Projects

29 Projects

Minera Escondida, Organic Growth Project 1, Tunnel 4

Atacama Desert

Chile

Project Contacts:

Expansion of the Minera Escondida copper mine included constructing a corrugated steel structural plate arch tunnel. The tunnel acts as a buried bridge to carry a haul road over the mine’s...

Service:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Highway & Tunnel

Keywords:Buried, Condition Assessment, Culverts and Storm Drains, Damage, Finite Element Analysis, International, Metal, Metal-Steel, Pipe, Pipe, Steel, Pipeline, Settlement, Structural Adequacy Assessment, Tunnel

Sonoma County Water Agency, Transmission System Pipeline

Sonoma County

Project Contacts:

Jesse Beaver

The Sonoma County Water Agency manages a regional water supply to ensure its customers have access to clean water. Wanting to preserve their assets, the agency needed to understand the condition...

Service:Materials Investigation

Market:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Metal-Steel, Metallurgy, Petrography, Pipe, Pipe, Steel, Pipeline

Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, Beacon Street Line

Boston

Project Contacts:

Murat Engindeniz, Rasko Ojdrovic

Constructed in the 1870s, the Beacon Street Line carries water under the MBTA Green Line tracks in the busy Brookline neighborhood. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) identified a leak...

Service:Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Pipe, Pipeline, Water Leakage

Retaining Wall Failure Investigation

Prescott

Project Contacts:

Scott DiFiore, Bryan Strohman

Shortly after the site was developed, a terraced, mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall failed. The MSE wall, with heights up to 63 ft tall, consisted of precast concrete facing panels and soil...

Service:Materials Investigation, Structural Investigation

Market:Retail

Keywords:Failure Investigation, Field Testing, Geotechnical, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall, Pipeline, Retaining Wall, Slopes and Embankments

Paramus Park Mall

Paramus

Project Contacts:

Phillip Sharff

Corrugated metal storm drain pipes running beneath the Paramus Mall parking lot were severely corroded and deflected. SGH investigated the pipes’ condition and developed rehabilitation options...

Service:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Retail

Keywords:Metal, Pipe, Pipeline, Settlement

City of Columbus Pipeline

Columbus

Project Contacts:

Murat Engindeniz, Rasko Ojdrovic

While attempting to install telecommunications lines below a creek, a driller punctured a buried, 48 in. dia. prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP). The pipe is part of Columbus’s water system...

Service:Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Government

Keywords:Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Failure Investigation, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, PCCP, Pipe, Pipeline

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Pipelines

Tonopah

Project Contacts:

Rasko Ojdrovic, Mehdi Zarghamee

Constructed in the early 1980s by the Arizona Public Service Company, the water reclamation supply system at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Plant consists of thirty-six miles of prestressed...

Service:Structural Investigation

Market:Nuclear

Keywords:Condition Assessment, Corrosion, Cracking, Failure Risk Assessment, PCCP, Pipe, Pipeline, Risk Assessment

Nuclear Station Low-Pressure Service Water System

United States

Project Contacts:

Murat Engindeniz, Rasko Ojdrovic

The low-pressure service water system comprises 36 in., 42 in., and 54 in. dia. steel pipe. Approximately 1800 ft of pipe was corroded and required repair. SGH designed internally bonded, carbon...

Service:Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Nuclear

Keywords:Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Construction Administration, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Metal-Steel, Pipe, Pipe, Steel, Pipeline, Testing/Inspection

Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Authority

Miami

Project Contacts:

Murat Engindeniz, Rasko Ojdrovic

In 2010, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Authority (MDWSA) instituted a continuous inspection and repair program for their 48 in. to 96 in. dia. prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCP). With brief...

Service:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Water/Wastewater

Keywords:Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Construction Administration, Failure Risk Assessment, Inspection, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, PCCP, Pipe, Pipeline, Testing/Inspection

Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant, Circulating Water Pipeline

Monroe

Project Contacts:

Murat Engindeniz, Rasko Ojdrovic

The 144 in. dia. circulating water pipeline at Fermi 2 consists of two intake lines between the reservoir and condenser and two discharge lines between the condenser and two cooling towers. All...

Service:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Nuclear

Keywords:Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Concrete Rehabilitation, Failure Risk Assessment, PCCP, Pipe, Pipeline