Good Day,
I'm looking for a recommendation for a good resource text with respect to the design and construction of retaining walls.
In reading the forums, a couple of names have come up that I've seen:
Engineering Design in Geotechnics by Azizi
Soil Mechanics, Foundations and Earth...
We are bidding a job in Labrador Canada. Twinning of a railway bridge.
The soils report speaks to "Parco Piles" as being used in the construction of the old bridge and recommends them in the construction of the new bridge.
I have never heard of a "Parco Pile" before.
There are a lot of...
We took cores of the existing concrete pier. The concrete is very poor. It was cast in 1930 and it's done. End of story there. The existing pier has failed simply because the existing concrete has suffered freeze thaw damage and most likely, the existing concrete was low quality at best -...
Thanks for all the advice. I remember a job back in 94 or 95 that the City of Toronto did down by the lakeshore installing a new truck sewer. They used a hot rolled sheet pile from Belgium (if I remember correctly, I wasn't on the job, but was aware of it) because the joints provided a very...
I need to design a small coffer dam in relatively shallow water to allow the removal and replacement of a badly deteriorated bridge pier.
I'm looking for available design resources for the design of the sheet pile coffer dam. (Total water depth is probably about 2 feet, soil is muck, existing...
I am an engineer who was requested to look at a house renovation that is ongoing by a contractor friend. In short, nothing is working out with the design.
The owner hired an architect who hired a structural engineer to design the structure. The engineer has provided stamped drawings.
The...
