Benton Harbor

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Project Overview

Challenge: Circular Sheet Piling

Solution: Simultaneously pound sheet piles into 22-foot circle

Imagine drawing a perfect circle. Now picture yourself doing so in the dark...and you’re holding your pencil with your toes. Sounds tough, right? A recent Team Elmer’s earth retention project was just as tough.

The City of Benton Harbor was updating its water filtration plant to boost water processing from 10 million gallons per day to 12 million per day.

The plan called for a raw intake system adjacent to the plant that would divert water from underground pipes and above-ground cylinders--each designed to “pre-filter” and process 6 million gallons of Lake Michigan water. The water would then be p... Read more

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Project Details

CLIENT
Benton Harbor Charter Township
LOCATION
Benton Harbor, Michigan
DESIGN ENGINEER
Erhardt Construction
CONTRACT
260,000

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Traverse City, MI   49685