Augercast Piles in Florida – A Trip Down Memory Lane
ACIP (augered cast-in-place); APG (augered pressure-grouted); CFA (continuous flight auger). Whatever you choose to call them, augercast piles have been...
Author: Jon Sinnreich
Signal and Noise
It took many years into my geotechnical instrumentation career to realize just how lucky I had gotten with my industry’s...
Hands-On
Dr. Duane Ellifritt, who taught our undergrad Steel Design class at the University of Florida, was in his 60’s when...
Parallel tracks – Evolution of a method and a career
In the spring of 1998, my graduation date from the University of Florida was fast approaching and I had to...
The Equivalent Top Load Curve – a snapshot
Everyone’s familiar with the mechanical shutter noise made by a camera. We’re so conditioned to this sound because it signifies...
The Italian Job
I was in the middle of a long, boring car drive recently and started daydreaming how nice a comprehensive high-speed...
Innovating in Atlanta
LTC was recently engaged to perform a load test on a mixed-use development currently under construction in the West Midtown...
Finding Value in Deep Foundation Test Results
Imagine running a successful load test (loading system maximum capacity reached, all instruments functioned, data analysis produced sensible results), only...
A Different Kind of Load Test
Recently, a pedestrian bridge over the Vltava River in my home town of Prague, Czech Republic collapsed. Several people were...
Repairing a Crane with a Chicken, and Voodoo Logic (or, why two is sometimes better than three)
That’s how they do it in Benin (fixing cranes that is). Back in 2002 a new roadway bridge was under...
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