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Railroad Track Wall Stabilization

This project called for a wall stabilization which consisted of the installation of 93, 30-foot solid bar nails into various underlying geotechnical conditions. Also, a two inch construction layer and a six inch final face of shotcrete was applied to [ Read More… ]

Railroad Track Wall Stabilization

Dam Safety Assurance

This project called for the installation of 278 high-capacity, post-tensioned, multi-strand rock anchors. The anchors ranged in size up to 61-strands with test loads approaching 3000 kips. The anchors were installed in 15-inch diameter boreholes to deviation tolerances of less [ Read More… ]

Dam Safety Assurance

New Ragged Mountain Dam

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… ]

New Ragged Mountain Dam

Creek Protection Project – Appalachian Region US

The Creek Protection Project consisted of several phases of work including increasing the hydraulic capacity of the creek. Coastal installed permanent rock anchors within a post and panel floodwall positioned in the creek. In order to resist the design load, [ Read More… ]

Creek Protection Project – Appalachian Region US

Slope Stabilization and Site Restoration

The project required a wall to retard a slide along a section of railway track. Due to space constraints, a pipe pile and lagging wall was selected to accomplish this task.

Slope Stabilization and Site Restoration

High-Rise Student Housing Complex

CDE was called on for the installation of an earth retention system to allow the construction of a two-story below grade parking garage to serve as the foundation for a new high-rise student housing facility. To meet the requirements of [ Read More… ]

High-Rise Student Housing Complex

New Elementary School Construction

The Eastwood Elementary School, located in Morgantown, WV, is a recently completed WV DEP Environmental Award winning facility. As a Subcontractor to the General Contractor for the project, Coastal’s portion of the work included drilling strategically located boreholes, placing of [ Read More… ]

New Elementary School Construction

Pilot Holes for Large Diameter Holes for High-Capacity Strand Anchors in a Dam

Project required an 8” diameter pilot hole for each of the 278 high-capacity post-tensioned strand anchors that were installed in a 15” diameter final hole.

Pilot Holes for Large Diameter Holes for High-Capacity Strand Anchors in a Dam

Parking Garage – North Eastern US

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… ]

Parking Garage – North Eastern US

Sports Arena and Parking Deck – North Eastern US

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… ]

Sports Arena and Parking Deck – North Eastern US