Performance expectations of early 20th century urban American building foundations

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 178, 2008, Pages 960-967

  Laefer, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; BUILDING FOUNDATIONS; CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; MAKING DECISION; PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS; TESTING DATA; UPPER LIMITS; URBAN BUILDINGS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FOUNDATIONS; LIME; LIME BRICK;

BUILDING CODES;

EID: 66549093517     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40971(310)120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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