Temporary Support of Excavation System Design This project entailed expanding an existing structure by adding a 3-level underground parking garage. To accommodate this, a sophisticated temporary support of excavation (SOE) system was designed to sustain a 12.5m deep...
Permanent Caisson Foundation Design The project's scope included engineering the design of a caisson foundation system to transfer structural loads from a 6-storey residential building to competent shale bedrock. Abdalla Shalaby, P.Eng., P.E. developed a detailed...
Temporary Support of Excavation System Design This project entailed designing a temporary support of excavation (SOE) system to facilitate a 10 m excavation for a two-level underground parking structure for a high-rise condo development in Markham, Ontario. Abdalla...
Tunneling Launch/Reception Shafts This project involved the design and oversight of eight tunneling launching and receiving shafts. Acting as the lead design engineer, Abdalla Shalaby, P.Eng., P.E., took charge of crafting the designs for all eight shafts, each with...
Driven Pile Foundation System Design This project necessitated the engineering of a robust driven pile foundation system to efficiently transmit structural loads from an 8-storey building to a competent bedrock stratum. Abdalla Shalaby, P.Eng., P.E., designed a driven...
The widening of the I-66 westbound lanes and the associated bike/shared use path required the construction of multiple retaining walls. Due to the required wall heights and existing right of way constraints, a double post and panel wall was designed. The wall system...
Project manager for the geotechnical investigation and construction phase services for the Holy Cross Hospital's expansion, including the new seven-story, 232,000 square-foot South Building (Patient Tower) and the associated four-story parking garage addition. The...
The Intercounty Connector (ICC) or Route 200 is an approximately 18-mile long, six-lane, divided toll highway that connects I-370 in eastern Montgomery County to US 1 in northwestern Prince George’s County, Maryland. The highway provides a safer and faster alternative...
As part of the MBTA program to improve ADA accessibility for their stations, Kleinfelder, the prime consultant for implementing such upgrades at the Downtown Crossing Station (DTX) engaged Reliance Engineers for participation in the development of an alternate station...
This project involves a proposed utility crossing over MBTA’s historic Red Line tunnel in Cambridge, MA. Reliance is the Prime Consultant through our Mini-GEC contract for this review work on behalf of MBTA. The review resulted in the rejection of the originally...
Reliance is part of the Owner’s Technical Advisory Team providing services to Metrolinx, as a sub-consultant to HDR on a major urban rail expansion project. The proposed Ontario Line Urban-Rail Extension project involves the construction of approximately 12.8 km of...
Harvard Square Station marks the first use of slurry walls as part of a permanent transit structure. Due to the historic buildings of Harvard University abutting the new station slurry walls and the extent of the open excavation up against the many commercial...