Session 7 - Case Histories of Soil Improvement, Grouting, Geosynthetics, Dynamic Compaction, Vibroflotation, Blasting, and other Methods including Geo Economics

A Non Destructive Testing Program for a Group of Jet Grouting Columns

G. Varosio, D'Appolonia S.p.A., Genova, Italy

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Composite Ground Modification System: Vibroreplacement and Dynamic Compaction, Salt Lake County Detention Center, Utah

Roberto A. López, Hayward Baker, Inc., Santa Paula, California
Mathew J. Francis, Hayward Baker, Inc., Santa Paula, California
Kyle M. Rollins, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Scott W. Davis, Kleinfelder, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
Zoran Batchko, Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall, Los Angeles, California

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Construction of Inchon International Airport

Eun Chul Shin, University of Inchon, Korea
Bang-Woong Shin, Chungbuk National University, Korea

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Field Experiments on Jute Soil Stabilisers

A. K. Gupta, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
O. P. Yadav, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Jai Bhagwan, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Ground Improvement at the Queensway Bay Downtown Harbor, Long Beach, California

Suji Somasundaram, Advanced Earth Sciences, Irvine, California
Gamini Weeratunga, Advanced Earth Sciences, Irvine, California
Kris Khilnani, Advanced Earth Sciences, Irvine, California

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Grouting Evaluation Program of the Best Methods for Use of Microfine and Portland Cements During Treatment of the Rock Foundation at the Portugues Dam

John Conway, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Tom Novak, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Guidelines for Sealing Geotechnical Exploratory Holes

Cameran Mirza, Strata Engineering Corporation, North York, Ontario, Canada
Robert K. Barrett, TerraTask (MSB Technologies), Grand Junction, Colorado

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Investigation of Landslides Affecting a Romanian Railway

Ion Stanculescu, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
Florian Braniste, Railway Study and Design Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Ion Borsaru, Research and Engineering Institute for Environment, Bucharest, Romania

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Lime Slurry Injection, Lime Piles and Stone Columns for Improvement of Soft Soils − Field Trials

A. K. Gupta, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Satish Kumar, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
D. S. Tolia, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Observations on Landslide Incidences in Himalayas in Kashmir Area

A. K. Gupta, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Jai Bhagwan, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
B. C. Joshi, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Performance Prediction and Uses of PV Band Drains under the Embankments on Soft Marine Clays of Bangkok

Kaushik Mukherjee, STUP Consultants Limited, New Bombay, India

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Protection of Kamorta Island from Coastal Erosion − A Case Study

Shri Pal, Commander Works Engineers, Calcutta, India

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Red Onion Mountain Maximum Security Prison − A Case Study in Ground Improvement

Steven J. Winter, Schnabel Engineering Associates, Blacksburg, Virginia
Victor Omelchenko, Schnabel Engineering Associates, Bethesda, Maryland

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Seismic Retrofitting Using Micropile Systems Centrifugal Model Studies

A. Benslimane, Polytechnic University, New York
I. Juran, Polytechnic University, New York
S. Hanna, Polytechnic University, New York
S. Drabkin, Polytechnic University
S. Perlo, CERMES, France
R. Frank, CERMES, France

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Selection and Design of Foundations for the I-15/US 95 Interchange, Stage II Improvements − A Case Study

Joy J. Lee, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc., Sacramento, California
John M. Tehaney, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc., Sacramento, California

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Soil and Site Improvements of the Marsh Soils in Puerto De Santa María Highway (Cádiz, Spain)

Carlos S. Oteo, University Granada, Spain
José M. Delgado, Ministerio de Fomento, Spain
Germán Burbano, DRAGADOS, Spain
Luis M. Sopeña, CEDEX Geotechnics Laboratory, Spain

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Soil Improvement in Flood Plain of the Mississippi River Using Pre-load Fill

Mike Alizadeh, Geotechnology, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
Sanjeev Kumar, Geotechnology, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Soil-nailed and the Tie-back Wall Construction Using Hollow Nails

Kyle Rollins, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Kenneth Murphy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Shaun Dustin, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Jerry Bishop, Geotechnical Design Services, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Tension Tests on Drilled Micropiles in a Stiff Clay

Alan J. Lutenegger, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Gerald A. Miller, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Treatment of Soft Soils by Dynamic Compaction

Kejing Chen, Department of Transport, Tasmania, Australia
Huishan Liu, Central Research Institute of Building and Construction, Beijing, China
Robert Lo, University of New South Wales, Australia

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Use of Jet Grouting Method for Elimination of Suffusional Destructions of Sand Backfilling of Sheet Pile Wharf

I. I. Broid, Remgydrospecstroy Co. Ltd., Moscow, Russia
G. V. Melnik, Remgydrospecstroy Co. Ltd., Moscow, Russia

St. Louis, Missouri

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM