Project Location: Austin, Texas
Client: Pickett, Kelm & Associates, Austin, Texas
Dates: May-1999 to August-1999

The manual to be written will include practical guidelines for the design and construction of drilled shaft foundations for hydraulic civil works.  The manual will be written as a practical guideline for experienced civil engineers when designing drilled shaft foundations.  Topics to be addressed include methods to analyze and design individual and groups of drilled shafts subjected to axial, lateral, and torsional loads due to hydraulic loadings, superstructure loadings, retained earth, and moving earth.

The manual is being prepared with materials from existing design and construction guidelines developed by LCR&A for the Federal Highway Works Administration (FHWA) and the Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors (ADSC).  Other information used for the manuals come from the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), American Concrete Institute (ACI), and existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manuals.