Pile construction productivity assessment

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 705-714

  Zayed, Tarek M ^a   Halpin, Daniel W ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bored piles; Construction; Costs; Neural networks; Pile foundations; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BORED PILES; CYCLE TIME; PILE AXES; SPOILS;

CONSTRUCTION; COSTS; DRILLING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PILE DRIVING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

PILE FOUNDATIONS;

EID: 20444495592     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:6(705)     Document Type: Article

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