Month: February 2018

The Gibraltar Compressor Station is just one small piece to the Gibraltar and Buffalo Creek System pipeline project in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. Columbia Midstream (Part of TransCanada) solicited the services of Glenn O Hawbaker and RediRock wall systems to develop this site. The site called for two retaining walls on the East and West perimeter of the property to raise and flatten the existing grade by about 35’. Much fill soils were imported to make the pad for the compressor station. With fill material being imported, the best solution for this project was RediRock’s Positive Connection (PC) reinforced system. This allowed the owner to keep costs down while filing the site and provided much needed structural support for the Compressor Station above the wall.

Job: Gibraltar Compressor Station
City: Washington County, PA
General Contractor: Glenn O Hawbaker, Inc.
Civil Engineer: Basic Systems, Inc.

The De La Pointe building is one of two projects completed by Graves Development Properties in Uptown, Minneapolis in 2017. Nestled on the corner of Holmes Ave and W 31^st St, De La Pointe used permeable pavers to capture storm water on their sidewalks, main entrance, and driveway. The permeable pavers will also be helpful to control snow melt runoff during the Spring season. Natural stone planter walls were added around the perimeter of the building to compliment the imported natural stone that was installed on the building.

Job Name:  De La Pointe
City:  Minneapolis, MN
General Contractor:  Doran Companies
Landscape Architect:  b.e. landscape designs