McMahon & Mann was retained by the New York State Office of General Services to develop geotechnical design recommendations for the new Engineering and Science Building on the State University of New York at Binghamton campus. We retained Earth Dimensions, Inc. to drill ten borings and install several groundwater monitoring wells. The subsurface conditions consist of fill over a silty sand deposit over dense glacial till.
McMahon & Mann was retained by NYSOGS to develop geotechnical design recommendations for the new Engineering and Science Building on the SUNY Binghamton campus. We retained Earth Dimensions, Inc. to drill ten borings and install several groundwater monitoring wells. The subsurface conditions consist of fill over a silty sand deposit over dense glacial till.
McMahon & Mann prepared a geotechnical engineering report for the new building with recommendations for spread footings, floor slab design and basement drainage. The report also included an evaluation of the Seismic Site Class in accordance with the NYS Building Code.
In addition to the foundation design recommendations, the subsurface conditions and construction sequence presented other unusual geotechnical challenges. For example, since the new building was to be connected to an existing structure, McMahon & Mann developed underpinning recommendations for the foundations of the existing building during construction.
Additionally, due to elevated groundwater conditions at the site McMahon & Mann designed a permanent groundwater collection system that was installed beneath the basement floor slab.
