Permanent Soil Nailing

I-805 Carroll Canyon Extension – DAR Value Engineering

July 13, 2017

PB&A performed a Value Engineering Design for our Clients, AECOM for the Permanent Retaining Wall that would serve as the Earth Retention System for the Direct Access Road (DAR), taking traffic underneath the I-5 Freeway and onto the 805 Freeway in North County San Diego. The PB&A design saved the contractors $20m over the previous

I-805 Carroll Canyon Extension Project-Direct Access Road/Winner APWA “2017 Project of the Year Award”

June 3, 2015

PB&A, Inc. was hired by AECOM during the bidding stage of the Carroll Canyon Project in San Diego CA in order to find a better, more economical solution to the Permanent Retaining Walls needed on both sides of the Direct Access Ramp that would take traffic under the 805 Freeway onto Carroll Canyon Road. With

Stanley Hall, University of California at Berkeley

June 3, 2015

University of California, Berkeley retained PB&A, Inc. to design the permanent Soil Nail earth retention system for the more than 83 ft. deep excavation for the new Stanley Hall. The structure is an 10-story building with seven levels above grade and three levels underground. The design called for up to 80 ft. long, double-corrosion protected

Jamul Hollywood Casino

August 13, 2014

PB&A, Inc. was hired by the Architects, Marnell Companies, to provide an innovative permanent shoring design that would provide the support for a 100 foot excavation which would eventually become the underground parking structure for the new Casino. The site presented a myriad of engineering challenges including,

UCSD Altman Center

August 9, 2013

University of California San Diego Altman Clinical & Translational Research Institute (CTRI) The new CTRI building was planned on a sloping site with a 40 ft. grade differential. PB&A was retained by KPFF to design a Permanent Earth Retention System that would relieve the building from taking the brunt of the lateral soil pressures. Due

405 Freeway Widening

July 3, 2013

PB&A has performed a myriad of professional design services for our client, Kiewit Infrastructure West, on this massive infrastructure freeway widening project. This 11 mile section of freeway carries 500,000 cars daily over the Sepulveda Pass and into the Los Angeles basin, making it one of the most heavily trafficked freeways in the United States.

UCSD East Campus Parking

July 3, 2013

This Parking Structure is a multi-story parking garage, sitting on a sloping site having approximately 40 feet of grade differential. The permanent Soil Nailed wall was designed to take the lateral earth pressures, relieving the structure of the necessity of resisting the lateral earth pressures through its Lateral Force Resisting System (LFRS). This was a

Fay Avenue La Jolla, California

April 25, 2013

The city of La Jolla needed a design for a Permanent Earth Retention System that would stabilize the hillside adjacent to the roadway, while maintaining an aesthetic that would blend into the natural landscape of this upscale neighborhood in San Diego’s North county. Permanent soil nails provided an economical solution in the Slope Stabilization and a sculpted shotcrete facing provided the

Hopkins Parking Structure

April 25, 2013

This structure is a five story garage, sitting on a sloping site having approximately 40 feet of grade differential. The permanent Soil Nailed wall was designed to take the lateral earth pressures, relieving the structure of the necessity of resisting the lateral earth pressures through its Lateral Force Resisting System (LFRS). This project was recently

San Manuel Resort and Casino

April 25, 2013

Permanent Earth Retention System Highland, California 2006-2007 The Phase II Parking Structure at the San Manuel Resort sits within 50 feet of the San Andreas Fault. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians hired PB&A to design an Earth Retention System that would protect the parking structure from catastrophic damage should a seismic event occur

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