Thankyou, I've certainly learned alot from reading through some of the FHWA on-line resources.
It seems that I need some boring reports before I can even get an idea of the necessary methods and types of anchors I should be using.
4) I'll see what I can find with contractors in my area...
Thanks for the input, I'll try to narrow it down a bit.
Alrighty
1) The type of soil I'm working with was not made explicit, I know it is a wetland area and most likely unconsolidated; I don't anticipate having rocks to bind my anchors to.
2) Most of my drilling will probably be below the...
I'm a civil engineering intern and haven't even gotten through geotech yet.
My supervisor is investigating the necessary methods for anchoring a thirty foot caisson pile wall into unconsolidated soil. It's for a gravel pit reservior in the Rocky Mountains, that was backfilled.
It will be tied...