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Case History — Southlands Orchard Road Retaining Walls
This paper will discuss the design considerations for the Southlands Orchard Road Retaining Walls located in Aurora, Colorado. The project had many challenging aspects that had to be accounted for by the design team. These challenges included large wall obstructions, high applied bearing pressures, and project constrains with utility easements. This paper will focus on the segmental mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining walls that were designed for the proposed Orchard Road. The segmental MSE retaining walls were designed to include an overall grade separation of 17.4 meters (57 feet) at its tallest point, which is one of the tallest segmental MSE block retaining walls that have been constructed in the Denver Metro Area to date. Due to the significant grade separation many factors influenced the wall design including wall terracing, foundation improvements, high groundwater conditions and a wall system selection. The paper will discuss the challenges and lessons learned with the design and construction of the Southlands Orchard Road segmental retaining walls.
Case History — Southlands Orchard Road Retaining Walls
This paper will discuss the design considerations for the Southlands Orchard Road Retaining Walls located in Aurora, Colorado. The project had many challenging aspects that had to be accounted for by the design team. These challenges included large wall obstructions, high applied bearing pressures, and project constrains with utility easements. This paper will focus on the segmental mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining walls that were designed for the proposed Orchard Road. The segmental MSE retaining walls were designed to include an overall grade separation of 17.4 meters (57 feet) at its tallest point, which is one of the tallest segmental MSE block retaining walls that have been constructed in the Denver Metro Area to date. Due to the significant grade separation many factors influenced the wall design including wall terracing, foundation improvements, high groundwater conditions and a wall system selection. The paper will discuss the challenges and lessons learned with the design and construction of the Southlands Orchard Road segmental retaining walls.
Case History — Southlands Orchard Road Retaining Walls
Chiang, Hsien-Hsiang (Sean) (author) / Kerrigan, Joseph B. (author) / Bennetts, Dustin E. (author)
Biennial Geotechnical Conference 2008 ; 2008 ; Denver, Colorado, United States
GEO-Velopment ; 178-191
2008-10-28
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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