Title:
Up-Down Construction Sails Into Boston
Author(s):
James M. Becker
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
9
Issue:
10
Appears on pages(s):
43-47
Keywords:
bulkheads; concrete construction; piers; slurries; structural design; subsurface structures; wharves; Construction
DOI:
Date:
10/1/1987
Abstract:
The Rowes Wharf case study examines the decision to use an up-down construction technique to build a mixed-use project on a historic site in Boston. Up-down consists of simultaneous erection of superstructure and excavation of substructure.