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Soil Stabilization Success: URETEK Reinforces 4-Story Apartment Construction
Discover how URETEK's UDI process provided a state-of-the-art soil stabilization solution for a high-stakes construction project in Clermont, Florida.
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150 Year-Old Chapel Stabilized In Dayton, Ohio
The Dayton Veterans Affairs Protestant Chapel, an important historical landmark in Ohio, was constructed in the 1860s. Over the years since, several additions have been completed for the chapel. As...
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Award-Winning Emergency Repairs In Missouri City, Texas
Erosion control on the east bank of an effluent pond in Quail Valley had been an ongoing struggle and concern for Missouri City officials and the Public Works Department. The pond is part of the...
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Railroad Track Stabilization in Baltimore
A railroad service customer in Baltimore, Maryland contacted URETEK with a suspected erosion problem. Surface observations indicated that voids were present below a 32-inch concrete railway...
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11-Mile State Highway Repair Project in Texas
State Highway TX-385, which connects Corpus Christi with North Padre Island, was originally paved with asphalt over a weak base of sand and gravel. Over time, pavement settlement created rough and...
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Best Precast Concrete Installation Method Confirmed
Many airfield pavements are constructed with Portland Cement Concrete (PCC). When PCC slabs become severely deteriorated, a quick repair is needed to safely restore flight operations in the shortest...
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Drainage Systems – Repair of Leaking Joints and Compaction of Weak Soils
Leaking joints in drainage box culverts or pipes allow foundation soils to be removed from the pavement system. The soils are carried out with the water that moves through the pavement system and...
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Bridge Approach and Departure Slabs
Bridge approach and departure slabs often settle several inches or more, causing potential unsafe driving conditions. The settled approach slab and highway pavement are impacted by cracking and...
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Asphaltic Concrete Pavement Stabilization and Lifting
Poor foundation soils under asphaltic concrete pavement. The poor and/or uneven support can result in premature cracking, rutting, and settlement of the pavement. Insufficient soil strength may be...
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Composite Pavement & Stabilization at Joints and Cracks
For composite pavement, the lack of a stable base and foundation soils beneath existing joints and cracks in concrete pavement is one of the causes of premature failure of the asphaltic concrete...
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Full Depth Pavement Patch & Stabilization of Foundation Soils
Stabilization of areas of roadways where full depth repair is to be done to minimize the need for additional cutout of poor base/sub-base/sub-grade once the roadway surface has been removed. The...
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Concrete Pavement & Dips and Faulted Longitudinal and Transverse Joints
Concrete pavement settlement, whether settlement of several panels across all lanes to form a dip or one lane with settled panel(s) causing a faulted longitudinal joint, or multiple panels in...
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Concrete Pavement with a Drainable Base & Stabilization & Lifting
Pavement system has lost foundation support. The poor and/or uneven support can result in premature cracking of the concrete, spalling or corner breaks, and settlement at the joints and dips in the...
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Bridge Approach Settlement Solutions in Alamogordo, New Mexico
In Alamogordo, New Mexico, a major series of bridges connecting to Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) was in dire need of stabilization and pavement leveling. Several of the bridge approaches and...
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Asphalt Pavement Preservation for CDOT
On US 50 South between Grand Junction and Delta, Colorado, DOT Region 3 engineers were looking at a pavement heaving problem at milepost 54.5 that presented significant ride quality and safety issues...
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Emergency Repair of Departure Slab at DFW Airport
If your organization’s foundation was threatened by a burst high-pressure water pipe late on New Year’s Eve, who would you call? When this happened to the hotel adjoining Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport and their departure ramp became inaccessible due to soil settle, administrators called URETEK.
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Fast, Cost-Effective Repair of Air Force One Runway
Andrews Air Force Base located in Maryland is perhaps most famous for being the home of the two Boeing aircraft that serve the President of the United States as Air Force One. In 1999, a two-inch...
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Faulted Taxiway Joints Aligned and Stabilized in Louisiana
A longitudinal joint located on Taxiway A of the St. Landry Parish Airport in Opelousas, Louisiana, was identified as failing. A deteriorated joint seal allowed water to infiltrate and weaken the...
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Naval Air Station Runway Repair in Texas
The Naval Air Station (NAS) in Corpus Christi, Texas, had an emergency problem on their hands when Runway 13L/31R settled so significantly that it prevented small aircraft operations. The whole...
