Captured in Progress shows the construction of a tied-back, steel-reinforced shotcrete seawall. It was constructed at an oceanfront property in San Luis Obispo County. The wall was necessary to prevent the collapse of a sea cave and subsequent failure of the upper bluff, which would have threatened an existing residence above.
Shell Beach Seawall 1
Shell Beach Seawall 2
Earth Systems provided materials testing and special inspection for the seawall verifying appropriate embedment into rock, proper placement of reinforcing steel, stressing of tie-back tendons, and that the materials used were in compliance with the project plans and specifications.
Photo 1: Epoxy-coated reinforcing steel was used to reinforce the seawall (Photo by Dick Hermann, Earth Systems)
Photo 2: Earth Systems provides monitoring as construction crews use a hydraulic jack to stress tie back tendons prior to lock-off (Photo by Pete Barker, Earth Systems)
