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July 12, 2010
GeoStructures Deploys System To Restore Engineering Landmark
Company to Present Case Study at Sept. Conference of International Micropile Society
Design-build contractor GeoStructures has completed foundation reinforcement of Pennsylvania’s Kinzua Bridge in the effort to restore the historic structure as a tourist attraction. Read More...
May 7, 2010
Hotel Draws Strength from GeoStructures Support System
Sand Aggregate Used to Build Rammed Aggregate Pier® Elements
A ground improvement system of 253 RAP elements, constructed of a sand aggregate backfill, is supporting the spread foundations of a new Holiday Inn Express hotel in Havelock, NC. Designed and installed by GeoStructures, Inc., the sand RAP system reinforces the soft site soils underneath the four-story hotel due to open this year at 103 Branchside Drive.
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April 21, 2010
GeoStructures Accelerates Construction on Virginia’s HOT Lanes
New Contracts Provide Multiple Support Systems for Roadway Infrastructure
GeoStructures has secured several additional contracts for retaining walls and ground improvement in support of Virginia’s High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes construction. The design-build contractor has completed work on more than one-third of its original contract to design and build sound walls, and it will proceed with construction of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls, tieback retaining walls and ground improvement. Read More...
April 2, 2010
Fairfax Parkway Construction Moves Forward with GeoStructures
Design-Build Contractor Selected for Value-Engineered Solutions
With construction underway of sound walls and bridge abutments from GeoStructures, the Fairfax County Parkway project remains on schedule for completion later this year. The project team is led by general contractor Cherry Hill Construction supported by civil engineer Johnson Mirmiran & Thompson, and geotechnical engineer Schnabel Engineering. Read More...
March 15, 2010
GeoStructures Furnishes FDA Project with Several Construction Support Systems
Lower-cost, Lower-Risk Approach Avoids Multi-Subcontractor Coordination Problems
Access to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration campus in White Oak, Md. will be possible from Cherry Hill Road following construction of a triple-span arch and approach structures by design-build contractor GeoStructures. The company will install Impact Pier® elements for ground improvement to support mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls for the arch abutments and approaches, and a triple-span CON/SPAN arch over Perennial Creek. Read More... | 
