Micropile construction commenced with a detailed review and understanding of the micropile construction specification and project drawings. Dimensions of permanent materials including casing and all-thread-bar are common for all types of micropiles. For rock bonded micropiles, the minimum embedment into [ Read More… ]
The project required drilling two 8” diameter holes for the installation of new waterstops between the selected monolith joints within the dam structure. The holes were required to precisely follow the vertical joints between the monoliths and to deviate no [ Read More… ]
The New Ragged Mountain Dam is located approximately 4 miles west of the Charlottesville, Virginia. The project included construction of a new earthen dam, an adjacent tunnel system and raw water pipeline to serve as the principal spillway for the new [ Read More… ]
Micropile construction commenced with a detailed review and understanding of the micropile construction specification and project drawings. Dimensions of permanent materials including casing, all-thread-bar are common for all types of micropiles. For pressure grouted micropiles, the minimum bond length is [ Read More… ]
Micropile construction commences with a detailed review and understanding of the micropile construction specification and project drawings. Dimensions of permanent materials including casing, all-thread-bar are common for all types of micropiles/ For rock bonded micropiles, the minimum embedment into rock [ Read More… ]
The limited mobility grout injected into void spaces within soil or rock, soft soils, or the soil-filled cavities of the bedrock, improved the subsurface soil and rock conditions by filling the void spaces and replacing soft, loose soils with high [ Read More… ]
Project required the drilling of thirty-four 17.5” diameter pilot holes for future 96” diameter pump shafts that would be drilled utilizing blind bore techniques. The pilot holes were drilled in two passes with the initial 8” hole being drilled using [ Read More… ]
The project was the expansion of an existing parking lot to a high capacity parking garage located at very busy, high-end shopping mall. The construction challenges associated with the expansion included both geotechnical aspects of the subsurface, and impacts to [ Read More… ]