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Pilot Project: Trenching Support at Portland International Airport
At Portland International Airport (PDX) in, Portland, Oregon, officials were concerned about the rising costs of shoring work required to protect workers engaged in a number of active trenching...
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Runway and Terminal Stabilization at LAX Airport
The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the United State’s second busiest airport. As such, its runways, taxiways, and terminals are in nearly constant use. The heavy air traffic at LAX...
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Runway Light Can Stabilization at Major Mid-Atlantic Airport
At a busy Mid-Atlantic hub airport, administrators knew they had a problem when runway center line light cans settled to a degree that required the use of the highest available light can extensions....
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Runway Repair at Lackland Air Force Base
The 433rd Air Wing is an Air Force Reserve unit that operates the C-5 Galaxy out of its home at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Representatives from URETEK and the 802nd Civil Engineering Squadron...
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San Francisco International Airport Avoids Runway Reconstruction
The high volume of aircraft departing and landing at San Francisco International Airport caused portions of the 10R-28L asphalt runway to prematurely reach the end of their functional life. The...
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Custom Injection Pattern Solves Settlement Issue in Tennessee
Outside Tullahoma, Tennessee, the approaches on both sides of a triple box culvert had settled repeatedly over the years, resulting in dips at the surface and poor rideability. The asphalt paving was...
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Highway Settlement Solution in Boulder Creek, California
In Boulder Creek, California, Caltrans District 5 officials were dealing with an ongoing settlement issue along a portion of Highway 9. A 12’ x 50’ portion of the road, located directly over a...
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Highway US-50 Soil Stabilization in Nevada
Highway US-50, nicknamed the “Loneliest Highway in America,” is a two-lane composite rural highway stretching from California to Maryland. Pavement settlement in a section of the highway about five...
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I-40 Bridge Approach Stabilization in Knoxville
Interstate 40 runs across the entire state of Tennessee, from the Arkansas state line in the west to the North Carolina border in the east. It connects the state’s three largest cities, and where it...
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I-95 Settlement Corrected in Cranston, Rhode Island
In Cranston, Rhode Island, a section of I-95 North was experiencing up to two inches of settlement under an area of pavement that transversely impacted all lanes and extended for a total linear...
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International Bridge Repair Using URETEK Deep Injection®
The Sault Sainte Marie International Bridge is a 2.8-mile bridge built in the early 1960s that connects the twin cities of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan and Ontario. The bridge is operated by the...
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Parkway Stabilization and Lift in Kentucky
The Pennyrile Parkway in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, is a 71-mile road opened in 1976. A 50-foot dip developed on a section of the road where both southbound lanes settled as much as 3.5 inches. Even...
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Pavement Settlement in Georgetown, Kentucky
In Georgetown, KY, the Lexus Way exit on I-75 was recently constructed to better accommodate a large auto plant. As part of the project, a box overpass was constructed for traffic to access a rest...
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Raising Asphalt Roadway Back to Grade in Ohio
A section of highway I-275 in Ohio developed a two- to six-inch dip across six lanes of full-depth asphalt. This problem was caused by a compromised corrugated metal pipe 50 feet below the surface...
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Road Dip Correction Project in Onondaga County, New York
In Onondaga County, New York, a significant dip of 3” to 4” along about 50 feet of asphalt roadway had developed over time in the driving and passing lanes. Despite trying to repair the problem with...
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Roadway Repair for School Zone in San Antonio
Biz Engleman Road in San Antonio, Texas, is a two-lane asphalt roadway that runs past a school. The pavement of the road had become soft and flexible after the supporting soils were compromised due...
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Sinkhole Stabilization and Repair in Virginia
The United States Highway US 15 runs through six states including Virginia. In Leesburg, Virginia, a special route of US 15 called US Route 15 Business (RT 15 Business) cuts through the center of the...
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State Highway Culvert Roadway Repair in New Mexico
Four miles north of Cuba, New Mexico, State Highway NM-96 crosses into the Jicarilla Indian Reservation. Where this asphalt road passes over an arroyo, a multi-plate culvert (14 feet tall, 21 feet...
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Storm Sewer and Catch Basin Repair in Florida
Fort Myers, Florida, experienced recurring pavement settlement problems. Because of Florida’s high water table and sandy soils, for many years the Florida Department of Transportation (FLDOT) wrote...
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Emergency Sinkhole Stabilization and Repair in Utah
When a sinkhole approximately 30 feet in diameter appeared on I-15 near Scipio, Utah, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) had an emergency on their hands. The sinkhole caused roadway...
