We are continuing to build our library of technical papers authored by DBA principals under the Publications page of this site. These papers are placed here to aid in research and understanding of deep foundations, including drilled shafts, driven piles, and drilled piles. All applicable copyright laws and rights apply. It will take some time for us to get the majority of our papers on line. Feel free to contact us (through the Contact US link or by personal correspondence) if you need assistance in obtaining a particular paper or reference. The images below will take you to the papers previously posted.

Brown, D.A., 1990. “Construction and Design of Drilled Shafts in Hard Pinnacled Limestone,” Transportation Research Record 1277, pp148-152.

Brown, D. A., Muchard, M., and Khouri, B., 2002. “The Effect of Drilling Fluid on Axial Capacity, Cape Fear River, NC, Proc. of the Deep Foundations Inst. 27th Annual Meeting, San Diego

Technorati : Concrete Piles, Deep Foundations, Drilled Piles, Drilled Shafts, Driven Piles, Post-grouted Drilled Shafts

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We have posted Adobe PDF handout versions of the presentations made by Dan, Steve, and Robert at the recent 2006 Southeastern Transportation Geotechnical Engineering Conference in Florence, Alabama. Dan spoke about high performance concrete for drilled shaft foundations, Steve spoke on the use of tip-grouted drilled shafts on the John James Audubon Bridge in Louisiana, and Robert spoke about the test pile program for the US 90 bridge over Biloxi Bay in Mississippi. Click on the images below to get to the files.

Technorati : Bridge Foundations, Concrete, Concrete Piles, Drilled Shafts, Driven Piles, Post-grouted Drilled Shafts, Test Pile, Tip-grout

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We will provide through this website Adobe PDF versions of handouts from presentations made by the DBA team at various conferences. These are being provided for information for folks who attended a presentation or heard about one and wanted to have better notes for future reference. The material may not be used for any other purpose without prior written permission from Dan Brown and Associates, LLC.

The images below will take you to two previously posted files.

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We have added a link in our Links section to Geoengineer.org, a website resource for geotechnical engineers. Resources include an on-line technical library and an on-line photo gallery/library. They have several new information servces, including the Geoengineer.org Press Center that has the latest news of articles and press releases of interest to geotechnical engineers, and The International Journal of Geotechnical Case Histories– a new, free on-line journal. Check it out!

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The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has created a project web site for the US 90 Bridge over Biloxi Bay. The web site (http://biloxibridge.com) has project updates, photos, design concepts, and information about the project.

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We are beginning to add publications by our staff to the site. A link to the Publications Page of our site is at the top of our home page. We will be adding more papers in the coming weeks. Our goal is to make this site one of your resources for deep foundation and slope stability literature.

We have posted our papers from the DFI amsterdam conference.  Go to the post on the conference below and click the links to the papers, or go to the Publications Page of our site.

Welcome to the website and weblog of Dan Brown and Associates, LLC. We are a consulting engineering firm specializing in geotechnical and foundation engineering, with emphasis on problem solving relating to foundation engineering and slope stability problems.  Our staff has a wide range of experience in deep foundation analysis, design, construction, and testing, as well as slope stability analysis, design and construction.  We will be posting information about projects, presentations at conferences, new publications, short courses, research, and other activities of our staff.  We will also include the latest publications authored by our staff and links to other valuable resources for deep foundation and slope stability problems.

Company information, including staff bios and recent projects added to the “About Us” page.

The form on the Contact Us page is now working.