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Overview of Deep Mixing at Levee LPV 111, New Orleans, LA
During the storm surge that accompanies a hurricane, New Orleans, Louisiana, is an island and owes its very existence to the 563-km (350-mile) long system of hurricane protection levees and walls that surround the city. The Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) protects the area from storm surge. An 8.9-km (5.5-mile) long levee section of the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (LPV) Hurricane Protection System, located in East New Orleans and called LPV-111, was designed and constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) using the latest advances in Deep Mixing Methods (DMM) and innovative contracting and construction procedures. In the process, a new DMM Design Guide was created and peer-reviewed; an innovative contract acquisition plan, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI), was employed; and construction time was minimized through a close relationship among the project owner, designer, and contractor. This is the first in a series of five papers describing the technical and contractual advances and challenges overcome during design and construction. In this paper, an overview of the project is presented and general perspectives from the owner, designer, and contractor are presented.
Overview of Deep Mixing at Levee LPV 111, New Orleans, LA
During the storm surge that accompanies a hurricane, New Orleans, Louisiana, is an island and owes its very existence to the 563-km (350-mile) long system of hurricane protection levees and walls that surround the city. The Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) protects the area from storm surge. An 8.9-km (5.5-mile) long levee section of the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (LPV) Hurricane Protection System, located in East New Orleans and called LPV-111, was designed and constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) using the latest advances in Deep Mixing Methods (DMM) and innovative contracting and construction procedures. In the process, a new DMM Design Guide was created and peer-reviewed; an innovative contract acquisition plan, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI), was employed; and construction time was minimized through a close relationship among the project owner, designer, and contractor. This is the first in a series of five papers describing the technical and contractual advances and challenges overcome during design and construction. In this paper, an overview of the project is presented and general perspectives from the owner, designer, and contractor are presented.
Overview of Deep Mixing at Levee LPV 111, New Orleans, LA
Cali, Peter (author) / Lelong, Bruce (author) / Bruce, Donald (author) / Valagussa, Stefano (author) / Beckerle, Jim (author) / Gardner, Jim (author) / Filz, George (author)
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing ; 2012 ; New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Grouting and Deep Mixing 2012 ; 661-671
2012-08-17
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Grouting , Highways and roads , Soil mixing , Chemical grouting , Levees and dikes , Louisiana , Anchors , Hurricanes , Cement , Cutoffs , Piles , Mixing , Storm surges , Foundations , Hydraulic structures
Overview of Deep Mixing at Levee LPV 111, New Orleans, LA
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