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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