McAlpine Lock & Dam
Louisville, Kentucky
The McAlpine Locks Replacement Project provides for a new 110-foot by 1,200-foot lock to replace the inactive 56-foot by 360-foot lock and the 110-foot by the 600-foot auxiliary lock. The project consisted of two 1,200-foot locks. The McAlpine Locks and Dam pass an average of 58.7 million tons of commodities annually.
Patriot’s Responsibilities Included:
- 2000 to 2009– Thru 2006, Two Full-Time Crews (One night/weekend crew)
- On-site Laboratory, On-Site Supervision
- 2001 – Largest Continuous Concrete Placement in Kentucky, 11,000 cubic yards
- Caissons and Spread Foundations
- Concrete Placement Monitoring – Maturity Meter
- Grout Monitoring – Structural Steel
- Flowable Fill Concrete Inspection
- Roller Compacted Concrete Inspection
- Cofferdam Cell Inspections
- Piezometer Well Monitoring