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CASE STUDIES

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10 St. James Avenue, Boston, MA: Nicholson installed 42,000 square feet of reinforced concrete diaphragm walls for an office complex.  Click to view PDF.

Boonton Dam, Jersey City, NJ: Built over 100 years ago, Boonton Dam required post-tensioning with high capacity rock anchors to satisfy current safety criteria.  Click to view PDF.

Exton Square Mall, Exton, PA: Difficult ground conditions and tight access requirements were successfully overcome with micropiles.  Click to view PDF.

Islais Creek, San Francisco, CA: This is the first example in North America of the use of jet-grouted columns for full-face tunnel pretreatment in soft cohesive soil.  Click to view PDF.

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV: This 43-story, 3,700-room hotel and casino required the installation of 536 micropiles to stop the downward movement of its concrete mat.  Click to view PDF.

Mariner Square Drive, Alameda, CA: Nicholson installed 251 stone columns to overcome liquefaction-induced lateral movement following the Loma Prieta earthquake.  Click to view PDF.

Mellon Bank Service Center, Pittsburgh, PA: For temporary shoring of a construction site in downtown Pittsburgh, Nicholson installed 64 soldier piles, 107 anchors and 14,000 square feet of lagging.  Click to view PDF.

Mission Viejo Mall, Mission Viejo, CA: To stabilize a slope following a landslide, Nicholson designed a wall with 63 high capacity anchors.  Click to view PDF.

St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, NY: A water main failure beneath St. Felix St. created a large sinkhole and required emergency repair and stabilization of the street.  Click to view PDF.