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CHAPTER 3
CHICAGO AVENUE AND STATE STREET
SUBWAY RENOVATION PROJECT OVERVIEW
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3.1 GENERAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This chapter presents support system performance
observations and building response data collected during
the excavation
and construction the Chicago Avenue and State Street Subway
renovation project in Chicago, IL. The Chicago Department
of Transportation (CDOT) authorized the renovation and expansion
of the existing subway station. The renovations included
adding a mezzanine section for office and vendor spaces and
making the station handicap accessible. The station renovations
began in June 1999 and were completed by using the cut and
cover technique of construction. The construction included
excavating 12.2 m of soft to medium clay to expose the existing
subway station and tunnels and to allow for capital improvements.
CDOT contracted with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
(WJE) to monitor ground and structural movements associated
with the excavation and the subsequent renovations, to monitor
the vertical movements of the adjacent school, and to assess
the potential for structural damage to the adjacent buildings.
The adjacent buildings of most concern were the Frances Xavier
Warde School and the Holy Name Cathedral. The structural
response of the Warde School to the excavation was of particular
interest because of its close proximity to
the excavation.
Northwestern University was subcontracted by
WJE to perform the portion of the contract involving monitoring
and predicting
the ground movements that resulted from the excavation activities.
Figure
3-1 shows the Chicago and State subway renovation
project site as viewed from two different directions. Figure
3-2 shows a plan view of the Chicago and State subway
renovation project site including instrument locations,
temporary wall types and strut locations. The temporary
wall support along State Street consisted of tieback
anchors and cross-lot braces.
Monitoring and performance
data collected during the construction included lateral
soil deformations, pore water pressures,
vertical building movements and loads in several cross-lot
braces and tiebacks. Inclinometers measured lateral movements
at five locations around the excavation. Pore pressures
were measured using pneumatic piezometers at two locations
on
opposite sides of the excavation. Data from the inclinometers
and piezometers were obtained daily during wall installation
and excavation, and at least on a weekly basis after the
excavation had reached its final depth. Strut loads were
determined from measurements of strain in the struts for
three of the struts. Loads in the tieback anchors were
determined using load cells. The load cells were installed
on four anchors,
two on either side of the excavation. Strain gauge and
load cell data were obtained daily during excavation, and
weekly
after the excavation was completed. Inclination and elongation
of the foundation wall were measured using tiltmeters and
extensometers, respectively. Data from these devices were
obtained daily by remote access during construction. Lastly,
building movements were surveyed optically once per week
during the project.
3.2 SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS
3.2.1 Geology and Site Stratigraphy
The soils in the Chicago area are primarily glacially derived
sediments. Four major geologic events contributed to the
formation of the subsurface conditions in this area. The
geologic events included: (i) Marine sediment deposition—these
deposits formed the bedrock in the vast majority of the Chicago
area; (ii) A long period of erosion, which occurred prior
to the Pleistocene glaciation; (iii) Successive advances
and retreats of a continental glacier during the Pleistocene
epoch—the majority of the area soils were deposited
during the Wisconsin stage of this epoch; and (iv) The variation
of elevation of the glacial Lake Chicago, which included
water levels from 18 m above to 30 m below the current levels
of Lake Michigan (about 177 m above mean sea level).
Much
of the subsoil in the Chicago area was deposited during
advances and retreats of the Wisconsin Stage glacier. These
subsoils consisted of debris that was aggregated and deposited
directly by glacier ice without disaggregation by other
agents,
such as melt water. The advance and retreat process was
marked by terminal moraines, which created readily identifiable
strata. The geologic names of the more prominent strata
in
order of deposition are the Valparaiso, Tinley, Park Ridge,
Deerfield, Blodgett and Highland Park. The two older strata,
Valparaiso and Tinley, are comprised of hard clays and
silts. The Park Ridge, Deerfield, Blodgett and Highland Park
strata
are comprised primarily of silty clays. These younger strata
tend to be softer and more compressible than the older
strata. The varying stiffness of the different strata is
attributed
to the changes in the weight of the overlying glaciers
during deposition.
