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Apr 26, 2012
A Case Study - Completing the Pier 400 Dredging and Landfill Projects at the Port of Los Angeles
Authors: John Foxworthy and Alan E. AlcornAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Ports '01: America's Ports: Gateway to the Global Economy
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This paper addresses how the Pier 400 Project has undergone a series of lessons learned that have and will continue to be applied to large waterfront projects. In particular, expectations of the project intent, construction documentation, compliance with environmental requirements, and contractual capability were all tested in some manner, which resulted in innovative solutions to completing the Pier 400 Project.
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Ports '01: America's Ports: Gateway to the Global Economy
Pages: 1 - 7
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© 2001 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Case studies
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Dredging
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Innovation
- Landfills
- Methodology (by type)
- Piers
- Ports and harbors
- Practice and Profession
- Project management
- Research methods (by type)
- River engineering
- Sediment
- Waste management
- Waste sites
- Water and water resources
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John Foxworthy
Pier 400 Project Manager, Port of Los Angeles, 425 Palos Verdes Street, Los Angles, CA 90733
Alan E. Alcorn
P.E.
Associate, Vice President, Moffat and Nichol Engineers, 1660 Hotel Circle N., Suite 2000, San Diego, CA 92108
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