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Podcast: GBA Podcast
Episode: #116 - Case History - Went Fishing...Caught a Whale
Description: GBA Case History Series – Case History #116 - Went Fishing...Caught a Whale
Summary
A GBA-member firm was hired to evaluate and design the repair of a sheet pile dock at a food processing plant. The owner was pleased with the design but did not have the capital to construct the full repairs and tasked the engineer with devising a temporary solution.
In the early morning hours on the first day of mobilization for the project, the dock collapsed and the project immediately shifted from repair to replacement. Daily, it seemed, new problems or co...