Red Deer Pipeline River Crossing- Geotechnical & Geophysical Assessments

Amer Awad, Dan Parker

In the proceedings of: GEO2011: 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical Engineering

Session: Geoenvironmental Engineering

ABSTRACT: The Town of Sundre located approximately 100 km north west of Calgary, AB was planning to service existing residential, commercial and industrial developments on the east side of the Red Deer River. In order to service the development, new water/wastewater infrastructure will be required to cross the River to tie-in the developments with the existing Town system using Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD). A detailed study including fisheries, hydrotechnical, geotechnical and geophysical assessments were conducted to ascertain the optimal location for the pipeline crossing. A No-Drill zone, for the optimal location, was also presented. This paper presents the findings of the geotechnical and geophysical assessments only.

RÉSUMÉ: La municipalité de Sundre situé à environ 100 km au nord-ouest de Calgary, AB avait l'intention de service existant développements résidentiels, commerciaux et industriels sur le côté est de la rivière Red Deer. Afin de service du développement, de nouvelles eaux / eaux usées infrastructures seront nécessaires pour traverser la rivière à attacher dans les développements avec le système existant en utilisant Ville Forage directionnel horizontal (FDH). Une étude détaillée, y compris la pêche, les évaluations hydrotechnique, géotechniques et géophysiques ont été menées pour déterminer l'emplacement optimal pour la traversée du pipeline. Une zone sans perçage, pour la localisation optimale, a également été présenté. Ce document présente les conclusions des évaluations géotechniques et géophysiques seulement.

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Amer Awad; Dan Parker (2011) Red Deer Pipeline River Crossing- Geotechnical & Geophysical Assessments in GEO2011. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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