Alternative Dispute Resolution
Usually it takes far less money and time to resolve a construction dispute if a lawsuit and court trial can be avoided. In the mini-trial, te two or more parties agree to radically reduce...
Innovations in the Design of Electrical Transmission Structures
New concepts are being advanced for the design of electrical transmission structures. The papers in this book cover the following: weather-element loading conditions, structural options,...
U.S. Navy's First Double Deck Pier
The present single level concept of pier construction limits the pier-side service to the fleet. With the ever increasing requirements for utilities to the ships, and maintenance and training...
Construction Approaches to the Navy's Floating Pier Concept
The subject of this paper is a floating pier which is currently under evaluation as a more cost-effective solution for berthing Navy ships. This new approach to pier design was sponsored...
Port Expansion of Eastport, Maine
A recent pier expansion now allows Eastport to provide 40 feet of water at low tide. The pier expansion consists of a concrete-decked steel pipe pile-supported extension to an existing...
Tacoma Terminals Pier Designed for Economy
This pier is a representative and highly refined sample of what is known as the Puget Sound system of construction, an economical system that maintains the durability necessary in the...
Systematic Design of Marinas for Ice Condtions
A systematic approach and recommendations are presented for design engineers use in planning and building safe docks and marinas, and in reducing the expense of damages which ice causes....
Perforated Wave Barriers in Small Boat Piers
Perforated breakwaters can be used to reduce the energy and the height of waves entering small boat harbors. By not extending the breakwater to the bottom interference with littoral drift...
Berthing Impact Force Distribution on Pile Supported Pier Structures
This paper investigates the degree to which a berthing impact force is distributed to the pile bents of batter pile supported pier structures. A procedure is developed to estimate the...
Design and Construction of Marine Facilities for Ridley Island Coal Terminal
The design and construction of the wharf for 250,000 DWT bulk carriers is discussed in this paper. The terminal project was carried out on fast-track, 23 month schedule, with construction...
Expansion of the Electro-Coal Transfer Terminal
This paper briefly describes renovation and expansion of the coal and phosphate marine terminal in Davant, La. The program included: replacement of existing berths damaged by marine accident;...
Development of Prestressed Concrete Fender Piles
An ongoing effort is reported to develop prestressed concrete fender piles for use in a wide range of pier fendering applications. Preliminary analysis and testing results indicate that...
A Multi-User Fender Design and Installation
The increase in damage frequency to the existing Timber Fender System during the change-over from military to commercial/industrial users resulted in a call for design solutions from the...
Capacity Rating of Existing Piers and Wharves
This paper outlines a method for physically surveying the present material condition of existing piers and wharves and assigning to them a safe rated capacity expressed in displacement...
Port of Kismayo (Somalia) Rehabilitation
Extensive deterioration of the 2070 ft long four-berth, marginal wharf at the Port of Kismayo necessitated a major rehabilitation to maintain operations. The selected scheme was a steel...
Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Cohesionless Soils
Design and Performance
The main objectives of this book are to present some of the available techniques for estimating the settlement of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils, and to compare predicted and...
Salvaging the Zilwaukee
In 1982, construction of the Zilwaukee Bridge in Michigan was disrupted when the launching truss failed to hold a precast concrete segment near Pier 11N, severely deflecting the cantilever...
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...
Waterfront Electric Cone Penetration Testing
Offshore deployment methods developed for use by the oil industry were combined with less expensive nearshore drill barge technology. This resulted in the successful completion of cone...
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