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Design, Construction, and Performance of Rock Test Fills at Saturn Corporation
In the mid-1980s, Saturn Corporation built manufacturing facilities of over 604,000 m2 (6,500,000 ft2) on a 8620 ha (1300 acre) site in Spring Hill, Tennessee for a total construction cost of over $3.5 billion. Although the facilities were constructed on gently sloping terrain, site grading requirements mandated cuts of up to 9 m (30 ft.) and fills of up to 15 m (50 ft.). Design criteria required that the subgrade under the entire plant be of a uniform consistency so that equipment could be relocated anywhere within the structure without concern for poor performance of the slab and subgrade. Saturn authorized a geotechnical study that included the construction of test fills to establish engineering and construction parameters for the construction of the engineered fill. During the construction of the test fills, the source of the shot rock fill, the lift thickness, the moisture content, and type of compaction equipment were varied while the unit weight of the fill was measured and plate load tests were conducted. This paper presents the results of the experimental work conducted at Saturn to establish the engineering and construction parameters of the fill used in the construction.
Design, Construction, and Performance of Rock Test Fills at Saturn Corporation
In the mid-1980s, Saturn Corporation built manufacturing facilities of over 604,000 m2 (6,500,000 ft2) on a 8620 ha (1300 acre) site in Spring Hill, Tennessee for a total construction cost of over $3.5 billion. Although the facilities were constructed on gently sloping terrain, site grading requirements mandated cuts of up to 9 m (30 ft.) and fills of up to 15 m (50 ft.). Design criteria required that the subgrade under the entire plant be of a uniform consistency so that equipment could be relocated anywhere within the structure without concern for poor performance of the slab and subgrade. Saturn authorized a geotechnical study that included the construction of test fills to establish engineering and construction parameters for the construction of the engineered fill. During the construction of the test fills, the source of the shot rock fill, the lift thickness, the moisture content, and type of compaction equipment were varied while the unit weight of the fill was measured and plate load tests were conducted. This paper presents the results of the experimental work conducted at Saturn to establish the engineering and construction parameters of the fill used in the construction.
Design, Construction, and Performance of Rock Test Fills at Saturn Corporation
Dotson, Don W. (author) / Martin, James Wm. (author) / O'Connor, Robert W. (author)
Specialty Conference on Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities ; 2000 ; Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
2000-04-03
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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