Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
14 Aug 2008, 2:15pm - 4:00pm
Abstract
Loyola College in Maryland is a land-locked University in dire need of increasing its academic space. Working with the Baltimore Development Corporation, Loyola purchased a 52-acre parcel of land within miles of their campus which consisted of three closed landfills. The site was Loyola’s preferred location to construct a state-of-the-art athletic complex because moving their athletic facilities to an off-campus location would allow the expansion of their academic space. The athletic complex includes a home game field for lacrosse and soccer, two practice fields, administrative and maintenance buildings, stadium, and supporting infrastructure. Filling at the three landfills began in 1930 and continued on and off until 1985. Landfill materials consist of construction debris, municipal solid waste (MSW), flyash and white goods. Landfill thicknesses range from approximately 60 ft to 190 ft. in the development area. This paper describes the design and implementation of geotechnical systems to overcome the challenges of building a sports complex on the closed landfills. These systems include grade separation structures, ground improvement, utility protection, and geotechnical instrumentation. This paper will discuss landfill material properties and the design methodology associated with each of these systems.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, 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
Shelton, Derrick A.; Schoenwolf, David A.; and Mohanan, Nisha P., "Redevelopment of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill: Engineering Design Challenges" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 3.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session07b/3
Redevelopment of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill: Engineering Design Challenges
Arlington, Virginia
Loyola College in Maryland is a land-locked University in dire need of increasing its academic space. Working with the Baltimore Development Corporation, Loyola purchased a 52-acre parcel of land within miles of their campus which consisted of three closed landfills. The site was Loyola’s preferred location to construct a state-of-the-art athletic complex because moving their athletic facilities to an off-campus location would allow the expansion of their academic space. The athletic complex includes a home game field for lacrosse and soccer, two practice fields, administrative and maintenance buildings, stadium, and supporting infrastructure. Filling at the three landfills began in 1930 and continued on and off until 1985. Landfill materials consist of construction debris, municipal solid waste (MSW), flyash and white goods. Landfill thicknesses range from approximately 60 ft to 190 ft. in the development area. This paper describes the design and implementation of geotechnical systems to overcome the challenges of building a sports complex on the closed landfills. These systems include grade separation structures, ground improvement, utility protection, and geotechnical instrumentation. This paper will discuss landfill material properties and the design methodology associated with each of these systems.