The Park Ridge, Deerfield, and Blodgett
strata define the Lake Border morainic system, which partially
bounds the Lake
Chicago lake plain. The Chicago and State project site
is located within the lake plain. The Blodgett, Deerfield
and
Park Ridge strata are ice margin deposits. Deposition of
these strata occurred under water, when Lake Chicago was
at its highest elevation of approximately 195 m above mean
sea level. Each morainic stratum can be identified by their
sediment properties that resulted from deposition in a
particular sub-environment. The depositional environment
determined
the fundamental geotechnical properties of the glacial
deposits including texture, particle shape, fabric, density
and stress
history. Chung and Finno (1992) found that the Blodgett,
Deerfield, and Park Ridge strata are distinguished by water
content and undrained shear strength and that the geotechnical
parameters reflect the variability of the sediment properties.
Figure
3-3 shows the geologic subsurface conditions for
the Chicago and State project site. The figure presents
the
geologic units and the generalized site stratigraphy.
The elevations in Figure 3-3 are given in terms of Chicago
City Datum (CCD). An elevation of 0 m CCD corresponds
to
the mean average level of Lake Michigan. The geologic
strata encountered at the Chicago and State project site
include:
- The Blodgett stratum is supraglacial in origin, which
implies deposition from the upper surface of the ice. A
relatively wide range of water contents and liquid limits
characterizes supraglacial deposits. The Blodgett stratum
is subdivided into two sub-strata based on the undrained
shear strength. The Upper Blodgett stratum consists of
a desiccated crust and underlying soft clays with undrained
shear strengths that increase with depth. The desiccated
clay crust was formed as a result of a drop in the water
level after deposition. The Lower Blodgett stratum consists
soft clays with slightly higher undrained shear strengths
that continue to increase with depth. The average thickness
of the Upper Blodgett stratum is 3.4 m while that of the
Lower Blodgett stratum is 2.4 m.
- The Deerfield stratum consists of medium stiff clay and
is characterized by uniform water contents. The Deerfield
stratum is about 3.7 m thick. The excavation bottoms out
in the Deerfield stratum at elevation -7.9 m CCD.
- The Park Ridge stratum is a stiff to very stiff clay
with lower water contents than the Deerfield stratum. The
Park Ridge stratum is about 4.6 m thick. The Deerfield
and Park Ridge strata are either basal melt-out tills or
waterlain paratills.
- The Tinley stratum, a lodgement till, underlies the ice
margin deposits and consists of very stiff to hard clays
and silts. The hard soils encountered below elevation -18.3
m CCD are known locally as "hardpan." The lodgement
tills are often characterized as being very dense to hard
and relatively incompressible soils.
With the exception of the clay crust in the
Upper Blodgett stratum, the Lake Border deposits are lightly
overconsolidated
as a result of lowered groundwater levels after deposition
and aging.
From Figure 3-3, it is seen that a fill deposit
overlies the glacial clays. The fill is mostly medium dense
sand,
but also contains occasional construction debris. The fill
deposit is approximately 4.3 m thick.
3.2.2 Laboratory and Field Testing
Several researchers had developed stratigraphic correlations
for the geologic strata in the Chicago area based on index
tests and undrained shear strengths (Peck and Reed, 1954;
Otto, 1963; and Chung and Finno, 1992). A profile showing
the variation of undrained shear strength and index properties
with depth is presented in Figure
3-4. The field vane data, unconfined compression data,
pocket penetrometer data, and much of the index properties
data were obtained from samples of the Blodgett, Deerfield,
and Park Ridge strata at or adjacent to the Chicago and State
project site. The triaxial test data and some additional
index testing data were obtained from test specimens of the
geologic strata found at the Chicago and State site. Kawamura
(1999) and Roboski (2001) performed extensive laboratory
testing on specimens from the Blodgett, Deerfield, and Park
Ridge strata including index property, consolidation, and
triaxial tests. The index properties included natural water
content, Atterberg limits, and specific gravity at various
depths. The triaxial testing included drained triaxial compression
(TXC) and reduced triaxial extension (RTXE) testing and undrained-consolidated
triaxial compression (TXC CIU) testing. Table 3-1 presents
the summary of the index tests. Table 3-2 summarizes the
consolidation properties. The summary of the drained and
undrained triaxial tests is given in Table 3-3.
