HOMEWOOD SUITES HOTEL

  • Project Location: Augusta, ME
  • Services Provided:
    • A combination of test borings with SPT sampling and test pits were performed to investigate the subsurface conditions
    • Geotechnical design

   Project Summary: 

    • The project consists of a new 4-story, 120-room hotel with an overall footprint of 25,000 square feet
  • Project Challenges / Innovation:
    • Geotechnical challenges included varying subgrade of shallow bedrock, miscellaneous fill, marine deposits, and glacial till
    • Slope stability analysis was required for excavations adjacent to Western Avenue and for a 15-foot retaining wall planned atop a 35-foot-tall embankment with steep slopes located near Interstate I-95
    • Controlled blasting and preload fills were required as part of a 12-foot cut and 12-foot fill used for site development
    • SGS designed retaining walls include over 400 linear feet of Stone Strong precast blocks with portions having gravity design and portions reinforced with geogrid
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