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U.S. Federal Highway Administration: Geotechnical Engineering
This important site contains a report which summarizes Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) geotechnical research and development activities over the past 25 years. The report's author is Al DiMillio, and it is divided into seven chapters, some concluding remarks, and four appendices. The chapters cover material related to road construction and detailed maintenance and strengthening projects. Each chapter provides a background essay on the subject, along with information about each project and technical material on the ways in which each project was successfully completed. Visitors can navigate the work by subsections as well, and they will also want to look over the appendices, which give detailed histories of previous works on this subject
Pile Groups Prediction Symposium: Summary Volume 1: Sandy Soil
DTHF61-86-P-00736This technical sharing report presents the summary of a pile group prediction symposium held on June 17 and 18, 198 6 at the University of Maryland campus. Eleven foundation experts representing consulting firms, universities, and Federal and State transportation agencies presented their predictions on the results of single and pile group tests in sands,that were conducted on a site at the Hunter's Point Naval Base, San Francisco, California. The principal objective of the symposium was to evaluate current pile group foundations in sands
Nationally Coordinated Program of Highway Research, Development and Technology: Annual Progress Report, Executive Summary, Fiscal Year 1989
Nationally Coordinated Program of Highway Research, Development and Technology: Annual Progress Report, Executive Summary, Fiscal Year 198