CIVE 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Corktown Common, Geomembrane, Landform
4 Apr 2016
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Adjacent to river that was likely to lood. Originally residenial (1880s), but residents were driven out for the industry. In 1970s factories went bankrupt, area was abandoned. Esimate to clean up site was . 4 billion in 1990s due to lack of appropriate technology. Redevelop area to host athletes village for pan am 2015 games. Phase 2: build around the park: built lood protecion landform (fpl) - had to engineer soil to be considered permanent, designated a land form to be able to build on it, dike is not a permanent feature c. Installaion of geo-membrane between new and old soil i. Can no long load very large structures if on top of a geo-membrane: bore holes to invesigate contaminated soil, some soil removed, new soil brought in. Underground pipes, pump storage cells, water treatment equipment. Purposely iltered water into marsh system (natural cleaning facility on site) Looked at surrounding structures - contoured shape of river itself to control water low.
