Air Force Research Lab 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 time possible. Read More Corpus Christi State Highway Repair URETEK was hired to repair an 11-mile section of TX-385 that was severely damaged. By using URETEK and UDI, TxDOT saved time and money, minimized roadway disruption, and gained a permanent solution to their TX-385 problem. Read More Baltimore Railroad Erosion Repair 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 substructure. Read More New Mexico State Highway Culvert & Roadway Repair State Highway NM-96 asphalt road passes over an arroyo, a multi-plate culvert was constructed. Over time, the roadway above this culvert had settled. Read More DFW Airport Departure Slab Repair A ten-inch, high pressure water line running alongside the airport’s Hyatt Hotel had broken. The line break was washing out the soils supporting the hotel’s vehicular departure ramp that fed into the main airport thoroughfare. Read More Idaho Asphalt Roadway Repair 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. Read More McAlevey Fort Road Repair A section of McAlevy Fort Road that lies north of a precast box culvert bridge. The Pennsylvania DOT identified this section of road as chronically settling over time and needed a way to permanently fix the compromised foundation soils left behind. Read More Beaumont Manhole Sealing 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 sewer overflows and backups. Read More State Fair Community College Located in Sedalia, Missouri, State Fair Community College (SFCC) - William C. Hopkins Student Services Building started showing visible signs of foundation settlement. Read More Resilient Modulus Testing URETEK decided to perform laboratory testing to ensure that the UDI process can strengthen, stabilize, and improve the strength of expansive soils. URETEK partnered with Boudreau Engineering to inject URETEK polymer into samples of highly expansive clay. Read More Runway Repair at Lackland AFB A URETEK crew was deployed to Lackland to gather additional information on the three problem areas by performing Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) tests, mapping pavement distresses, and collecting slab elevation data. Read More Chicago Field Museum Foundation Repair The building site for the museum was constructed using poor fill materials including rubble from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The low bearing strength of these sub-grade soils caused the structure to settle over time. Read More Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Runway Repair 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. Read More SFO 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. Read More Andrews Air Force Base Runway Repair A two-inch deep dip developed in the primary runway for Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base located in Maryland. The settled pavement needed to be reconstructed or repaired to restore operations of this essential runway. Read More Quail Valley Embankment 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. Read More Michigan Bridge Repair The Sault Sainte Marie International Bridge is a 2.8-mile bridge built in the early 1960's. Repairs for the aging structure were scheduled in the summer of 2018. One area of focus was the bridge’s abutments. Read More State Liquor Warehouse Repairs State of Wyoming's warehouse used for storage and distribution of their statewide liquor inventory, started developing cracks and growing in the floor slab due to the large inventory. This created a topple hazard and trip hazards. Read More Weis Market At one Weis location in Linglestown, Pennsylvania, a major trip hazard developed along the sidewalks and curbing on both sides of the store entrance. This settlement posed a hazard to the public and Weis’ customers. Read More UDOT I15 Emergency Sinkhole Repair When a sinkhole approximately 30 ft 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 settlement of 10 inches in just one week Read More Austin NV II Highway US-50, nicknamed the “Loneliest Highway in America,” had pavement settlement in a section about five miles outside of Austin, NV, causing three severe diagonal fissures in the road surface to develop. Read More TxDOT Decatur 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 crossed over, causing the ends to break apart. Read More University Support Column The University of Tennessee purchased an historic warehouse structure to consolidate their Facility Support Services department. Loose soils under the support columns had poor load bearing capacity. Read More UDOT F-581 and F-582 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 years of heavy traffic. Read More Manhole Stabilization in California The city of La Mesa, California had a multitude of manhole issues. Water infiltration was seeping, bleeding, and leaking through the concrete, and causing issues like the creation of voids in the soil from water flow. Read More Seawall Sinkhole Stabilization When sinkholes formed behind Hatteras' ferry terminal’s seawall, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) began to search for a way to prevent further sinkhole damage and ensure safety to the area. Read More Clarksville Manhole Clarksville, Indiana,noticed unusually high levels of water at its Pump Station 10 which caused a strain on its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Seven manholes needed to be rehabilitated, but only four required complete encapsulations. Read More Grosse Point Farms Sewer Line Repair 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, causing erosion of the surrounding soils. Read More Nederland Manhole Sealing 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 into the line. Read More Leesburg Sinkhole Repair A sinkhole formed in RT15 Business in Leesburg, Virginia, at the location of a previous repair. URETEK was hired to permanently address and repair the sinkhole issue once and for all. Read More LAX Runway Stabilization Whenever LAX needs site-specific work done, they count on URETEK to quickly, safely, and proficiently address the problem. One of the runways was facing a service interruption due to cracking and depression, needing for stabilization in a timely manner. Read More Elizabeth City Bridge Approach 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. Read More Railway Subgrade Repair in Wisconsin Weak or compromised rail substructure can lead to track instability, transit slowdowns, train derailments, ballast fouling, and differential track deflection. Read More St. Louis Manhole Sealing 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 storm water pipe system below. Read More Natchez Sinkhole Repair The MDOT contacted URETEK for an emergency repair when a large sinkhole formed on Highway 61 in Natchez, Mississippi, and effectively shut down a major portion of the roadway. Read More Fort Myers Storm Sewer Repair Fort Myers, Florida, experienced recurring pavement settlement problems. FLDOT realized the asphalt patches they used to repair settled pavement were only short-term solutions; the real problem was below the street with the storm water infrastructure. Read More San Antonio School Zone Roadway Repair 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 to drought and culvert drainage problems. Read More Industrial Food Processing Facility Support in Kansas & Kentucky Two different industrial food storage and processing facilities faced similar challenges due to weak soils and water drainage issues. Catastrophic structural failure was on the horizon, but halting operations to conduct remediation was not an option. Read More Hopkinsville Sinkhole Repair 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. Read More PennDot I-80 Composite Pavement Joint Repair URETEK and PennDOT developed and executed a cooperative pilot project to assess the improvement of transverse joint performance in composite pavements following injection of high-density polyurethane. Read More Rapid Pier System In Clear Lake City, Texas, a 200-foot by 60-foot portion of this slope was failing next to the Skylar Apartments. As the slope failure progressed, encroachment on the apartment buildings became an imminent concern. Read More St. Landry Parish Faulted Taxiway 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 support soils, which caused differential settlement. Read More Ohio DOT I-275 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 which had allowed soils to be drawn down and out from under the roadway. Read More San Jose Pavement Fatigue The city of San Jose, California, experienced fatigue cracking in sections of roadway dedicated to municipal transportation bus lines. The city speculated that it was the weak base and sub-base that was contributing to the failure of the pavement. Read More Knoxville Manhole Stabilization 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 voids in the soil as large as 33-inches. Read More ISTHA I-294 Emergency Repair With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority discovered a severely settled section of I-294. They hired URETEK to stabilize and lift 35 precast panels as an emergency project. Read More ODOT I-80 Highway Stabilized 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 to settle even more during winter months. Read More TDOT SR160 USA41A 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 overlaid multiple times, and state highway officials had tried other more extensive repairs as well. Read More
