The new gated dam on the Monongahela River at Braddock, Pennsylvania, was
built for the US Army Corps of Engineers using an innovative “In-the-Wet”
technology. A key feature of this technology involves construction of the
foundations through the water and later mating the completed structure or a shell
of the structure to the pre-installed foundation. This paper presents a description
of the structure, its foundation, construction sequence and design details
required to successfully implement this technology.
Author: Robert B. Bittner, Ben C. Gerwick, Inc. & William R. Miles, Bergmann Associates
Publisher: DFI