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DEEP EXCAVATION BLOG - NEWS AND ARTICLES


Dana Farber Tower, Boston, MA - Slurry Walls Case Study
Dana Farber Tower, Boston, MA The Dana-Farber Research Tower is located in the Longwood Medical Area at the northwest corner of Binney...


World Bank, Washington D.C. - Excavation Case Study
World Bank, Washington D.C. This project involves the construction of a 12-story tower with a 5-level deep basement, in the World Bank...


75 State Street, Boston, MA - Slurry Wall Case Study
75 State Street, Boston, MA This case study is a review of published report (1). The 75 State Street building is a 31-story office tower...


Beth Israel Hospital, Boston MA. - Excavation Case Study
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston MA. The Beth Israel Deaconess (BID) Hospital is located in the corner of Longwood and Brookline Avenues in...


Case Study: Millenium Place, Boston, MA - 55' Excavation
Millenium Place, Boston, MA The Millennium Place project includes a 55'-deep excavation with five underground parking levels constructed...


Case Study: Top-Down Basement for Guest Quarters Hotel, Chicago, IL
Guest Quarters Hotel, Chicago IL. The Beacon Guest Quarters Hotel is a 30-story reinforced concrete structure with a three level basement...


Case Study: Slurry Walls for Flagship Wharf, Boston, MA
Flagship Wharf, Boston, MA. The Flagship Wharf project was an addition to a pre-existing building in Charlestown, and was constructed in...


Case Study: Diaphragm Walls for Yerba Buena Tower, San Francisco, CA
CB-1 Tower (Yerba Buena Tower), San Franscisco, CA The Yerba Buena Tower (or CB-1 Tower) project is located on the south side of Market...


Unlocking Deep Foundation Design Excellence with DeepFND
Have you ever found deep foundation design to be more complex and challenging than what textbooks suggest? The reality of determining...


Discover the Secrets of Lateral Pile Analysis for Drilled Piles with DeepFND Software!
A. INTRODUCTION Are you tired of spending hours on lateral pile analysis for drilled reinforced concrete piles? Don't miss out on crucial...


Excessive Mat Settlement in Dormitory Building, Atlanta
A. INTRODUCTION A large mat foundation constructed to support a 13-story dormitory on Piedmont residual silty soils in Altanta...


Time History Analysis - Building Foundation
Time history analysis of 15 story building foundation excited with M7.8 Feb. 2023 Syria-Turkey Earthquake On 6th of February of 2023 an...


Design of Bridge Pier Deep Foundations
Bridges come in different shapes, sizes, and locations and so do their foundation needs change. Nevertheless, some basic principles...


Importance of Pile Cap Stiffness and Group Analysis Methods
In the recent Corpus Christi bridge delay issues, it was claimed that the initial analysis methods did not consider the pipe cap...


Incheon Tower - Pile Raft Foundation Evaluation
A. INTRODUCTION This case study focuses on the simulation of the pile-raft foundation of the 151-story high rise Incheon tower located at...


Lateral Earth Pressures in Deep Excavations
Lateral Earth Pressure Methods Lateral earth pressures are the primary driving factor in the design of retaining walls. Soils by the...


Implemented Design Codes & Load Combinations
International Codes and Standards Deep excavations require compliance with both structural and geotechnical standards. Our DeepEX...


Power Transmission Tower - Helical Pile Foundation
A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION – FOUNDATION PILE CONFIGURATION This article presents a pile foundation design for a monopole electricity...


Deep Excavations - Finite Element Analysis Method
Finite Element Method (FEM) The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a numerical method for solving engineering problems. Over the last years,...


Deep Excavations: Non-Linear Analysis Method
Non-Linear Analysis Method with Soil Springs (NL) Beam on Elastoplastic Foundations Method The Non-Linear analysis method is an advanced...
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