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Digested Sludge Dewatering Facility

Design-Build, Aggregate Piers

San Jose, California

Project Description

AGI performed Aggregate Pier ground improvement at the Digested Sludge Dewatering Facility Project at the SJ-SC Regional Wastewater Facility in San Jose, California. We installed a total of 364 aggregate piers to support a new dewatering building and loadout facility using a bottom-feed vibroflot system.

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Application

  • Densification of cohesionless soils
  • Improve bearing capacity
  • Limit the static and seismic settlement

Geotechnical Conditions

  • High groundwater and liquefiable sandy soil
  • Soft, compressible, fine-grained soil

Project Info:

  • Design-Build Contractor:  Advanced Geosolutions Inc (AGI)
  • Owner: The City of San Jose
  • General Contractor:  Walsh Group
  • Geotechnical Engineer: Cornerstone Earth Group
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