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Unusual construction techniques necessitated by soil problems in lower Manhattan site of world's tallest buildings, twin 110-story skyscrapers planned for Port of New York Authority's World Trade Center; bentonite slurry will be pumped into excavated trench to retain earth while tremied concrete forms walls; prestressed rock anchors will resist lateral loads to retain deep basement walls built by slurry-trench method.
Unusual construction techniques necessitated by soil problems in lower Manhattan site of world's tallest buildings, twin 110-story skyscrapers planned for Port of New York Authority's World Trade Center; bentonite slurry will be pumped into excavated trench to retain earth while tremied concrete forms walls; prestressed rock anchors will resist lateral loads to retain deep basement walls built by slurry-trench method.
Tall towers will sit on deep foundations
Eng News-Rec
Kapp, M.S. (author)
Engineering News-Record ; 173
1964
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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