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L-8 Canal: Soil Bentonite Slurry Wall To Eliminate Water Seepage

Project Summary

Installation of a Soil Bentonite Slurry Wall Along L-8 Canal

The L-8 Canal project consisted of the installation of a soil-bentonite slurry wall through an existing dike along the L-8 canal in West Palm County , Florida . The cutoff wall was installed to eliminate seepage that was occurring through the dike, particularly in high water conditions. The cutoff wall was excavated under bentonite slurry to a depth of 30 feet. The wall was 9,000 linear feet, 30 inches wide, with a total square footage of 280,000 sf. The trench was backfilled with a 1 x 10-7cm/sec soil-bentonite backfill. Difficult site conditions were encountered and overcome, including working on the top of the levee which was very narrow and excavating through a rock layer at about 20 feet below

Geo-Solutions scope of work included:

• Provision of extended excavator stick fitted on a Komatsu PC 750 LC
• Provision of specialized trenching buckets
• Provision of slurry batching equipment
• Construction supervision and quality control oversight
• Provision of all bentonite materials
• Completion of a backfill design mix program
• Provision of Slurry Specialist

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