World Trade Center Slurry Wall to Become Part of Museum
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Deep Injections Arrest Settlement of Tilt-Up Building and Retaining Wall
SlabJack Geotechnical recently tackled a challenging project in Everett, Washington, where a two-year-old tilt-up panel building faced serious subsidence issues. The building, which featured a 30-foot fill CMU block retaining wall, had settled by 2.5 […]
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Side Hill Retaining Walls – Part 2
In this part 2 of 2, various types of retaining walls are examined as possible alternatives in a side-hill retaining wall situation. These include conventional wall types such as CIP walls, MSE walls, gravity walls and soldier pile walls and some less conventional approaches such as lighweight concrete fill, hybrid soil-nail and geofoam wall systems, ground improvement and micropile walls.
Part 1 of this Side Hill Retaining Wall article covered the definition, significance, problems and failure modes, investigation techniques, analysis, and construction considerations of side hill walls. A PDF version is now available for download as well. Click through for the article and the download link!
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Foundations for Cowboy’s Stadium Roof Arches
The new Dallas Cowboy’s stadium in Arlington, Texas has gently curving steel arches to form a retractable roof. Using rack-and-pinion system to pull the panels uphill, the system is different than most previous retractable roof systems according to the Cover Story by Nadine M. Post (no relation!) in the July 14, 2008 edition of ENR. Of course the thing that interested me was the foundations that support the two 1,225-ft long steel arches. More after the break. (Photo copyright ENR and Manhattan Construction)
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