Palmetto Commerce Park Expansion

Project Description

Southern Geotechnical Consultants, LLC (SGC) provided geotechnical engineering and construction monitoring and testing (CMT) services in association with the expansion of Site Nos. 2 and 3 at Pattillo Industrial Real Estate’s Palmetto Commerce Park in North Charleston, South Carolina. As part of this project, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate began development of industrial facilities at the two parcels.

As part of the design phase, SGC provided geotechnical design services that included soil test borings and applicable laboratory analysis to help assess the nature of the subsurface materials and provide soil design parameters. Additionally, both a site specific seismic was performed so that shear wave soil profile could be measured and modeled to directly asses the seismic site class and design ground motions using a probabilistic seismic hazard and site response analysis.

During construction, SGC provided all construction materials testing and “Special Inspections” services related to the project including monitoring and testing as required by the project specifications in conjunction with mass grading and building construction The testing/evaluations performed during the earthwork phase included soil stability evaluations, in-place density testing for the building pad, earth reinforced retaining walls and utility backfill. During the building construction phase the testing/evaluations included shallow foundation and subgrade evaluations; inspections of reinforcing steel placement; bolt torque and visual weld inspections; non-destructive evaluations of moment weld connections; concrete strength; masonry block; grout and masonry cell reinforcement placement; concrete and mortar placement; concrete slab moisture transmission surveys; NPDES inspections; storm water monitoring; and pavement placement.