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  1. TheHayDuke

    Cofferdam in Flowing River

    Most of those are questions that were decided before I got roped into this project, there wasn't originally geotech scope but the water resource guys i guess are set on this and the need for a cofferdam of some description to build the intake in the river. dumping rocks out progressively from...
  2. TheHayDuke

    Cofferdam in Flowing River

    LittleInch, Its a temporary cofferdam just to install the actual water intake and connect it to the rest of the system. The intake is currently about 80 m into the river so the currently total length of cofferdam is just shy of 300 m. Space isnt really an issue, with the larger footprints we've...
  3. TheHayDuke

    Cofferdam in Flowing River

    Hey All, I'm currently in the preliminary stages of designing a cofferdam for a water intake in sizable river (approximately 8 m deep and 1 m/s flow rate prior to the cofferdam construction) and I'm wondering if anyone has any good resources for either earth fill cofferdams in flowing water or...
  4. TheHayDuke

    Load Distribution through gravel vs clay

    Been working on some wind turbine crane pads for a few months now, and I swear the ground is getting progressively worse with every now pad. Generally I've been lucky enough that the bad material is close enough to the surface that the client is willing to simply remove it all and replace it...
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