KENNEBEC RIVER SEWER SIPHON CROSSING
- Project Location: Augusta, ME
- Services Provided:
- Geotechnical consulting
- Project Summary:
- Project elements included:
- Directional drilling beneath the Kennebec River
- Land and river test borings with SPT sampling
- Project elements included:
- Project Challenges / Innovation:
- Conducting test borings along 700 linear feet of the Kennebec River, which were performed using portable drilling methods on top of river ice 1 to 2 feet thick.
- Results of the above test boing investigation were used to evaluate the suitability for directional drilling beneath the Kennebec River and for the design of excavations along the river’s embankments.
