377 Crane Street
377 Crane Street
Project Details:
Owner: D&R Orange Urban Renewal, LLC
General Contractor: Terminal Construction Corp.
Date of Work: May 2021 - June 2021
Engineer: Mulhern & Kulp
Approximate Key Quantities: Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC)® - 536 EA.
Description:
Ground Conditions:
Solution:
A different subcontractor was originally lined up to install stone columns for this project. However, general contractor Russo Development made a change and enlisted Menard to install CMCs. Menard, which had recently completed CMC installation for a project in nearby Newark, NJ, accommodated the short-notice request.
Menard installed 536 CMCs to an average depth of 29 ft and a maximum depth of 39 ft. Menard designed a layout of CMCs at each footing to support column loads up to 950 kips. Continuous strip footings required support with loads up to 25 kips/lf. Maximum design bearing pressures for the spread footings reached 6 ksf. The design provided for less than a 1/2 in of post-construction settlement with a differential settlement of fewer than a ½ in, meeting the performance criteria of the new apartment building. The varying bearing layer for CMCs was unique – with depths of 10 ft on the west side of the working pad and 37 ft on the east side.
A challenge at the site was the presence of an overhead Verizon line, which had to be relocated. This caused a work stoppage, pushing the target completion date from May 28 to June 10. Notwithstanding this challenge, Menard installed 536 CMCs to support the construction of a new, multilevel apartment complex in Orange, NJ.