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URETEK Deep Injection® Solves Pavement Fatigue in San Jose
The city of San Jose, California, experienced fatigue cracking in sections of roadway dedicated to municipal transportation bus lines. Originally, the blame was placed on low-quality materials in the...
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URETEK Restores Settled Bridge Transition Slab in North Carolina
The city of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, needed to repair a new bridge on US-17 when its approach slab settled as much as five inches on the roadway end. In order to restore safe driving...
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Water Main Break Leads to UDI Repair on I-15 in California
On I-15 in California, north of Lake Elsinore, Caltrans District 8 engineers knew they had a problem when water was observed seeping and bleeding up through the surface of the road at the Temescal...
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Bridge Approach Abutment Repair in San Jose, California
In San Jose, California, portions of a sheet metal bridge abutment wall were removed by occupants of a homeless camp living under the bridge. Over time, a combination of slope failure, erosion, and...
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Bridge Approach and Departure Ramp Repair in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
For drivers traveling between Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Sevierville, Tennessee, there was one point in the journey down State Route 448 that was sure to be an eye-opener. Settlement of the bridge...
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Bridge Lifting Operation in Buffalo, New York
In Buffalo, NY, New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) contacted URETEK and reported that two approach slabs at the North and South sides of the Youngs Road Bridge above the thruway had settled up...
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Bridge Settlement Operation in Binghamton, New York
In Binghamton, NY, significant settlement of up to 2 ½” to 3” had developed transversely across the highway on I-81. It stretched across an area approximately 122’W x 60’L. Moving south across the...
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Bridge Stabilization Project in Schoharie County, New York
In Schoharie County, New York, a two-lane country road led to a single concrete bridge with an asphalt roadway abutting it. There was an approximate 1 ½”to 2″ settlement between the asphalt roadway...
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Multiple Bridge Repair Project in Charlotte, North Carolina
In Charlotte, North Carolina, NCDOT officials were embarking on a major rehabilitation project for I-277, the auxiliary interstate highway that serves as a partial beltway surrounding the city...
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On-Call Statewide Bridge Maintenance and Repair in North Carolina
In North Carolina, excessive rain, seasonal storms, and flooding regularly weaken soils supporting bridge approaches, departures, and slopes. For NCDOT officials to keep up with the maintenance issues at all interstate and secondary road bridges in the state, they rely on URETEK for partnership and creative thinking.
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Restoring Settled Bridge Transition Slabs in Utah
Antelope Drive in Clearfield, Utah, had two bridges (F-581 and F-582) whose approach and departure slabs needed rehabilitation. The slabs on both structures had settled as much as two inches from...
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Soil Stabilization Stops Pavement Settlement Above Culvert in Pennsylvania
In Huntington County, Pennsylvania, there is a section of McAlevy Fort Road that lies north of a precast box culvert bridge. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) identified this...
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Resilient Modulus Testing of Polyurethane-Injected Expansive Clay
URETEK has a long history of performing URETEK Deep Injection® (UDI), a ground improvement method where polymer grout is injected under pavements/built structures and into soils to improve the soil...
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Concrete Highway Panels Stabilized and Lifted in Ohio
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 4 had experienced unstable road panels for over a year on a section of highway I-80. This particularly busy and failing section of panels began...
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Emergency Repair for Medical Clinic Foundation at US Air Force Academy
At the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, the 10th Medical Group (10th MDG) conducts operations from a dual-purpose facility, with a clinic and surgical center on the ground floor...
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Foundation Repair at the Field Museum of Chicago
Located on Chicago’s iconic Lake Michigan shore, The Field Museum of Natural History is one of the largest premier natural history museums in the world. The building site for the museum was constructed using poor fill materials including rubble from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, causing a number of structural problems. See how URETEK worked with engineering firms to preserve the museum's foundation.
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Foundation Repair for Twin Warehouses in South Dakota
Two identical grain storage buildings in South Dakota (one in Roscoe, the other in Andover) were experiencing concrete foundation settlement. The buildings each store 1.5 million bushels of grain,...
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Industrial Support Column Stabilization at University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee purchased an historic warehouse structure to consolidate their Facility Support Services department, which had previously been spread around various locations on campus....
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Landfill Weigh Station Stabilization in New York
The entrance and exit slabs of a landfill weigh station in Broome County, New York, settled significantly enough to cause unsafe traffic conditions. County engineers decided on URETEK’s...
