CONTENTS FEATURES I DFI Executive Editor Helen Robinson, P.E. [email protected] Managing Editor Emeritus Manuel A. Fine, P.E., [email protected] Advertising Manager Karol Paltsios, [email protected] Graphic Design Faye Klein DFI Executive Committee President John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE Vice President Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE Secretary Matthew Janes, P.Eng. Past President Robert B. Bittner, P.E. Other Trustees David Borger, P.E. Gianfranco Di Cicco Conrad Felice, Ph.D., P.E. Frank Haehnig Bernard H. Hertlein, FACI Gerry Houlahan, P.E. James O. Johnson K.S. Rama Krishna, Ph.D. Marine Lasne Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D. J. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E. Matthew E. Meyer, P.E. Thomas D. Richards, P.E., D.GE Alan Roach Martin G. Taube , P.E., P.G. Stefano Valagussa Michael H. Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E. Treasurer 63 Member Profile: Chu Ho, P.E. — “A Rare Blend of Academic Excellence and Practical Experience” 67 Slurry Wall Design with Soil Structure Interaction Meeok Kim, P.E., Ph.D., Gordon Chen, P.E., and Nino Catalano, P.E. Brigham Building for the Future is located in the Brigham and Women’s Longwood Medical Campus of Boston. Once completed, the building will serve as a biomedical research center and clinical facility. Three below-grade areas are separated and bounded by 3 ft (0.9 m) thick slurry walls. Finite element analysis was used to evaluate the stress and performance of the slurry walls and of the temporary bracing as a SOE system. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JULY/AUG 2016 • 3 COVER STORY 12 Drilled Pier Foundations for Mercedes-Benz Stadium Daniel C. Brahana, P.E., and Jean Wehbe, P.E. ® DEEP FOUNDATIONS The Magazine of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is published bimonthly by DFI. 326 Lafayette Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506 USA T: (973) 423-4030 | F: (973) 423-4031 Email: [email protected] Executive Director Theresa Engler, [email protected] The new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons, is part of a new era of stadium construction in the U.S. Many of its features, including an innovative retractable roof, result in extraordinary structural loads. The roof structure is supported by a series of mega columns that bear on eight large caps, six of which are supported by drilled piers. Each of the pier caps contains between 8 and 16 drilled piers that terminate in the underlying bedrock. The focus of this article is the construction aspects of the drilled pier foundations. O T N A S D I N N S U T O I T F U E P T E E D
