Kubota Manufacturing of America RTV Facility

Project Description

Southern Geotechnical Consultants, LLC (SGC) provided geotechnical engineering and construction monitoring and testing (CMT) services in association with Kubota Manufacturing of America’s new RTV Production and Assembly Project at Gateway Industrial Park in Gainesville, Georgia. As part of this project Kubota constructed an approximate 480,000 square foot 1-story steel frame masonry and pre-cast concrete panel structure containing large equipment foundations, process pits and a state-of-the-art powder-coating system for equipment manufacturing. As part of these equipment foundations, close tolerances were necessary for settlement analysis performed in the area of the precise tooling equipment.

As part of the geotechnical design services, soil test borings and applicable laboratory analysis were performed at the site to help assess the nature of the subsurface materials and provide soil design parameters including a site-specific settlement 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, and in-place density testing for the building pad, and utility backfill, 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.