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customers, and over 1,200 miles of pipelines in a 725 square
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mile service area. As part of on-going growth and develop-
SHOTCRETE EXCAVATION
ment of the plant, Enhanced Nitrogen Removal Facilities LIMITS
PLANNED 18
(ENRF) were planned. The construction of the ENRF re- PLANNED
MICROTUNNEL
RISER
SHAFT EXCAVATION
OFFSET 8
quired a microtunnel connection between two basins. 31 EDGE OF
BASIN SLAB
Problem EXISTING
BASIN
WALL 6 DIA. JET GROUT
The geologic setting and the proximity of the microtunnel to COLUMN TYP.
lantic Coastal Plain, which consists of relatively flat sediment EL. +11.0
layers over deep bedrock. The encountered deposits consist- 270 kW ELECTRIC LINES
ed of terrace sands and gravels, very dense gravelly sands TEMP. SOLDIER PILE AND
LAGGING WALL & ELECTRIC
SEDEMENTATION BASIN PLANNED
with cobbles, underlain by very stiff to hard Cretaceous clays. RISER
SHAFT
LINE SUPPORT
The level of the water table was affected by the adjacent Po-
tomac River, rainfall, groundwater pumping within or near the EL. -14.5
plant, leakage from plant facilities, and the deeper plant struc-
tures cutting off the natural path of groundwater flow. The
location and varying soil conditions of the proposed shafts re- JET GROUT/WALER
SHORING TYP.
quired innovative support of excavation (SOE) technologies
and groundwater control.
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Owner
DC WASA, Washington, D.C.
General Contractor
Ulliman Schutte Construction, Washington, D.C.
Subcontractor
Hayward Baker Inc., Baltimore, MD
Engineer
CH2M Hill, Columbus, OH
Blue Plains, continued...
Construction
Hayward Baker Inc. (HBI) constructed jet grout columns at the
riser and drop shaft to provide SOE and groundwater cutoff. At
both shafts, the columns were embedded three feet into the clay
layer.
A soft dig excavation was performed to expose the known utili-
ties. Once these excavations were performed, PVC pipe was
placed at drilling locations within close proximity to utilities to
isolate the utilities from the drilling and jet grouting operations.
When working immediately adjacent to or under the basin, adja-
cent columns were not completed in the same day to minimize
potential channel settlement.
Quality Assurance
HBI constructed three sacrificial overlapping jet grout test PVC casing pre-installed at drilling locations.
Conclusion
Performing geotechnical construction in close proximity to sen- HBI constructing jet grout columns.