Building a Better Landfill Liner
A soil liner project was sponsored by the EPA to provide information on the construction factors that affect the permeability of compacted soil liners. After construction of a field liner,...
The Saga of Senate Bill 2067
With the advent of the California Superfund program, liability related to toxic waste cleanup became a critical issue in California. The state had no authority to indemnify consultants...
Structural Considerations in Design and Construction Process of a 25 Story Office Building
This paper introduces an example in which a steel office building of 25 stories above the ground was constructed employing innovative techniques. One of them was the use of precast concrete...
Historic Background of Seismic Construction in San Francisco
A seismic design and construction tradition has developed in California because of the unique experience with local earthquakes. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, building performance...
The Model Cleanup
Standards for hazardous waste site cleanups may be inappropriate or inadequate to protect the public health. Civil engineers responsible for remediation decisions need to know about the...
Robotic Roundup
Robots are finding their way on to the construction site. Years of research and development have yielded unmanned machines that complete tasks as mundane as spotwelding and as dangerous...
High Hopes for Cattails
As other areas of wastewater treatment go high tech, man-made wetlands are treating wastewater from small towns and coal mines. Plants are grown in about 1 ft of water. Suspended solids...
State-of-the-Practice Mitigation Measures for Collapsible Soil Sites
Mitigative alternatives for collapsible soil sites are reviewed considering shallow, as well as deep, collapsible soil deposits. In the case of deep soil deposits the overburden pressures...
Characterization of a Site Underlain by Deep Collapsing Soils
The geomorphic setting of a site underlain by an 80 ft (24 m) deep deposit of collapsing silty sand is described. The field and laboratory investigation completed to characterize the geotechnical...
Jet Grouting for Underpinning and Excavation Support
Jet Grouting as a new tool for underpinning and excavation support is presented, describing the systems of Jet Grouting and its advantages over conventional underpinning techniques. A...
Compaction Grouting as an Aid to Construction
The traditional use of compaction grouting has been to arrest settlement of existing structures, and occasionally to raise them back to their original grades. Recently, the process has...
Fracturing of Rock Using Expansive Soundless Chemical Demolition Agents
The theoretical principles of the action of expansive soundless chemical demolition agents are presented. The procedure for using these demolition agents are briefly outlined. Differences...
Rock Excavation with Microwaves: A Literature Review
Research on the use of microwaves for breaking rocks started in the late fifties. In this paper, the principles of microwave heating and the possible mechanisms responsible for the breaking...
A Geotechnical Analysis System with Applications for Drilled Shaft Foundations
The development and components of a geotechnical analysis system are described and illustrated for drilled shaft foundations. This finite element-based analysis system incorporates several...
Human Factors and Communication Problems in Foundation Engineering
Recent findings in non-engineering fields related to human factors are reviewed with emphasis on communication difficulties. Foundation engineering tasks are discussed in the context of...
Structural Foundation Practices for Highway Projects
The state-of-practice by State transportation agencies, in the area of structural foundations, is compared between the late 1970's and the present. The structural foundation...
Augered Cast-in-Place Piles
Development of the augered cast-in-place pile system from origination in the late 1940's to the present state of the art is presented, with methods of pile placement, including...
Owner and Designer Advantages Derived from Use of Construction Consultant
There are two significant ways that an experienced construction consultant can assist both the owner and the designer/engineer in obtaining an economical and practical structure. Constructibility...
A Lateral Load Test on Seven Foot Diameter Caissons
Seven foot (2.1 m) diameter caissons (drilled shafts) were designed to support a mainline eastbound bridge and an off-ramp of Interstate Highway 70 in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. A lateral...
Geophysical and Nuclear Methods for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Caissons
Non-destructive testing techniques were used to confirm the concrete integrity on the caisson foundations for the 45-story Ohio Corporate Headquarters building in Cleveland, Ohio. The...
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