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Eurocode 7 Design Procedures for Braced Excavations In 1975, the Commission of the European Community decided on an action program in the...

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL The Northwestern University Parking Garage is a twelve level structure bounded by Superior, St....

AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago, IL The AT&T Corporate Center is a 60-story composite office tower with an attached 16-story low-rise and...

Water Tower (Chicago, IL) The Water Tower Place consists of a 74-story tower with a contiguous 14-story commercial building, both of...

AMACO STANDARD OIL, Chicago, IL The Standard Oil Building is an 80-story steel "tube" building placed near the center of a 5-story...

500 Bolyston street (Boston, MA) The 500 Boylston Street building is located in the Back-Bay Boston area and includes two medium-rise...

One Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA The project site is triangular in shape and is located between Memorial Drive and Main Street near...

Slurry Walls Case study, State Transportation Building, Boston MA The Transportation Building is a nine-floor structure located at the...

Minimize geotechnical risk by visualizing geotechnical site estimates in maps Up to now visualizing geotechnical site variations was...

Segmental Blocks Sliding & Overturning FS Calculations VS Software Prediction DeepEX - QuayWalls Software This article provides hand...

Little Details Match Measured Displacements in Irish Deep Excavation A 7.5m secant pile deep excavation in Cavan, Ireland, had limited...

Simplified Bishop Method for Slope Stability The simplified Bishop method uses the method of slices to discretize the soil mass and...

CALTRANS LRFD Code - Design of a 30' Excavation Caltrans has specified it's own adaptation of AASHTO LRFD combinations. The primary...

AASHTO LRFD 2018 Bridge Design Specifications AASHTO LRFD 2018 Bridge Design Specifications utilize a number of partial safety factors on...

AASHTO LRFD Design Code AASHTO LRFD is the general governing design code for bridges and other highway structures in the United States....

Embedded Wall Design Codes Braced excavation design requires both skill and careful evaluation of many factors that can affect...

Hydraulic Heave Equations Hydraulic heave refers to the potential for soil to heave due to water seepage forces. As excavations get...

Hydraulic Heave Equations Hydraulic heave refers to the potential for soil to heave due to water seepage forces. As excavations get...

FHWA Apparent Pressures in Deep Excavations FHWA Apparent Pressure Diagrams FHWA apparent earth pressure diagrams are prescribed by the...

Apparent Pressures in Deep Excavations Apparent Lateral Earth Pressures - What is it and Why? While active and passive earth theory are...