TABLE 3-1. SUMMARY OF AVERAGE INDEX PROPERTIES (AFTER ROBOSKI,
2001)
| Stratum |
Depth(m) |
wn (%) |
LL (%) |
PL (%) |
SG
|
| Upper Blodgett |
5.5-8.8 |
32.9 |
42.0 |
22.2 |
2.63 |
| Deerfield |
11.3-15 |
21.1 |
30.5 |
16.6 |
2.72 |
| Park Ridge |
15-19.5 |
16.5 |
24 |
14.3 |
2.76 |
Definitions:
wn: Natural moisture content
LL: Liquid limit
PL: Plastic limit
SG: Specific gravity
TABLE 3-2. SUMMARY OF CONSOLIDATION PROPERTIES (AFTER ROBOSKI,
2001)
| Stratum |
Sample |
Depth (m) |
Cc |
Cr |
σvo '(kPa) |
σp '(kPa) |
OCR |
eo |
| Upper Blodgett |
S-5 |
5.3-6.1 |
0.25 |
0.04 |
85.2 |
85.2 |
1.00 |
0.79 |
| Upper Blodgett |
I-2A |
5.3-6.1 |
0.28 |
0.03 |
103.5 |
109.5 |
1.06 |
0.79 |
| Upper Blodgett |
I-2b |
5.3-6.1 |
0.25 |
0.028 |
103.5 |
114.3 |
1.10 |
0.79 |
| Lower Blodgett |
S-11 |
10.7-11.4 |
0.17 |
0.02 |
129.3 |
132.3 |
1.02 |
0.59 |
| Lower Blodgett |
I-4 |
10.5 |
0.23 |
0.038 |
128.6 |
123.8 |
1.0 |
0.73 |
| Deerfield |
S-13 |
12.2-13 |
0.15 |
0.03 |
149.4 |
151.3 |
1.01 |
0.59 |
| Deerfield |
I-1 |
12.2-13 |
0.186 |
0.031 |
128.6 |
123.8 |
1.0 |
0.58 |
| Deerfield |
I-2 |
12.2-13 |
0.181 |
0.02 |
128.6 |
152.4 |
1.2 |
0.59 |
| Park Ridge |
S-20 |
18.3-19.1 |
0.12 |
0.03 |
200.2 |
206.9 |
1.03 |
0.43 |
| Park Ridge |
I-2a
|
18.3-19.1 |
0.107 |
0.02 |
169.5 |
100.0 |
1.0 |
0.45 |
| Park Ridge |
I-2B |
18.3-19.1 |
0.106 |
0.02 |
169.5 |
166.7 |
1.0 |
0.45 |
Definitions:
Cc: Compression index sp’: Pre-consolidation pressure
Cr: Recompression index OCR: Overconsolidation ratio
svo': Effective overburden pressure eo: Initial void ratio
TABLE 3-3. SUMMARY OF TRIAXIAL TEST DATA (AFTER ROBOSKI,
2001)
Drained Triaxial Test Data
| Stratum |
Sample |
Depth (m) |
TXC/RTXE |
σvc '(KPa) |
Winitial (%) |
Wfinal (%) |
(σ1-σ3)f(KPa) |
φ'o
|
| Upper Blodgett |
S-5 |
5.3-6.1 |
TXC |
200 |
32.71 |
25.52 |
280.4 |
24.3 |
Upper Blodgett
|
S-5 |
5.3-6.1 |
TXC |
400 |
34.01 |
23.06 |
465.0 |
23.9 |
| Upper Blodgett |
S-4 |
4.6-5.3 |
RTXE |
85 |
32.1 |
31.3 |
-68 |
41.8 |
| Lower Blodgett |
S-11 |
10.7-11.4 |
TXC |
220 |
~22 |
- |
375.0 |
27 |
| Lower Blodgett |
S-11 |
10.7-11.4 |
TXC |
400 |
~22 |
- |
670.0 |
27 |
| Lower Blodgett |
S-10 |
9.9-10.7 |
RTXE |
130 |
23.2 |
19.95 |
-88.0 |
30.7 |
| Deerfield |
S-13 |
12.2-13 |
TXC |
175 |
21.03 |
17.94 |
341.7 |
29.8 |
| Deerfield |
S-13 |
12.2-13 |
TXC |
350 |
21.02 |
16.47 |
617.5 |
28.0 |
| Deerfield |
S-13 |
12.2-13 |
TXC |
450 |
21.11 |
16.29 |
827.0 |
28.6 |
| Deerfield |
S-15 |
14.5-15.2 |
RTXE |
164 |
21.39 |
20.4 |
-130.0 |
41 |
| Park Ridge |
S-18 |
16.8-17.4 |
TXC |
200 |
15.23 |
14.08 |
482.0 |
32.3 |
| Park Ridge |
S-18 |
16.8-17.4 |
TXC |
350 |
15.23 |
12.89 |
758.0 |
31.3 |
| Park Ridge |
S-18 |
16.8-17.4 |
TXC |
450 |
15.23 |
13.67 |
928.0 |
30.5 |
| Park Ridge |
S-19 |
17.5-18 |
RTXE |
193 |
20.2 |
17.54 |
-141.0 |
35 |
| - |
S-6 |
7.6 |
TXC |
200 |
