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.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Moynihan, Patrick Fitzgerald
• Oliveri, Michael Leo
• Weisman, Matthew James

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031511-132023

Advisor

• Tao, Mingjiang
• Salazar, Guillermo F.

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-03-15

地点

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright