World Trade Center Slurry Wall to Become Part of Museum
Available Resources
No earth pressures, please!
Deep Excavation, LLC has an excellent blog post on how geotechnical engineers should provide geotechnical parameters for use by a shoring designer. Mr. Konstantakos notes that most of us geotechnical engineers provide only lateral earth […]
Failures
Shoring Wall Fails in Rome, Swallows 6 Cars
A shoring retaining wall at a Rome construction site failed at around 5:30 pm local time on February 14, 2018, and swallowed 6 parked cars from the adjacent street and required evacuation of some 20 […]
Project Related
18th Century Ship Discovered in World Trade Center Foundation Excavation
In the foundation and basement excavation for the Vehicle Security Center at the World Trade Center cite, an 18th century cargo ship was discovered approximately 20- to 30-ft below street level. It was likely a […]