13.06 |
9.77 |
467.0 |
32.6 |
Undrained Triaxial Test Data
| Stratum |
Sample |
Dept(m) |
Su/σvc'TXC |
σvc'(kPa) |
Wintial(%) |
Wfianl(%) |
(σ1-σ3)f(kPa) |
| Upper Blodgett |
S-5
|
5.3-6.1 |
0.34 |
100 |
34.29 |
29.21 |
67.6 |
| Lower Blodgett |
S-11 |
10.7-11.4 |
0.37 |
130 |
23.65 |
19.43 |
96.0 |
| Deerfield |
S-15 |
14.5-15.2 |
0.45 |
168 |
- |
20.3 |
151.0 |
| Park Ridge |
S-20 |
18.3-19.1 |
0.54 |
204 |
20.4 |
18.68 |
221.0 |
3.2.3 Engineering Properties of the Soil
It is apparent from Figure 3-4 that the natural water content
of the Deerfield stratum is relatively constant. The range
of values is from roughly 20 percent to about 22 percent.
The natural water content of the Blodgett stratum is more
erratic and higher than the Deerfield. These values range
from about 18 percent to about 32 percent. The erratic behavior
of the Blodgett stratum water content values reflects the
fact that these sediments resulted from supraglacial deposition.
The natural water content continues to decrease with depth
below the Deerfield, such that the water content of the Park
Ridge stratum varies between 16 percent and 18 percent. Figure
3-4 shows that the natural water contents of the Blodgett
stratum are near the liquid limits, suggesting that the layer
is normally to lightly overconsolidated. Conversely,
the natural water contents of the Deerfield and Park Ridge
are closer to the plastic limits, suggesting these layers
are slightly more overconsolidated than the Blodgett.
From
the index properties, the glacial clays at the Chicago
and State project site were classified as lean clay (CL)
using the United Soil Classification System (USCS). In
general, the index properties and the consolidation results
presented
in Table 3-1 and Table 3-2 reflect that the strata become
less compressible as the depth increases. The results presented
in Table 3-3 indicate the shear strength increases with
depth. The specific trends obtained from the three tables
are as
follows:
- The initial void ratio (eo) decreased with
depth from about 0.79 to about 0.43.
- The specific gravity (SG) increased slightly
with depth from 2.63 to 2.76.
- The maximum preconsolidation stress (σp')
increased with depth from about 85 kPa at 6 m to about
200 kPa at 18 m.
- The compression index (Cc) decreased with
depth from about 0.25 to about 0.106.
- The TXC drained friction angle (φ')
increased with depth from about 24 degrees to about 32
degrees.
- The RTXE drained friction angle (φ')
decreased with depth from about 42 degrees to about 35
degrees.
- The normalized undrained shear strength (Su/σvc')
increased with depth from 0.34 to 0.54.
It is observed that there are some occasional variances
in the overall trend of stiffer and less compressible strata
with increasing depth. Roboski (2001) noted that this was
possibly due to sample disturbance.
3.3 ADJACENT STRUCTURES
The existing structures adjacent to the project
site influenced many of the design decisions relating to
the selection of
the excavation support system. The potential for damaging
these structures was estimated based on the proximity of
these structures to the excavation, the building type, the
foundation system, and the expected magnitude and distribution
of the ground movements. The Frances Xavier Warde School
was of primary concern due to its proximity to the excavation.
The
school was built in the late sixties and is a 3-story reinforced
concrete frame structure. When viewed in plan,
the building has an "L" shape. The floor system
at each level consists of a reinforced concrete pan-joist
system, supported by reinforced concrete beams. The beams
are supported on concrete columns at interior locations and
masonry bearing walls and columns around the perimeter. The
bearing walls rest on a reinforced concrete basement wall.
The basement wall is nominally 2.8 m tall and 400 mm thick
and is supported by an approximately 1.2 m wide continuous
footing. The interior columns are supported on reinforced
concrete spread footings that are nominally 760 mm thick
and vary in size from 4 m by 4 m to 5 m by 5 m. The average
depth bottom of the footings is approximately 3.7 m below
ground surface. The building façade on the north,
south, and west elevations of the building consists of windows
and coarse limestone with a concrete masonry unit (CMU) backup
wall. The east elevation of the building consist of a Chicago
common brick veneer wall and a CMU backup wall. The school
was located approximately 2 m from the excavation. The proximity
of the school relative to the excavation is shown in Figure
3-2.
Also adjacent to the excavation, is the 125-year-old
Holy Name Cathedral. In plan view, the cathedral is a cruciform.
The structure is primarily a masonry bearing wall system
with the exception of the central spire, which is supported
on drill piers that extend to bedrock. The façade
of the cathedral consists of limestone masonry and ornate
masonry features. The steep roofs are cover with slate shingles.
The cathedral was located approximately 15 m southeast of
the excavation. Although of initial concern, measurements
recorded throughout the project indicated that the excavation-related
deformations at the cathedral were insignificant.
The Chicago
and State Street subway tunnel and station were the belowground
structures adjacent to the excavation. The
subway station and tunnel were constructed between 1939
and 1941. Excavation was performed using the liner-plate
tunneling
method. The tunnel consists of twin subway tubes and passenger
platforms and is symmetrical about its centerline. The
tunnel travels in the north and south directions. Each tube
is approximately
5 m wide and 6 m tall in the interior and each passenger
platform is 2 m wide and 5 m tall in the interior. The
bottom elevation of the tunnel is 9 m CCD. The tunnel was
located
approximately 4.5 m west of the Warde School. The existing
subway tunnel increased the overall stability of the excavation
because of its mass and stiffness.
3.4 EXCAVATION SUPPORT SYSTEM DESIGN METHODOLOGY
The principal focus of the excavation support
system design was to protect the Warde School from excavation-related
damage.
Given the proximity of the school to the excavation, a major
design issue was the movement associated with construction.
The continuous wall footing, along the west side of the Warde
School, was about 1.5 m from the centerline of the secant
pile wall. Because of this close proximity, it would have
been extremely difficult to perform the excavation without
causing any damage to the school. Thus during the design
phase of the project, the owner of the school and the designers
agreed that the support system would prevent structural damage
to the Warde School while permitting minor architectural
damage. The intent was that the architectural damage would
be repaired at the end of the project. It became apparent
that a stiff excavation support system was needed given the
soft clays at the site and the requirement of minimizing
movements.
A complicating factor faced by the designers
was that the CDOT contractually dictates that all temporary
support
is the responsibility of the contractor.
Consequently, the designers were reluctant to specify excavation procedures
and design details in the bid documents. Rather, the bid documents contained
a performance specification, a conceptual design, a lateral earth pressure
loading diagram, and several deformation limits that, if exceeded, would
trigger specific responses from the contractor.
The deformation limits were defined by:
1. Computing maximum horizontal wall deformation using the
charts developed by Clough et al. (1989). This method relates
system stiffness (defined as EI/h4γw where
EI is the bending stiffness of the wall, h is the average
spacing between support levels and γw is
the unit weight of water) and factor of safety against basal
heave to the maximum horizontal wall movement. This value
was reduced to account for the 3-dimensional nature of the
excavation along State Street using recommendations of Ou
et al. (1996);
2. Assuming the maximum horizontal movement
equals the maximum settlement and computing the vertical
settlement distribution
behind the wall by the procedure recommended by Hsieh and
Ou (1998), and;
3. Using the expected settlement profile
as input to a finite element model of the Warde School
to evaluate the extent
of damage to the building. The potential extent of damage
was defined and evaluated in terms of the computed tensile
stresses.
