Faculty Advisor
Salazar, Guillermo F.
Faculty Advisor
Tao, Mingjiang
Abstract
This project presents an alternative design to the earth-retaining structure to support lateral loading during construction of the foundation of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute new Sports and Recreation Center. The design was chosen based on soil profiles representing the earth surrounding the existing soil nail wall. Through the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), we created a 3D model of the site to represent the existing conditions, mass excavation and total backfill of the different volumes of earth.
Publisher
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Accepted
March 2011
Major
Civil Engineering
Project Type
Major Qualifying Project
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Advisor Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering