Press Release
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BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH
Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation, Florida, USA
After the disastrous impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considered the Herbert Hoover Dike in Florida to be within the Top 10 dams in the nation re-quiring rehabilitation.
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An engineering study carried out on the dike stated, that the main feature required as part of the rehabilitation is the installation of a uniform permanent Cut-Off wall. The Cut-Off wall is to be installed along the top of the dike to varying depth between 56 ft and 80 ft in order to pre-vent piping and other damaging seepage.
Coastal Caisson, BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH's subsidiary, proposed the Cutter Soil Mixing (CSM) technique to secure the dike from damaging hurricanes and to protect residents and businesses around Lake Okeechobee. The CSM technique has been recently developed by Bauer and is now considered as a state of the art system that brings traditional soil mixing techniques to improved performance and quality levels.
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In 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District awarded Bauer Foundation Corp. with the installation of the Cut-Off wall using the CSM technique within the 22 mile sec-tion from Port Mayaca south to Belle Glade. The results of the demonstration section have exceeded the requirements of the specifications, proving that the CSM technique is a tried and tested technique for Cut-Off wall installation at Herbert Hoover Dike.
Since the beginning of the project Bauer has successfully installed the Cut-Off wall, utilized two CSM Units full time and is ahead of the contractual time schedule.
