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  • DFI
    Construction Of Large Underground Openings And Use Of Grouts ? Synopsis

    By E. Mongilardi

    The construction of large underground openings through cohesionless or weak cohesive soils and under the water table in particular, often requires a ground improvement to be done from the surface or a

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Impact And Ramifications Of Setup For Pile Foundations

    By Cory G. Rice

    A significant portion of the piling industry has long felt relying on soil setup to gain the required capacity is a complexity that would rather not be dealt with. Instead, the pile are driven to the

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Embankment Piles ? Introduction

    By B. B. Broms

    Embankment piles are common in the Scandinavian countries (Kjellman, 1940) and in Southeast Asia as support of fills, light structures, bridge abutments and deep excavations (Eide, 1968) as described

    Jan 1, 2010

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    An Overview Of Soil Mixing In The United States ? Introduction

    By Peter J. Nicholson

    Since the reintroduction of soil mixing to the United States over 10 years ago, the work installed by soil mixing technology has grown dramatically. From an annual turnover of less than ten million do

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Piled-Raft Foundation (PRF) Optimization Design With Connected And Disconnected Piles

    By A. Eslami

    In recent development of piled raft design, the contribution of both raft and piles to tolerate the loads is taken into account, depending on the stiffness and contributions of involved elements i.e.;

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Vertical And Lateral Load Tests On Driven And Cast-In-Place Piles ? Synopsis

    By G. Price

    The Building Research Establishment installed a base load cell in a driven cast-in-place pile prior to it being tested under vertical load. The monitored base loads were found to be significantly less

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Instrumentation Of Construction Vibrations

    By Mark R. Svinkin

    Construction vibrations may adversely affect surrounding buildings and their effects range from human discomfort and disturbance of sensitive devices to visible structural damage. There is no unique c

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Results Of An International Pile Load Testing Prediction Event

    By N. Charue

    An international prediction event was carried out within the framework of a 30-pile testing program organized in a sandy soil in Belgium (Limelette). That program called upon sev­eral testing methods:

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Driven Piles For New Pacific Northwest Baseball Park - Introduction

    By Thomas M. Gurtowski

    The New Pacific Northwest Baseball Park, now known as Safeco Field, is located directly south of the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington, and will be the new home of the Seattle Mariners baseball team. Th

    Jan 1, 1998

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    Guidelines for Soil Mixing

    "1.0 INTRODUCTIONThese Guidelines reflect the state-of-the-practice of the Deep Mixing Method (DMM) in North America. DMM is an in situ mixing process that breaks down the soil structure; injects bind

    Jan 1, 2016

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    The Nonlinear Constitutive Behaviour of Coode Island Silt

    By Rae Mackay, Kaveh Ranjbar Pouya, Ali Tolooiyan

    "A major part of Melbourne’s central business district is underlain by a very soft silty clay deposit known as Coode Island Silt (CIS). Due to the low strength of CIS, most construction in the region

    Jan 1, 1900

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    Tunnel Headwall Softeyes: Fiberglass Design Applications and Constructability Challenges

    By Shawna Munn, Jakub Hudler

    This paper outlines the use of tunneling headwall softeyes for transit construction projects in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) over the past decade. Due to spatial constraints, tunnel boring machines

    Jan 1, 2018

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    An Overview Of Augered, Cast In Place Piles In Florida - Introduction

    By Kirk A. Mcintosh

    Augered, cast-in-place (ACIP) piles have been utilized in the United States for a wide range of projects since the 1950's. Due to the cast-in-place nature of the installation method (and lack of

    Jan 1, 1997

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    Design Of Augered Cast In Place (ACIP) Piles - Introduction

    By Michael McVay

    The use of augered cast-in-place piles has seen tremendous growth under commerical structures in the past twenty years. Problems with vibration, soil densification and/or heave associated with driven

    Jan 1, 1997

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    Use Of Non-Invasive Helical Foundations For Urban Forest Canopy Walk Way ? Atlanta Botanical Garden

    By David C. Kraft

    Helical piles and ground anchors were used to meet critical design and constructability requirements for an urban forest Canopy Walk at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA. The 12-foot wide ped

    Jan 1, 2011

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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

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    Recent Advances In Large Diameter Diaphragm Wall Shafts

    By Benoit Virollet

    Over the last 10 years the diameter of unbraced, unlined and unanchored circular shafts has grown dramatically in many parts of the world. This progress has taken place through improvements in: constr

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Effect Of Surcharge Pressures On Excavation Support - Inconsistencies Between Design Calculations And Practice

    By Darrell Wilder

    When designing excavation support systems in urban environments, it is often necessary to consider the effect of vertical surcharge loads from adjacent structures. Several methods are used in practice

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Large Diameter Machine Bored Piles In Australia

    By W. J. Kingwell

    Where the equipment, technique and materials are available for the construction of large diameter rock socketted piles, this is frequently the most economical and environmentally acceptable method of

    Jan 1, 1989