TIEBACK WALL CONSTURCTION - RESULTS AND CONTROLS

THE TIEBACKS WERE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOLDIER PILES AND LAGGING TO SUPPORT THE VERTICAL-WALLED EXCAVATION FOR THE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER BUILDING OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA'S RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (METRO). UTILIZING WIRE-STRAND TENDONS, THE TIEBACKS WERE ANCHORED IN TERRACE DEPOSITS OF CLAY AND SAND. PRACTICAL TESTING PROCEDURES, WHICH WERE DEVELOPED ON THE JOB TO ENSURE SYSTEM SAFETY WHILE PERMITTING TIMELY EXECUTION OF THE WORK, ARE EXAMINED IN DETAIL. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF TIED-BACK WALLS DURING AND AFTER EXCAVATION.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROC PAPER 10239
• Authors:
  • Ware, K R
  • Mirsky, M M
  • Leuniz, W E
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1135-52
• Serial:
  • Journal of Soil Mechanics & Foundations Div
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: sm12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Excavations; Field tests; Monitoring; Tiebacks; Walls
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215695
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1981 12:00AM