The potential damage obtained from the finite
element simulation was compared to the range of damage
deemed acceptable by
the owner. If the potential damage exceeded the acceptable
range, a stiffer wall support system was used and the evaluation
process was re-started at step 1. The process was iterated
until the estimated level of damage was within an acceptable
range. Deformation action limits and corresponding actions
were established for the project based on the results of
this process and the condition survey of the building.
These limits and corresponding actions are given in Table
3-4.
The movements shown in the table could be either lateral
movement or settlement. A number of aspects of this project
were not specifically considered when predicting the maximum
horizontal movement, and therefore created uncertainties
in the prediction. These aspects and their effect on the
predicted movements are summarized in Table 3-5.
Table 3-4.
Project Performance Specifications Related to Movements
| Horizontal or Vertical Movement |
Action required |
| 19 mm |
Contractor and owner notified |
| 25 mm |
Contractor and owner notified and site meeting followed
up by written report and recommendations |
| 32 mm |
Contractor and owner notified, immediate inspection
of structure, and contractor with owner's approval to
initiate probable remedial measures |
Table 3-5. Project Details and Expected Effects on Predicted
Movements
| Project Detail |
Expected Effects on Predicted Movement |
| Presence of tunnel in center of evacation |
Reduce predicted movements because of stabilizing weight
in center of excavation |
| Effects of construction of Warde Scholl |
Reduce predicted movements because of the smaller load
to support, i.e., school weighs less than excavated soil |
| Installing tiebacks through soft clay under Warde School |
Increase predicted movements because this source of
movement not considered |
| Secant pile wall installation; details of installation
procedure not specified to contractor |
Increase predicted movements because this source
of movement not considered
|
| Three-dimensional geometry resulting from simultaneous
excavation along Chicago Ave. When the movement predictions
were made, the Chicago Ave. excavation was not part of
the main excavation |
Increase predicted movements in northwest corner of
school |
| Effects of tunnel installation on in situ soil stresses,
i.e., no known conditions prior to start of excavation |
Unknown |
While the effect of some of these aspects could
have been evaluated with a finite element analyses, time
constraints
precluded such analyses. Furthermore, even if such analyses
had been conducted, significant uncertainty would have remained.
No guidance could be found from local practice because this
was the first time this type of support system was used in
the soft Chicago clays. These uncertainties and the lack
of local experience were the reason why the instrumentation
program was implemented.
3.5 EXCAVATION SUPPORT SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
The primary excavation support system used for the project
consisted of a secant pile wall with three levels of support. Figure
3-5 presents a section view of the excavation support
system. The plan view showing the excavation support system
was presented previously in Figure 3-2. The wall consisted
of overlapping 915-mm-diameter drilled shafts installed along
the east and west sides of the excavation. Each shaft nominally
overlapped adjacent shafts by 150 mm. A W24x55 section was
placed in alternating shafts to provide additional stiffness
to the wall. The top level of supports consisted of cross-lot
pipe struts, which were shimmed against the upper waler.
The steel pipe struts had a diameter of 610 mm and a nominal
wall thickness of 17 mm. The center-to-center horizontal
spacing between the struts was approximately 6.1 m. Tieback
anchors were used for the second and third levels of support.
The regroutable tiebacks were bundled steel tendons. The
steel tendons consisted of four to five, 15-mm, 1860 MPa
steel strands. The 150-mm-diameter tieback anchors were installed
at a 1.5-m center-to-center spacing. They were installed
at a 45-degree angle and had bond lengths of 9.1 m to 10.7
m. Unbonded lengths were at least 9.1 m. The bond zone was
located in the stiff clay below elevation -12.5 m CCD. The
bond length was estimated using an allowable interface strength
of 125 kPa.
