Date
07 May 1984, 11:30 am - 6:00 pm
Abstract
The temporary support of three city streets, a subway tunnel, and a high-rise office tower during the construction of the Philip Morris Corporate Headquarters Building is discussed. The results of an extensive field exploration program, consisting of test borings, probes, and geologic mapping were evaluated for the design of temporary support systems; i.e., rock anchors and rakers. Borehole extensometers and conventional optical survey techniques were successfully used to monitor movements of the adjacent structures during demolition operations of a building that occupied the site. Minimal movements were measured during demolition. At the northeast corner of the site, six heavily loaded columns were scheduled to bear in mica schist rock above an active subway tunne. Based on an extensive geologic mapping program and a complex series of borings, the rock foliation was founded to be favorably oriented, allowing the footings to be founded in rock above the subway tunnel.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1984 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Ciancia, A. J. and Horn, H. M., "Philip Morris Corporate Headquarters Building" (1984). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 39.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/1icchge/1icchge-theme1/39
Philip Morris Corporate Headquarters Building
The temporary support of three city streets, a subway tunnel, and a high-rise office tower during the construction of the Philip Morris Corporate Headquarters Building is discussed. The results of an extensive field exploration program, consisting of test borings, probes, and geologic mapping were evaluated for the design of temporary support systems; i.e., rock anchors and rakers. Borehole extensometers and conventional optical survey techniques were successfully used to monitor movements of the adjacent structures during demolition operations of a building that occupied the site. Minimal movements were measured during demolition. At the northeast corner of the site, six heavily loaded columns were scheduled to bear in mica schist rock above an active subway tunne. Based on an extensive geologic mapping program and a complex series of borings, the rock foliation was founded to be favorably oriented, allowing the footings to be founded in rock above the subway tunnel.
