GROUND CONTROL

Uncommon MSE wall failure calls for unique geotechnical solutions

Brian M. Fraley, of Fraley Construction Marketing, provides GDI with an in-depth look at how UMA Geotechnical Construction dealt with stabilising a mechanically stabilized earth wall that kept moving.

 UMA proposed to the owner and the design team that a 4600sq.ft permanent soil nail wall with reinforced shotcrete facing was required since a 3:1 slope to connect the building with the grading below the MSE wall was impossible

UMA proposed to the owner and the design team that a 4600sq.ft permanent soil nail wall with reinforced shotcrete facing was required since a 3:1 slope to connect the building with the grading below the MSE wall was impossible

Stabilising a mechanically stabilised earth (MSE) wall in proximity to an occupied five-story glass office building was a task unto itself for UMA Geotechnical Construction and its team of engineers. The...

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