Terracon was contracted by the City of Charlotte through a quality-based selection process to provide geotechnical, shear wave velocity profiling, construction materials engineering and testing, and Special Inspections services for the NASCAR® Hall of Fame project. The $107.5-million Hall of Fame began construction in early 2007 and is located adjacent to the Charlotte Convention Center between Brevard, Caldwell, and Second streets. The Hall of Fame includes exhibit space, a Great Hall, a Hall of Honor, interactive entertainment restaurants, retail outlets, and a state-of-the-art media center for the industry. The project included the construction of an 80,000-square foot grand ballroom expansion to the Charlotte Convention Center and a 1,000-space parking deck. Beginning in July 2006, Terracon performed geotechnical investigations and shear wave velocity profiling for the Hall of Fame Project and the adjacent NASCAR® Office Tower to evaluate the subsurface conditions and profile…
Terracon has been retained by KCPL to provide construction observation and testing services for the Iatan Construction Project near Weston, Mo. The project consists of constructing emissions systems upgrades to the existing plant and a second coal fired power plant unit capable of generating approximately 850 mega-watts of electricity. Terracon was initially retained to provide testing of site fills and backfill, grout for auger cast piles, Portland cement concrete for foundations, and structures and observation of reinforcing steel placement. During the evolution of the project, Platte County, Mo., the governing jurisdiction, required Special Inspections in accordance with the 2003 IBC as a condition of permitting. Terracon's scope was expanded to include observation and testing for masonry and structural steel. Additional environmental services tasks were amended to Terracon's scope including removal of monitoring wells placed for an initial site study and placement of new…
To meet the needs of the growing region, we are proud to serve the Triad, northwest North Carolina and southern Virginia. Our talented team members provide geotechnical and environmental services, along with construction materials engineering and testing. Dam engineering and design services are also provided from the Greensboro office. Our employee-owners are focused on delivering diverse projects capabilities, ranging from multi-family, commercial retail, medical offices, hospitals to Brownfields, K-12 schools to higher education institutions, as well as, manufacturing and industrial facilities.
Terracon's Oakland office offers a full range of environmental consulting services to safely manage chemical, physical, and biological hazards. Our industrial hygiene experts specialize in mold investigations and remediation monitoring; indoor air quality assessments; worker exposure monitoring for dust, noise, vapors, and metals; and a wide variety of other services. The office has one of the largest teams of industrial hygienists and certified asbestos and lead professionals in the San Francisco Bay…
RGA Environmental, A Terracon Company provided regulated environmental consulting services for the $66 million major renovation of the historic Stanley Mosk Library and Courts building. The project involved complete replacement of the mechanical system, fire/life/safety upgrades, roof repair, waterproofing, structural improvements, and restoration of historic features while achieving a LEED accreditation. California's Department of General Services managed the four-year renovation.
Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned consulting engineering firm that has provided quality engineering services to clients since 1965. From its roots in geotechnical engineering, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services for private and public sector clients. Today, Terracon has more than 4,000 employees and more than 140 offices in 42 states.
Terracon’s Jacksonville office maintains a full-service advanced geotechnical laboratory that is…
Terracon was retained by the client to perform construction materials testing for a 297,246-square-foot FedEx Ground Distribution Center located on a 46.19-acre parcel. The project also included a 5,180-square foot vehicle maintenance garage, 1,889-square-foot gateway building, and approximately 750,000 square-feet of asphalt and concrete pavement. Terracon was awarded the project based on an existing relationship with the client (general contractor).
Prior to construction, Terracon was requested to perform an asphalt and concrete pavement evaluation to analyze the minimum pavement sections defined in the plans and specifications. Terracon was provided with a traffic loading spreadsheet and performed an analysis indicating that the defined sections were adequate.
Terracon’s construction material testing services consisted of concrete, soil, and asphalt testing and inspections in addition to structural steel inspections. In addition, Terracon provided…
With Terracon's offices in the surrounding geographic areas of New Orleans and our many years of work there for numerous clients that commanded our level of service, we made a decision to open a new office in the New Orleans metropolitan area in 2010. The area needed a national firm that brought quality and service to the design and construction industry, particularly in this time of enormous rebuilding and infrastructure improvement. We initially began our operations by providing construction materials engineering and testing on projects that stemmed from our national client base,…
Terracon was contracted by Quality Enterprise USA, Inc. for three important flood control projects directed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The LPV 104.02 London Avenue Project was designed to provide hurricane protection and storm proofing for the existing Seabrook Bridge and surrounding areas from storm surge flow from Lake Pontchartrain. The testing included vibration monitoring, soil density testing, and concrete testing associated with construction of new T-Walls.
Terracon completed full-time vibration monitoring during demolition of existing structures, driving of sheet piles, and H-pile installation for the construction of the T-Walls, as well as a new levee access ramp near the University of New Orleans. The new ramp was needed to provide direct access for vehicular traffic from Lakeshore Drive to the UNO campus. Terracon performed soil density tests and concrete tests for the new T-Walls and the new access roadway.
The Portland, Maine, Terracon office provides geotechnical site evaluation, construction material engineering and environmental assessments to Portland and throughout the state of Maine. We work in a variety of markets including, energy, commercial/retail, infrastructure, telecommunications, and more.
Signature projects include drilling and geotechnical…
Terracon provided geotechnical engineering and construction materials engineering and testing services on a full-time basis for the reconstruction of a dry dock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The $21 million project included the replacement of the caisson gate, sill walls, and sill floor at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's 105-year old dry dock facility.
The contract required the demolition of the existing granite blocks and concrete bedding and phased demolition of existing sill structures, including caisson sill armoring. Terracon worked with the client and NAVFAC's engineering team to provide geotechnical monitoring of the dry dock sill and wing walls and surrounding structures during construction.