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Composite Pavement Joint Repair in Pennsylvania
URETEK and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) developed and executed a cooperative pilot project to assess the improvement of transverse joint performance in composite pavements...
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Rapid Emergency Repair of Illinois State Tollway and Storm Line
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) discovered a severely settled section of I-294—and Memorial Day was just around the corner. They hired URETEK to stabilize and lift 35 precast panels as an emergency project to be completed before the heavy-traffic holiday. See how this pavement preservation project significantly extended the life of the roadway with significant cost savings to ISTHA—all in just under 7 hours of work.
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Rapid Repairs for a State Liquor Warehouse in Wyoming
In 2012, the State of Wyoming purchased a warehouse for use as a storage and distribution hub for Wyoming’s statewide liquor inventory. Shortly after purchase, officials installed new 15-foot tall...
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Repairing Dale's Dips at Texas Motor Speedway
In the fall of 2006, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and other Nextel Cup drivers criticized Texas Motor Speedway for perceived “bumps” in the 1.5-mile track between turns one and two. The drivers said that these...
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Residential Manhole Stabilization in California
The city of La Mesa (outside of San Diego, California) had a multitude of manhole issues in their city. Water infiltration was seeping, bleeding, and leaking through the concrete, and this caused...
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Restoring Great Customer Experiences at Pennsylvania Market
Founded in 1912, Weis Markets is a food retailer based in Pennsylvania that strives to minimize environmental impact, bring the very best in nutrition and healthy food to their markets, and deliver...
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Stabilizing Sinking Thermal Storage Units in Colorado
A middle school in Denver, Colorado, utilized a pair of ice chiller thermal storage units (TSUs) for the school’s refrigeration and cooling needs. The units featured warning signs that stated if the...
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“Temporary” Emergency Repair Turns Permanent in Texas
A roadway area measuring approximately 40 feet by 12 feet cracked and dropped about 1.5 inches in the main lanes of US 81 in Decatur, Texas. The ends of this dropped section “pumped” as traffic...
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UDI Demo Project for Caltrans District 12
In Orange County, California, Caltrans District 12 officials wanted to see for themselves what URETEK Deep Injection® (UDI) was all about. Caltrans requested a demonstration project and chose for the...
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Hospital Building Settlement Solutions in Henderson, TN
In Henderson, Tennessee, a hospital office building had experienced settlement across half of the building; about 160’ x 50’. The existing structure is supported by drilled shafts extending into...
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Culvert Repair in Corbin, KY
In Corbin, Kentucky, on 3606 between KY 6 and Radio Tower Rd, District 11 engineers encountered pavement subsidence above two culverts about 0.25 miles apart. These dips and the problems associated...
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Culvert Repair Solution for Town of Florida
In the Town of Florida, Massachusetts, MassDOT officials reported a 60’ long, 114” diameter Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) culvert crossing under a roadway was missing a significant area of the pipe...
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Pump Station Settlement in Clarksville, IN
In Clarksville, Indiana, a pump station had experienced settlement beneath multiple underground structures and the surrounding ground surface. The station was about 20 years old, with settlement only...
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Road Settlement Solution in Middletown, Delaware
In Middletown, Delaware, DelDOT officials were faced with a systemic issue with many of their CMP (corrugated metal pipe) culverts where oxidation holes had formed at the crown of the pipe, causing...
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State Highway 283 Culvert Repair in Tennessee
When driving Tennessee’s rural highways, part of the fun comes from knowing the roads and views have remained unchanged for years. But along a stretch of Highway 283, dangerous voids were opening up...
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State Highway Box Culvert Repair in Kentucky
On KY 583, east of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, water was travelling beneath the floor slab of a box culvert, and the roadway approach and departure above were beginning to settle. Officials with the...
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Commercial Tank Stabilization in Kentucky – 15 Years Later
The Saputo Dairy Plant (formerly Morning Star Foods/Ryan Foods) in Murray, Kentucky, is home to a 50,000-gallon milk production tank. When the tank was originally installed on a foundation pad, both...
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Emergency Sinkhole Repair in Natchez, Mississippi
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) contacted URETEK for an emergency repair when a large sinkhole formed on highway 61 in Natchez, Mississippi, and effectively shut down a major...
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Foundation Settlement Repair for Community College in Missouri
Located in Sedalia, Missouri, State Fair Community College (SFCC) is a public, nonprofit college that serves the educational needs of more than 5,000 students each year from 14 counties in west...
