Introduction and brief history -- Deep foundation construction methods -- How soils affect the choice of foundation -- Traditional, visual and new inspection methods for deep foundation construction -- Review of full-scale load-testing techniques -- High-strain testing for capacity and/or integrity -- Low-strain surface tests -- Sonic mobiliby (Impulse response) -- Impedance-log analysis -- Low-strain down-hole tests -- Field mock-ups of deep foundtions -- Reliability of pile shaft integrity testing -- Current research -- Place of nondestructive testing at the beginning of the 21st century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index
