Kennesaw Marketplace, an ambitious urban retail and mixed-use development located in Cobb County, Georgia, presented formidable geotechnical challenges, including soft soils reaching depths of up to 40 feet, wetlands, and an adjacent quarry. The realization of this project demanded innovative thinking and resourceful strategies to overcome the perceived risks and complexities. Earth Retention took on the challenge with determination, successfully providing cutting-edge Earth Retention Systems that enabled the development of this thriving marketplace.

Kennesaw Marketplace, an ambitious urban retail and mixed-use development located in Cobb County, Georgia, presented formidable geotechnical challenges, including soft soils reaching depths of up to 40 feet, wetlands, and an adjacent quarry. The realization of this project demanded innovative thinking and resourceful strategies to overcome the perceived risks and complexities. Earth Retention took on the challenge with determination, successfully providing cutting-edge Earth Retention Systems that enabled the development of this thriving marketplace.

This project entailed the design of approximately 843,000 square feet of post-and-panel sound barrier and combination sound barrier and retaining walls. There are 18 separate walls located along the east and westbound lanes of I-64, on both the east and west sides of the newly constructed High Rise Bridge located in Chesapeake, VA. The walls consist of precast concrete panels and steel posts fully-embedded into concrete drilled shaft foundations, with maximum wall heights of 32 feet and drilled shaft embedment lengths up to 31 feet.