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Increasing Foundation Capacity for Convention Center in Kentucky
The Kentucky International Convention Center was constructed in 1977 and needed an upgrade. As part of the new design, a five-acre exhibit hall was proposed on the second floor. This and other design...
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Industrial Food Processing Facility Support in Kansas and Kentucky
In Murray, Kentucky, a 50,000-gallon milk storage tank and two adjacent buildings at a dairy processing facility were all settling due to a high water table and fine grained soils beneath the structures. Meanwhile, in Canton, Kansas, a grain handling facility was experiencing settlement in several areas due to poorly compacted soils. At both facilities, catastrophic structural failure was on the horizon, but the prospect of halting operations to conduct a major remediation project was not an option.
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Leaking Culvert Leads to Railroad Crossing Repair in Arizona
Union Pacific and Arizona DOT reported a leaking culvert beneath a rail crossing near Tucson’s I-10 freeway. Car drivers had been complaining of sudden launches and hard landings, and now rail operators were reporting that their boxcars were striking against the adjacent asphalt. The situation had evolved beyond a leaking culvert and now required a total repair of the railroad. Seven days later with no disruption to traffic, URETEK came through.
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I-90 Exit Ramp Stabilized Near Weston, Massachusetts
Just south of Weston, Massachusetts, Mass DOT officials were dealing with a failing bin-wall unit supporting the slope at the I-90 East and I-95 South interchange. There had been significant damage...
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James White Parkway Settlement Resolved in Knoxville, Tennessee
Tennessee DOT officials were faced with a serious situation involving two concrete road panels on the James White Parkway in Knoxville. Two lanes were affected, and obvious settlement had created a...
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Rapid I-69 Feeder Road Settlement Repair in Sugar Land, Texas
When the feeder road of I-69 north between University Blvd and Sweetwater Blvd suddenly settled across all four lanes by as much as three inches, city officials in Sugar Land, Texas suspected a...
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Seawall Sinkhole Stabilization in North Carolina
Hatteras, also known as Croatoan Island, is a barrier island located off the coast of North Carolina. The island’s 50-plus miles of beautiful shoreline make it a popular tourist destination with over...
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Mississippi River Floodwater Opens Voids Beneath St. Louis Streets
In St. Louis, Missouri, Mississippi River flooding caused catastrophic damage to nearby sewer lines and streets. As the floodwater rose, hydrostatic ground pressure caused the collapse of a deep...
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Emergency Coastal Restoration in La Jolla, California
California’s coastal areas are among the most beautiful in the world and are the focus of much of the state’s tourist activity. However, like all coastal areas, California’s Pacific shoreline is part...
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Culvert Repair in North Carolina
Known as “The City of Medicine”, Durham, North Carolina, is home to Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and the Research Triangle Park. For city leaders in this important hub of...
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Leaky Sewer Line Repair in Michigan
The city of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, experienced groundwater and soil infiltration in a sewer drainage line after a rehabilitation project was not properly sealed. The poorly sealed line also...
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Ohio River Bulkhead Repair in Kentucky
A port authority along the Ohio River in Kentucky noticed sinking soils along a sheet pile bulkhead wall. Loads of gravel were used to fill the opening hole back to grade only to have the hole return...
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URETEK Rapid Pier System for Slope Repair in Texas
The Skylar Apartments in Clear Lake City, Texas, are adjacent to a channel (Harris County Flood Control District Unit Number A107-00-00). The apartments are separated from the channel with a slope...
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Competition Natatorium Stabilization in Fairfax, Virginia
Since it opened in 1998, the Jim McKay Natatorium at George Mason University in Virginia has hosted numerous world-class swimming events that have showcased the talents of a long line of Olympic...
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Foundation Repair at Idaho FedEx Facility
If a FedEx facility is delayed around the holidays, the holidays don’t get delayed—they get ruined. That’s why the FedEx Ground Distribution Center of Southern Pocatello, Idaho called URETEK when they needed to raise foundation that had sunken over seven inches. With the help of pre-drilled pilot holes, polyurethane grout, laser levels, and expert-level logistics, URETEK densified the soils beneath the foundation and raised it to original levels.
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Historic Bed and Breakfast Lifted and Stabilized in Maryland
The Wades Point Inn, built in 1820 by Baltimore shipbuilderThomas Kemp, is today a bed & breakfast located on TilghmanIsland just outside of St. Michaels, Maryland. The current ownerwas seriously...
