Abstract:
The city of Kansas City MO is replacing its original airport, constructed in 1972 as a “drive-to-the-gate” facility with a modern, single-terminal facility with just over 1 million square feet in area along with an adjacent 6,300-space parking structure. It is the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history. Author designed and oversaw the installation of 12-in, 16-in and 24-in diameter APG piles to a range of depths with the pile toes located in the alluvial clay, weathered shale, or on intact limestone, depending on the required loads at each column location. Presentation will include a rewview of the subsruface conditons, the foundation suppor requirements, the extensive performance test program (started before production pnstallation but not completed until well into production phase of the project) and the resulting productoin pile installation requirements. The approach resulted in about $700,000 in savings to the city.