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Building with Software
Project management has become a more precise art now that computers are on the construction scene. Scotsman Mfg. Corp. computerized its manual CPM techniques for erecting modular structures,...

Terzaghi Lectures
1974-1982
Sponsored by the Executive Committee of the Geotechnical Engineering Division of ASCE. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains eight lectures...

Use of In Situ Tests for Foundation Design on Clay
Years of evaluated experience with the field vane test in soft clays have resulted in empirical correction factors well suited for design practice. An extension of L. Bjerrum's...

Pressuremeter and Foundation Design
The design of shallow and deep foundations on the basis of pressuremeter results is analyzed using numerous load tests and case histories. The foundations are shallow footings subjected...

Dilatometer Tests for the Design of Grouted Piles in Rock
A case study of drilled and grouted piles in rock, which were analyzed using results of down-hole dilatometer tests is presented. The tests were performed from a jack-up platform in water...

In-Situ Testing to Characterize Electric Transmission Line Routes
A review of the literature has shown few definitive studies which separate test variability from soil inhomogeneity. A sensitivity study was performed to evaluate the effects of the overall...

Design Parameters for Grouted Piles in Rock From In-Situ Load Tests
A series of pile load tests were performed at an onshore site to develop final geotechnical parameters for the Gaviota platform foundation which consists of large diameter drilled and...

CPT/DMT QC of Ground Modification at a Power Plant
The use of 908 static cone penetration test (CPT) and 33 Marchetti dilatometer test (DMT) soundings provided the quality control (QC) needed to improve a power plant site by the use of...

Uplist Capacity of Pile Foundations Using CPT Data
Southern California Edison Company has performed field uplift load tests on concrete driven piles, cast-in-place straight shaft piles and cast-in-place belled piers along transmission...

The Use of Cone Penetrometer Testing to Investigate Sand Fill Subsidence Beneath Highways
During construction of Interstate I-10 between Baton Rouge and LaPlace, Louisiana, highly organic swamp deposits were excavated and replaced with hydraulically pumped river sand. The main...

The Pressuremeter for Foundations: French Experience
The paper presents historical information on the development of the pressuremeter and its application in the Laboratories Central des Ponts el Chaussees (LCPC). The continuous research...

Dilatometer to Compute Foundation Settlement
Sixteen examples demonstrate how the S. Marchetti dilatometer test (DMT) provides soil compressibility data for the rapid calculation of foundation settlements with an average ratio of...

Designing for Maintainability
Inspection and maintenance guidelines are unavailable for many buildings. Building owners seldom have the benefit of such information because buildings are often considered passive systems,...

Construction by Computer
Olympia & York, the developers of the 8 million sq ft World Financial Center in lower Manhattan are using a computerized scheduling system to keep the flow of materials into the...

Land Disposal Construction, Monitoring and Closure
The continuous generation of hundreds of thousands of gallons of hazardous wastewater and waste process solutions each year at an aerospace development and assembly plant at Lockheed Missiles...

Lessons Learned Implementing the Minimum Technology Guidance for Landfills
The 'Minimum Technology Guidance on Double Liner Systems for Landfills and Surface Impoundments' issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in May 1985...

Hydroelectric Program for Development in Mexico
This work deals with the process at present followed in Mexico for the development of hydroelectric projects. Then, the participation of hydroelectricity in the electric sector is given...

Small Hydro is Very Rarely Typical
Engineering design of a small hydro project is often considered to be straightforward. Many potential developers assume that the engineering effort can be reduced to 'typical'...

Hydropower on the Arkansas?A Non-Federal Development
Only two of the eleven navigation locks and dams in Arkansas were initially constructed with hydropower facilities. In 1980, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) filed preliminary...

Toe Drain System?Barr and Milton Reservoirs, CO
The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and construction of toe drains in difficult soil conditions for two 70 plus year old dams in Colorado using a unique toe drain installation...

 

 

 

 

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