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Analysis and Performance of the Excavation for the Chicago-State Subway Renovation Project and its Effects on Adjacent Structures

Richard J. Finno
Michele Calvello
Sebastian L. Bryson

Department of Civil Engineering
Northwestern University

September 2002


Table of Contents

TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION AND DISCLAIMER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

2.1 BEHAVIOR OF STIFF EXCAVATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN SOFT TO MEDIUM CLAY

2.1.1 General Deflection Behavior of Excavation Support Systems

2.1.2 Influence of Soil Conditions

2.1.3 Influence of System Stiffness and Installation Techniques

2.1.4 Wall Installation Effects

2.1.5 Settlement Behind Excavation Support Walls

2.1.5.1 Peck (1969)

2.1.5.2 Clough and O'Rourke (1990)

2.1.5.3 Hsieh and Ou (1998)

2.2 BUILDING RESPONSE DUE TO EXCAVATION-RELATED DEFORMATIONS

2.3 PREVIOUS STUDIES TO DEFINE LIMITING CRITERIA

2.3.1 Limiting Criteria Based on Self-Weight Settlement Only

2.3.2 Limiting Criteria Based on Excavation-Induced Distortions

2.3.3 Summary

CHICAGO AVENUE AND STATE STREET SUBWAY RENOVATION PROJECT OVERVIEW

3.1 GENERAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.2 SUBSURFACE CONDTIONS

3.2.1 Geology and Site Stratigraphy

3.2.2 Laboratory and Field Testing

3.2.3 Engineering Properties of the Soil

3.3 ADJACENT STRUCTURES

3.4 EXCAVATION SUPPORT SYSTEM DESIGN METHODOLOGY

3.5 EXCAVATION SUPPORT SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

3.6 FIELD INSTRUMENTATION

3.6.1 Ground Instrumentation

3.6.2 Structural Support Instrumentation

3.6.3 Adjacent Structure Instrumentation

3.7 SUMMARY

PERFORMANCE AND OBSERVED BEHAVIOR OF FIELD INSTRUMENTATION

4.1 CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AND PROCEDURES

4.1.1 Construction Along the East Side of State Street

4.1.2 Construction Along the West Side of State Street

4.1.3 Construction Along Chicago Avenue

4.1.4 Reduction in the Bending Stiffness of the Wall

4.2 OVERVIEW OF FIELD INSTRUMENTATION RESPONSES

4.2.1 Ground and Building Movements

4.2.1.1 Responses along East Side of State Street

4.2.1.2 Responses along West Side of State Street

4.2.1.3 Responses along Chicago Avenue

4.2.2 Pore Water Pressure Response

4.3 DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF LATERAL MOVEMENTS

4.3.1 Stage 1-Wall Installation

4.3.1.1 East Side of State Street

4.3.1.2 West Side of State Street

4.3.1.3 Chicago Avenue

4.3.2 Stage 2-Excavation and Support System Installation

4.3.2.1 East Side of State Street

4.3.2.2 West Side of State Street

4.3.2.3 Chicago Avenue

4.3.3 Stage 3- Renovation and Backfill

4.3.3.1 East side of State Street

4.3.3.2 West Side of State Street

4.3.3.3 Chicago Avenue

4.3.4 Summary of Lateral Deformations and Discussion

4.3.4.1 Incremental Lateral Soil Movements

4.3.4.2 Lateral Deformation Vectors

4.3.4.3 Comparison of Settlements and Lateral Movements

4.4 LOADS IN CROSS-LOT BRACES AND TIEBACKS

4.5 SUMMARY

EXCAVATION-INDUCED RESPONSE OF THE FRANCES XAVIER WARDE SCHOOL

5.1 SETTLEMENT RESPONSE

5.1.1 Settlement Contours

5.1.2 Zones of Sagging and Hogging

5.2 DISTORTIONS

5.2.1 Computing Distortions from Settlement and Inclinometer Data

5.2.2 Development of Distortions During Construction

5.2.3 Comparison of Deflection Ratios and Distortions

5.2.4 Distribution of Distortions

5.3 TILT OF FOUNDATION WALLS

5.4 EXCAVATION-RELATED DAMAGE

5.4.1 Damage on the First Floor Level

5.4.2 Damage on the Second Floor Level

5.4.3 Damage on the Third Floor Level

5.4.4 Damage to Exterior Walls

5.4.5 Damage Summary

5.5 CRACK GAUGE DATA

5.6 ANALYSIS OF DAMAGE

5.6.1 Crack Types Observed

5.6.2 Initiation of Selected Cracks

5.6.2.1 Onset of Interior Cracking

5.6.2.2 Onset of Exterior Cracking

5.6.3 Summary of Distortions

5.7 SUMMARY

DEEP EXCAVATIONS: THE OBSERVATIONAL METHOD AND INVERSE ANALYSIS

6.1 INTRODUCTION

6.2 MODEL CALIBRATION BY INVERSE ANALYSIS

6.2.1 An inverse analysis algorithm: UCODE

6.2.2 Model Fit statistics

6.2.3 Input parameters statistics

6.2.4 Observation weighting

6.3 UPDATE DESIGN PREDICTIONS USING MONITORING DATA BY INVERSE ANALYSIS

6.4 PROCEDURE VALIDATION: THE CHICAGO AND STATE CASE STUDY

6.4.1 Finite Element simulation of the problem

6.4.1.1 Calculation phases

6.4.1.2 Hardening-Soil model initial calibration

6.4.2 Inverse analysis setup

6.4.2.1 Observations and weighting

6.4.2.2 Parameterization

6.4.3 Results

6.4.3.1 Optimization based on observation from construction stage 1

6.4.3.2 Model fit for all construction stages

6.4.3.3 Best-fit parameters

6.4.3.4 Model statistics for all construction stages

6.4.3.5 Comments on the calibrated model

6.5 SUMMARY

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, TIME HISTORY AND STRUCTURAL PLAN

Figure A-1- Chicago Avenue and State Street Subway Renovation Project Structural Staging Plan

Table A-1- Construction Activities Time History

APPENDIX B: FIELD INSTRUMENTATION DATA

Table B-1- Survey Data

Table B-2- Pore Water Pressure

Table B-3- Strut Loads

Table B-4A- Tieback Anchor Loads at Inclinometer 2 Location

Table B-4B- Tieback Anchor Loads at Inclinometer 1 Location

Table B-5A- Inclinometer 1 Data: A-Axis

Table B-5B- Inclinometer 2 Data: A-Axis

Table B-5C- Inclinometer 4 Data: A-Axis

Table B-5D- Inclinometer 5 Data: A-Axis

Table B-5E- Inclinometer 5 Data: B-Axis

 

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