The portion of the excavation north of the
Warde School was braced with two levels of struts. The upper
level
struts
consisted of HP10x42 sections. The lower level consisted
of HP12x53 sections. A soldier pile and lagging wall was
placed along the north and south ends of the excavation.
The
east-west cross-section through the excavation given in
Figure 3-5 shows why the combined support was required
at this site. The Warde School had a 3-m deep basement
that precluded using tiebacks for the first level. Also,
there
was the need to place the first brace near the top of the
wall to minimize movements. The presence of the tunnel
precluded using cross-lot supports for the second and third
levels.
Tiebacks in the lower level were installed with the drilling
equipment placed atop the tunnel, 3 m away from the face
of the wall.
3.6 FIELD INSTRUMENTATION
The field instrumentation was divided into three groups;
ground instrumentation, structural support instrumentation
and instrumentation for the adjacent structure. The ground
instrumentation included inclinometers and piezometers. The
structural support instrumentation included load cells and
strain gauges. Optical survey points, string pot extensometers,
tiltmeters, and crack gauges were used to monitor the response
of the Frances Xavier Warde School to the construction activities.
The ground instrumentation was installed and initialized
prior to any construction activities at the site. Data from
the ground instrumentation were obtained daily during the
wall installation and excavation activities and at least
weekly during the station renovation and backfill activities.
The excavation support system instrumentation was installed
as soon as the particular structural element was placed.
Data were collected from these instruments on the same schedule
as that of the ground instrumentation. The adjacent structure
instrumentation was also installed and initialized prior
to any construction activities. Optical surveys were made
at least weekly during the project. The tiltmeters and extensometers
were queried several times per day by remote access throughout
the project. The crack gauge data were collect weekly after
the onset of damage was observed.
3.6.1 Ground Instrumentation
Lateral movements of the soil behind the secant
pile wall were recorded using five inclinometers located
around the
excavation site. The locations of the five inclinometers
relative to the site are shown in Figure 3-2. Lateral ground
movements were monitored around the Warde School with Inclinometer
1 and Inclinometers 2 placed along the east side of the excavation
and Inclinometer 5 placed around the north side of the school.
The free field lateral movements were measured with Inclinometer
4 placed on the west side of the excavation. Inclinometer
3 was located on the southwest corner of the school. This
inclinometer was installed to monitor deformations that might
affect the cathedral.
Inclinometer 1, Inclinometer 2, and
Inclinometer 3 were all installed to depth of 22.5 m (elevation
-18.3 m CCD).
Inclinometer 5 and Inclinometer 4 were both installed to
depth of 24.4 m (elevation -20.1 m CCD). For all inclinometers,
the primary direction of inclination was towards the adjacent
excavation and the secondary direction was 90 degrees to
the primary direction. According to the manufacturer, the
accuracy of the inclinometer measurements was ± 6
mm per 25 m of casing.
Pore pressures were measured using
pneumatic piezometers at two locations. The piezometers
were placed at opposite
sides of the excavation, adjacent to Inclinometer 1 and
Inclinometer 4. The piezometers were installed in nested
pairs. At both
locations, the two piezometers were separated vertically
by about 3 m. Figure
3-6 presents the subsurface locations of the piezometers.
The piezometers adjacent to Inclinometer 1 were installed
at nominal elevations of -5.8 m CCD and -8.8 m CCD within
the soft to medium clay. The piezometers adjacent to Inclinometer
4 were installed at nominal elevations of -6.4 m CCD and
-9.4 m CCD. Note the elevation of the bottom of the excavation
was at -8 m CCD.
3.6.2 Structural Support Instrumentation
Strut loads were determined from measurements
of strain in the struts. Vibrating wire strain gages were
attached
to Struts 3, 4, and 5. Three strain gauges were attached
to each strut at 120-degree intervals around the circumference.
The strain gauges on Struts 3 and 4 were placed at a distance
from the east end of approximately 2/5 the length of the
strut. The gauges on Strut 5 were placed in the middle of
the strut. Temperature corrections were applied to all strain
measurements.
