFF CONTSRUCTIONS PTY. LTD. 1 Ashgrove Crescent 4060 ASHGROVE BRISBANE HILLAR Jaaes Director J.A. HILLAR & ASSOCIATES 99 Woolwich Road WOOLWICH,

    Jan 1, 1994

  • DFI
    San Francisco International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower Pile Foundations

    By Camilo A. Alvarez, Stephen K. Harris, Brian R. Zuckerman, Philip J. Meymand, Danielle M. Steinmetz

    "The sleek new air traffic control tower at the San Francisco International Airport stands at 221 feet tall and is set to replace the existing air traffic control tower by 2016. This aluminum-clad, to

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Soil Improvement Through Rammed Aggregate Piers To Mitigate Liquefaction Risk In Storage Tanks

    By Francisco A. Flores, José L. Aguirre, Héctor A. de la Fuente, Erika Bernal, Jorge Arroyo-Esquedla

    This paper presents the analysis, design, and construction of soil improvement for storage tanks foundation support at a site in Tabasco, Mexico. A total of 980 Rammed Aggregate Piers of 12.5 m in len

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Practical Soil Nail Wall Design And Constructability Issues

    By Walter G. Kutschke

    Four significant soil nail wall projects in the eastern United States were recently completed with a combined area of 175,000 square feet of finished shotcrete surface. These projects required the us

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Observed Driving Performance of Open-Ended Steel Pipe Piles with and Without Plugged Toes

    By Chu E. Ho, Paul Napoli

    This paper presents the performance of nineteen open-ended steel pipe piles driven through highly variable overburden soils into glacial till and schist bedrock. The piles were 16 inches in diameter a

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Site Specific Study for Foundation Design of Iswar Gupta Bridge

    By Ambarish Ghosh, Chitralekha Ghatak, Tanumaya Mitra, Tarun Sengupta, Sajib Das, Sankar Kumar Nath

    "Currently construction of important structures like bridges, flyovers and high rise buildings in and around Kolkata are in full swing. These structures have mostly pile or well foundations. The desig

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Building Above And Excavating Below An Iconic Building In Manhattan

    By John S. Civetta, Seth Martin, Marc J. Gallagher, Arthur J. Alzamora, Ronald Peralta

    The Crown Building, built circa 1921, is a 26-story iconic building located at West 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in the heart of Manhattan. The paper highlights collaboration between the geotechnical

  • DFI
    Statnamic Load Testing Of High Capacity Marine Foundations

    By Mike Muchard

    STATNAMIC load testing augmented with embedded instrumentation has been successfully used to obtain structural and geotechnical design information on large diameter spun cast concrete cylinder piles o

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Bearing Capacity Of Long Piles Driven Into Soft Soil ? Synopsis

    By F. Z. Suo

    Baoahan Iron and Steel Complex is situated at lower beaches of the Yangtze River. The subsoils 50~70 M below the surface is a deposite of Yangtze River delta, consisting mainly of weak silty clay and

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Press-In Piling: The Influence Of Plugging On Driveability - 1 Introduction - 1.1 Urban Construction Of Deep Foundations

    By David J. White

    The decreasing availability of land in urban areas, and the increasing demand for urban development is leading to the construction of taller and heavier buildings at increasingly marginal sites. Such

    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

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    Quality Control For Augered Cast-In-Place Piles In Texas And Louisiana - 1.0 Introduction

    By Timothy L. Roberts

    For many years practicing geotechnical and structural engineers in Texas and Louisiana were reluctant to include augered cast-in-place (ACIP) piles as a viable deep foundation alternate. Three primary

    Jan 1, 1998

  • DFI
    Non-destructive Testing Of Unknown Bridge Foundation Lengths Using Parallel Seismic Testing

    By Chetan D. Savani, Mike K. Muchard

    The necessity to evaluate undocumented foundation lengths is essential in assessing the useable life, need for scour protection, retrofitting, or full reuse of existing bridge foundations. For this pu

  • DFI
    Non-Linear Analysis Of Laterally Loaded Piles: Calibration Of A New Method

    By Vasileios A. Drosos

    The response of pile foundations to lateral loads is an important factor for the successful performance of several critical structures. A new numerical code for the analysis of single piles under late

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Ground Movements - A Hidden Source Of Loading On Deep Foundations (211df4c9-c07d-4182-8335-8f47bcc59b12)

    By Harry G. Poulos

    Ground movements can arise from a large number of sources and can have a significant effect on nearby piles and deep foundations. The loading of the piles by ground movements is a different mechanism

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Instrumented Hybrid Shoring System for a Deep Temporary Excavation Incorporating Cutter Soil Mixing in Vancouver, BC, Canada

    By Nadir Ansari, Brian W. Wilson, Marina S. W. Li

    "A hybrid shoring system consisting of cast-in-place soldier piles with Cutter Soil Mixing (CSM) infill panels was constructed for temporary support of a 19.8 m (65 ft) deep excavation in Vancouver, B

    Jan 1, 2017