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Rut Vicinity Injection Increases Bearing Capacity in Idaho
A portion of an asphalt roadway in Filer, Idaho (East 3110 N.) had become rutted due to insufficient bearing capacity and increased industrial/farm equipment traffic. However, the Filer Highway...
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Manhole Inflow and Infiltration Sealing in Indiana
During a time of increasing commercial development in Clarksville, Indiana, the city of Clarksville noticed unusually high levels of water at its Pump Station 10 (PS10) which caused a strain on its...
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Manhole Sealing in Nederland, Texas
During rainy periods in Nederland, Texas, storm water inflow and infiltration (I&I) was seriously impacting manholes upstream and downstream of a 30-inch sanitary main trunk line. Soil was eroding...
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Manhole Sealing in St. Louis, Missouri
In St. Louis, Missouri, officials were dealing with significant inflow and infiltration (I&I) issues that they suspected were caused by extensive voids around a manhole and its connection to the...
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Manhole Stabilization in Knoxville, Tennessee
In Knoxville, Tennessee, the Knoxville Utility Board (KUB) discovered a broken eight-inch pipe near a 54-year old manhole. The broken pipe was weakening the soils around the manhole and creating...
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Railway Subgrade Repair using URETEK Deep Injection®
Today, 40% of the world’s freight cargo is transported via rail making the structural integrity of railways and their substructures essential. Weak or compromised rail substructure can lead to track...
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Rapid Pool Repair for YMCA in Bellevue, Washington
At the YMCA facility in Bellevue, Washington rising water bills were becoming an issue. Administrators noticed a number of small cracks at the edge of the swimming pool and between small tiles at...
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Sea Wall Stabilization for St. Pete Pier
City officials in St. Petersburg, Florida, and their general contractor understood that the success of their $80 million St Pete Pier project relied heavily on the integrity of a 50+ year-old seawall that separated the downtown district from the new attractions being providing across the 26-acre project site. With leaking joints, voids beneath the surface, and subsided soil behind the wall just a few months before launch, officials turned to URETEK.
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Sealing Concrete Manholes Against Inflow & Infiltration in Beaumont, TX
The City of Beaumont, Texas identified a number of sanitary sewer manholes suffering from Inflow and Infiltration (I & I). City managers knew that when left unchecked, I & I can result in sanitary...
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Commercial Bulkhead Stabilization in Georgia
In Savannah, Georgia, a waterfront property on River Street serves as a loading / unloading terminal for popular river cruises that cater to the city’s important tourist trade. The property had an...
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Distribution Center Access Drive Repair in Tennessee
In October 2019, in Ooltewah, Tennessee, truck drivers at a new FedEx distribution center were struggling with settled pavement and unsafe driving conditions as they approached and exited the...
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Foundation Settlement Solution in Cincinnati, Ohio
In Cincinnati, Ohio, Moxy Hotels purchased a historic building downtown that needed repurposing. However, Moxy was required to preserve and reuse the front face of the building. Due to structural age...
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UDI Supports Jack and Bore Success in Sun Valley, California
In Sun Valley, California, Los Angeles County officials had a plan to connect two different commercial developments, separated by Arleta Avenue, with a utility expansion project. The project would...
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Residential Retaining Wall Stabilized in Buffalo Wyoming
A torrential late spring storm dropped 10 inches of rain over a short 36-hour period in Buffalo, Wyoming. The extended, heavy downpour caused a landslide that ripped out a portion of a homeowner’s...
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Soil Stabilization Saves Historic Mansion in Iowa
The Henn Mansion in Fairfield, IA, was originally built to be the home for the President of Parsons College in 1857. In 1983, the mansion was added to the US National Historic Register. When the building’s foundation became weak and the building began to settle with serious cracks developing at the southeast corner, URETEK helped preserve the historic building.
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Mine Shaft Beneath a Home in Rockaway New Jersey
Old-timers report that iron ore mined from this part of the state was the highest quality iron ore mined anywhere in North America. But for one homeowner in Rockaway, New Jersey, this source of local...
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Asphalt Pavement Preservation for NM DOT
On Highway 491 south, at milepost 27.3 just outside of Tohatchi, New Mexico, DOT District 6 engineers were looking at a pavement heaving problem that presented significant ride quality and safety...
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Concrete Pavement Joint Repair in Pennsylvania
URETEK and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) developed and executed a cooperative pilot project to assess the improvement of transverse joint performance in composite pavements...
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