Loads in the tieback anchors were determined
using hollow-core load cells mounted directly onto the
tieback anchors. Four load cells were installed at two separate
locations along the east wall. For both locations, one load cell was install
on an upper level tieback and one load cell was installed on a lower level
tieback. The locations of the load cells corresponded to Strut 3 and Strut
4. The locations of Struts 3 and 4 relative to the excavation site are shown
in Figure 3-2. The load cells measured the forces in the tieback anchors
directly.
3.6.3 Adjacent Structure Instrumentation
Figure
3-7 denotes the locations of the instrumentation used
to monitor the response of the Warde School. Settlement
was monitored by optical survey points established on the
interior columns, on the roof, and along several locations
on the exterior walls of the Warde School. The interior
column survey points were all placed in the basement level.
There was also several survey points located on top of
the secant pile wall. The survey was conducted to an accuracy
of about ± 3 mm.
Tiltmeters were installed along
the perimeter walls in the basement level of the Warde
School to measured inclination
of the foundation wall directly. The tiltmeters were mounted
on baseplates that were attached to the wall and were typically
placed about 1.5 m above the basement floor. Tiltmeters
T1, T2, T3, and T6 measured tilt in the north-south direction.
Tiltmeters T4, T5, T7, T8, and T9 measured tilt in the
east-west
direction.
The figure also shows that extensometers were
mounted along the wall in the basement level. These devices
were string
pot potentiometers mounted on baseplates and measured length
changes of the foundation wall directly. Extensometers
S5 and S6 were horizontal to the wall and Extensometers S1
and
S2 and, S3 and S4 were placed diagonally along the wall.
Measurements obtained from the extensometers were not corrected
for temperature effects and were exposed to variations
in the temperature during the duration of the project.
Consequently,
accurate estimations of cumulative elongation or shortening
of the basement foundation walls could not
be obtained. Although there were occasional spikes in the
data, estimates of the incremental changes in length of
the basement wall were negligible. The extensometer data
was
ultimately not use for any analyses because the uncertainty
in the quality of the data.
A crack gauge was used to monitor
a diagonal wall crack located on the south wall of a third
level classroom. The
classroom was located at about the center of the building,
just north of the C5 location (refer to Figure 3-7). The
crack gauge monitored the change in width of the crack
in both the horizontal and vertical directions
3.7 SUMMARY
The excavation along State Street was approximately
40 m long and 24 m wide and was advanced to an average final
depth
of 12.2 m (elevation -7.9 m CCD). The excavation along Chicago
Avenue was approximately 24 m long and 7 m wide and was advanced
to a depth of 8.2 m (elevation -4 m CCD). The secant pile
wall was approximately 18.3 m deep and was constructed by
drilling overlapping 915-mm diameter shafts. W24x55 sections
were placed in alternating shafts. Center-to-center spacing
of each shaft was 750 mm. The pipe struts were installed
without preload at a depth of 0.6 m below ground surface.
The tiebacks were installed at a 45-degree angle, down to
the stiff and hard clay. Only about one-half of the anchors
on either side were regrouted. The minimum bond length for
the east side tiebacks was 9.1 m. The minimum bond length
for the west side tiebacks was 10.7 m. No tiebacks were used
for the support system along Chicago Avenue and the secant
pile wall system was only used for about half the south wall.
Soldier piles and lagging were used for the rest of the wall
at this location. Two levels of cross-lot struts were installed
without preload along Chicago Avenue at depths of 0.9 m and
4.3 m.
The soils at the Chicago and State project
site are primarily lightly overconsolidated glacial clays.
The clay
layers are
distinguished by water content and undrained shear strength,
with the strata becoming stiffer and stronger as depth
increases. The Frances Xavier Warde School was located approximately
2 m from the excavation and was instrumented with settlement
points located on interior basement columns and along the
exterior foundation walls. Lateral movements of the soil
behind the secant pile wall were recorded using two inclinometers
located on the west side of the school, one inclinometer
located on the north side of the school, one inclinometer
located on the west side of the excavation and one inclinometer
located at the southeast corner of the excavation. Pore
pressures
were measured using pneumatic piezometers placed at opposite
sides of the excavation. Strut loads were determined from
vibrating wire strain gages attached to Struts 3, 4, and
5. Loads in tiebacks were determined from load cells mounted
on both upper and lower level tiebacks at the Strut 3 and
Strut 4 locations.
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