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  1. Rjakiel

    Deep Soil Mixing?

    sounds like your project would be suitable for soil mixing. we would be happy to help in your evaluation of the site. our company specializes in shallow and deep soil mixing. you can visit our website at www.raitoinc.com
  2. Rjakiel

    Foam Concrete Emankments

    Our company has experience in constructing embankments for highway and railway embankments. Our website is ajvoton.com.
  3. Rjakiel

    Lightweight Concrete

    I am looking for any reference or available information on the allowable bond stress used to design the embedment of steel wire, rod or bar into lightweight foam concrete and/or procedures used to design the embedment of steel wire, rod or bar into lightweight concrete. My particular interest is...
  4. Rjakiel

    San Francisco Bay Mud

    The new SF Airport runway extension design under development will also be built on top of the SF Bay Mud.
  5. Rjakiel

    GeoFoam as a structural fill

    you can also check out ajvoton.com for information on lightweight foam concrete
  6. Rjakiel

    GeoFoam as a structural fill

    Is your application limited to GeoFoam (EPS) or can you use Lightweight Foam Concrete. If you can use lightweight foam concrete I have some information that may be useful regarding the transfer of lateral forces between lifts of this material. rjakiel@kersur.net
  7. Rjakiel

    lightweight concrete

    The air injected lightweight concrete you are referring to might otherwise be referred to as lightweight foam concrete. This product has been installed in Europe by a company named VOTON International. In the United States the installer is AJ VOTON LLC (ph#708-681-1300). It is a very useful...
  8. Rjakiel

    Drilled shafts in limestone

    Small diameter grouted piles (mini-piles, micro-piles) can be used in limestone and can be reinforced to achieve relatively high capacities. FHWA also has a manual describing the design procedures for these piles, including bond capacities for the sockets in various types of rock.
  9. Rjakiel

    geogrid reinforcement for embankments over soft foundation soils

    Geogrids over soft soils to construct an embankment can be very difficult. An alternative solution may be to use a lightweight foam concrete material to construct the embankment. This material is self supporting and generally has unit weights (strengths) of 25 to 40 pcf (40 to 100 psi), which...
  10. Rjakiel

    Geofoam: Use of GeoFoam below shallow foundations

    Geofoam or Foam Concrete has been used as a structural lightweight fill for foundations and highway projects. Typically you would specify a compressive strength, unit weight, shear strength of the material required to support the estimated loads. If you are talking about soft soils, these would...
  11. Rjakiel

    Retaining wall design: need help

    I have successfully installed retaining structures supporting a 1:1 slope using tiebacks/soldier beam construction methods. Is this an option you are considering.
  12. Rjakiel

    Compacting backfill by flooding

    The only material I am aware of that can be placed around pipes by flooding or pumping is a lightweight foam concrete.
  13. Rjakiel

    Unit cost for MSE walls

    Typically MSE walls materials only are about $12 to $13 per square foot. This is for the panels and hardware. You must include the installation of the MSE materials, furnish and installing the backfill behind the MSE. There are different types of backfill ranging from aggregate to lightweight...

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