CE Magazine

Karst and Complications


ABSTRACT ONLY:

The construction of a hospital in southern Indiana was complicated by the presence of several sinkholes and other related features common in regions with karst geology. The need to use some of the features for drainage necessitated the design of stable structures capable of conveying storm-water runoff belowground without erosion.


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By Peggy Hagerty Duffy, P.E., M.ASCE, the president of Hagerty Engineering, Inc., and the vice president of Construction Solutions, LLC, both of which have their headquarters in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

 

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