Project Description

Senior geotechnical consultant for bridges numbered 82855 and 82856 over the Mississippi River as components of the Wakota Bridge Project. Provided value engineering services to examine the suitability of 2.5 m drilled shafts to carry 5,000 kN of axial load in up 10 m of water. In addition, the services also included an evaluation of the constructability of the 1067 mm diameter pipe piles and a drivability analysis using WEAP 2003 for a 400 kJ pile driving system.