Alternative Title
Paper No. 7.14
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
10 Mar 1998, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Abstract
The Red Onion Mountain project involved the construction of a high security prison facility in a remote area of southwest Virginia. The site of the proposed construction was covered with a thick layer of uncontrolled mine spoil fill material containing a random matrix of soil and boulders. This material was unsuitable for the proposed construction in its existing condition. Charged with evaluating feasible and cost effective alternatives for site development and structural support, the project's geotechnical engineers devised a two-phase ground improvement plan designed to adequately improve the existing mine spoil fill. Full-time observation, documentation and testing during the site preparation phase provided data that was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the ground improvement procedures. Building construction proceeded on the improved soils after an evaluation of the data indicated the existing mine spoil had been adequately improved.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1998 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
Winter, Steven J. and Omelchenko, Victor, "Red Onion Mountain Maximum Security Prison − A Case Study in Ground Improvement" (1998). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 14.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/4icchge/4icchge-session07/14
Red Onion Mountain Maximum Security Prison − A Case Study in Ground Improvement
St. Louis, Missouri
The Red Onion Mountain project involved the construction of a high security prison facility in a remote area of southwest Virginia. The site of the proposed construction was covered with a thick layer of uncontrolled mine spoil fill material containing a random matrix of soil and boulders. This material was unsuitable for the proposed construction in its existing condition. Charged with evaluating feasible and cost effective alternatives for site development and structural support, the project's geotechnical engineers devised a two-phase ground improvement plan designed to adequately improve the existing mine spoil fill. Full-time observation, documentation and testing during the site preparation phase provided data that was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the ground improvement procedures. Building construction proceeded on the improved soils after an evaluation of the data indicated the existing mine spoil had been adequately improved.
