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Apr 26, 2012
A (Geotechnical) Tale of Two Land Reclamations
Authors: Thomas W. McNeilan [email protected] and James McNally [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Ports 2010: Building on the Past, Respecting the Future
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The proposed 210-hectare Craney Island Eastward Expansion (and its subsequent development as a container terminal) in Portsmouth, Virginia is the largest port- development land reclamation ever proposed along the eastern U.S. coast. The only larger port-development, land reclamation in the U.S. is the 230-hectare Pier 400 development (and container terminal) constructed in the 1990s-early 2000s in Los Angeles (LA) Harbor. Each of these projects is affected by the site location and geology; they are the best of sites - they are the worst of sites. Both projects include several tens of millions of cubic meters of dredging and landfill. Not surprisingly the planning, design, construction, and terminal development of these two land reclamations are affected by geotechnical conditions and terminal design/performance considerations.
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Ports 2010: Building on the Past, Respecting the Future
Pages: 152 - 161
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© 2010 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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- Construction engineering
- Construction equipment
- Construction management
- Container shipping
- Cranes
- Ecosystems
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Equipment and machinery
- Freight transportation
- Geology
- Geotechnical engineering
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Infrastructure
- Islands
- Land reclamation
- Land use
- Piers
- Ports and harbors
- Project management
- Transportation engineering
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Water and water resources
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Vice President, Fugro Atlantic, 101 West Main Street, Suite 350, Norfolk, VA 23510. E-mail: [email protected]
Vice President, Moffatt & Nichol, 3780 Kilroy Airport Way, Suite 600, Long Beach CA 90806. E-mail: [email protected]
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