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National Corvette Museum Sinkhole - Foundation Repair and Underpinning
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Bowling Green, KY
- Status:
- Completed
- Structure Type:
- Museum
Scope Of Work
Eight Corvettes were swallowed when a three-story deep sinkhole opened up directly beneath the National Corvette Museum. Our team mobilized within hours to provide solutions.
With collaboration from all team members, HBI developed an efficient micropile design solution to safely stabilize the structure of the signature Skydome and spire and isolated the slab and structure from the risk of future collapse. The micropiles also allowed the vehicle extraction operations and additional study of the caves to be performed safely. Micropiles were particularly suited to penetrating the underlying soil and fractured bedrock efficiently.