I'm thinking that a water main can be encased in place with a am aluminum or steel plate jacked under it, a metal pipe arch placed over it, and concrete to hold it all in place. Basically I have a main that cannot be taken out of service while a highway is built over it. The cost of a...
check out this site. http://www.aran.com.au/slipform.htm
I have selected this product for draining the pavement of a roadway that is to be widened, curbed, and currently drains to a center ditch (excellent design but I need the space to add 4 new lanes. I have 40 million dollars worth of...
We are building a 40 mile long guard cable project. I'm concerned about the possible erosion around the post during the period before grass has been established. The Soil is a silty clay with a liquid limit around 50. Standard ditch checks will be used. I had a previous project that required...
My geo tech wants me to include a special provision in a contract telling the contractor not to work on a slide if the soil is saturated. He offers no ideas on how the contractor is to know when the soils are saturated. I could use embankment control stakes but if it's moving I'm in trouble...
I have a retaining wall to build under a bridge. The spill slope is sand and I'm thinking that frozen earth shoring is my best bet to hold the sand in place during construction. Any thoughts?
Anyone have any information on using an existing deck of a bridge for building a structual slab deck. I think I can drill through an old deck and use H piles as the new substructure and then put a voided slab structure on top. This is the only thing I could find and I need something more...
