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Atkin, B L and Gill, E M (1986) CAD and Management of Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 557–65.

Chang, L (1986) Inferential Statistics for Craftsman Questionnaire. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 492–9.

Chang, L and Borcherding, J D (1986) Craftsman Questionnaire Sampling. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 543–56.

Chrzanowski, E N and Johnston, D W (1986) Application of Linear Scheduling. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 476–91.

De La Garza, J M and Melin, J W (1986) Prepayment Ability to Offset Inflation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 514–29.

Hadipriono, F C, Lim, C and Wong, K (1986) Event Tree Analysis to Prevent Failures in Temporary Structures. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 500–13.

Jaafari, A and Mateffy, V K (1986) Games People Play with Cost Control in Australia. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 566–81.

Laufer, A and Ledbetter, W B (1986) Assessment of Safety Performance Measures at Construction Sites. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 530–42.

O'Connor, J T, Larimore, M A and Tucker, R L (1986) Collecting Constructability Improvement Ideas. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 463–75.

Ramaswamy, S D and Pertusier, E M (1986) Construction of Barrettes for High‐Rise Foundations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 455–62.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Buildings, high‐rise; Foundations; Piers; Bentonite; Slurries; Construction methods;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1986)112:4(455)
  • Abstract:
    Barrettes are huge concrete piers, basically rectangular. The cross‐sectional areas of barrettes have often been more than 75 sq ft (7m2) and they have been used for depths exceeding 260 ft (80 m) facilitating heavy vertical loads of the order of 3,000 tons/barrette to be transmitted to the bearing layer. Barrettes are used also as Moscovite wall for deep basements of high‐rise buildings to resist both vertical and lateral loads. The fact that a single barrette can replace a group of conventional piles results in a more compact, economical, and reliable foundation system. The installation technique of barrettes follows closely the method of constructing diaphragm wall using bentonite slurry, reinforcing cage, and tremie concreting with careful quality control. Although there are certain reservations for using barrettes instead of conventional piles and diaphragm walls, the inherent advantages and the confidence gained by experience have been responsible for their increased usage, especially as heavy load‐bearing elements for high‐rise foundations and basements.

Tyvand, J and Blachly, A T (1986) Foamed Plastic Absorbs Staged Post‐Tensioning Deflections. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 112(04), 582–7.