This past week Teichert Construction began forming the bridge footings and installing the rebar in anticipation for a concrete pour next week. The recently driven piles are anchored to the footing via rebar which also extend up into the bridge abutments. Pre production soil nail wall work continued this pass week with additional verification nail testing and pre construction shotcrete test panels. Upon installation of production soil nails, shotcrete will be used to in conjunction with wire mesh and reinforcing steel to form the retaining wall face itself. This will maintain the wall face integrity while the soil nails stabilize the hillside behind the retaining wall. Test panels of shotcrete are built by Teichert Construction prior to actual wall construction for Construction Inspection to verify the quality of shotcrete workmanship and confirm its strength properties prior to production.
Concrete forms and rebar at the Abutment 1 stepped footing.
Concrete forms and rebar at the Abutment 2 footing.
Construction of a shotcrete test panel (with reinforcing steel).
Pre production shotcrete at a verification nail face.
