Geotechnical

DCE PROJECT PROFILE:

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND TESTING SERVICES
  1. Palos Park Subdivision, Palos Park, Illinois
  2. North Grant Park Garage, City of Chicago
  3. South Grant Park Garage, City of Chicago
  4. Chicago Public Schools, City of Chicago
  5. Village of Mt. Prospect Roadway Work, Village of Mt. Prospect
  6. March First Chicago South Loop Campus, March First
  7. Martingale Road Reconstruction, Village of Schaumburg
  8. Broadwing Data Center, City of Chicago
  9. University Village at UIC, Chicago
  10. O’Hare Airport Runway and Taxiways, City of Chicago
  11. METRA Station and Parking Lot throughout 6 County Areas of Illinois
  12. CTA Skokie and Howard Yard, City of Chicago
  13. Structural Steel Inspection and Testing Services for the City of Chicago
  14. Fire Resistance System Inspection and Testing for the Boeing World Headquarter
  15. Water Proofing System Inspection and Testing for the North Grant Park Garage
CHA Dearborn Homes Sewer Cleaning and Televising Services
PROJECT LOCATION:

CHA Dearborn Homes
2960 S. Federal St.
Chicago.

CLIENT:

CHA/Holabird & Root, LLC.

CONTACT:

Joyce Chou
Jchou@holabird.com
Tel: 312-357-1410

Sewer Cleaning and Televising Services

DETAILED NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT & SERVICES PROVIDED:

Design Consulting Engineers has been selected by Holabird & Root to provide Sewer Inspection Condition Assessment Cleaning and Televising Services for this Chicago Housing Authority Dearborn Homes. CHA Dearborn Homes Campus has 16 mid-rise houses between 27th St. and 30th St. along west side of State Street. The Housing Sewer and Drainage system is connected with about 15000 LF of Sewer line with 170 manholes. This Sewer line is also connected to 30” of City sewer line on State Street. This contract also includes sewer line, manhole, catch basin, floor drain cleaning and televising. The details of services that have been provided are as follows:

Activities of this Project:
  • Coordination with the Chicago Housing Authorities (CHA) School Authorities for Sewer Cleaning and Televising Services.
  • Underground Utility Locating for Cleaning and Televising Services.
  • Field Inspection, Observation and Documentation of Sewer line conditions.
  • Conditions Survey of Underground Drainage Lines, Manholes, Catch Basins, Floor Drains, Roof Drains.
  • Cleaning of Sewer line by use of Rodding and High Velocity Jetting.
  • Televising of Sewer line and manhole structure by high resolution pan and tilt camera by NASCO trained operator.
  • Preparation of Final Sewer Inspection Report, Recommendation and Providing DVD.

 

Chicago Public Schools (CPS)–Geotechnical Engineering & GPR Survey

 

PROJECT LOCATION:

Chicago
Illinois, U.S.A.

CLIENT:

Mark Kozlowski, P.E.

CONTACT:

Joyce Chou
Email: mskozlowski@cps.edu
Tel: 312-577-6464

Email: HGoyal@infrastructure-eng.com
Tel: (312)425-9560

Fee: $500,000


DETAILED NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT & SERVICES PROVIDED:

Design Consulting Engineers has been selected for a 7 year contract since 2014 to provide Geotechnical Engineering Services & Ground Penetration Radar (GPR) survey for all underground utilities. This contract also includes condition assessment and GPR survey for buried sewer line and drainage structure. The City of Chicago’s Public Schools (CPS) manages nearly 600 schools throughout the City of Chicago providing education from Elementary to High School Levels. DCE is providing Geotechnical Engineering Services and Sewer Line Condition Assessment and Locating on priority basis schools as selected by CPS throughout the City of Chicago. The details of services that have been provided are as follows:

Activities of this Project:

  • Coordination with Engineers/Architects for Geotechnical Engineering and GPR survey.
  • Underground Utility Locating for Clearance and Location Acceptability
  • Soil Borings, Sample Collection and Lab and Field Testing including Percolation/Infiltration Testing
  • Interpretation, Analysis and Recommendations for Building/Roadway/Parking Structure
  • Conditions Survey of Underground Drainage Lines, Manholes & Catch Basins.
  • Video Inspection of Sewer line and drainage structure
  • Field Inspection, Observation and Documentation of existing condition.
  • Preparation of Final Geotechnical Engineering Report, Recommendation for Foundation and Pigment structure.
  • Preparation of final GPR Subsurface Geotechnical report & locating underground utility in site CAD plan.