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Emergency Repair of Departure Slab at Airport in Dallas, TX

Emergency Repair of Departure Slab at Airport in Dallas, TX

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Soil Stabilization and Lift :: THE SCIENCE OF SOIL STABILIZATION :: Emergency Repair of Departure Slab at DFW Airport in Dallas, TX Problem Administrators at the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport called URETEK at 7 pm on the Friday night of New Year’s weekend with an emergency. A ten-inch, high pressure water line running alongside the airport’s Hyatt Hotel had broken. The line break was causing massive damage, flooding the basement level of the Hyatt with three feet of water. Additionally, the flow of water was washing out the soils supporting the hotel’s vehicular departure ramp that fed into the main airport thoroughfare. An immediate three- to four- inch settlement of the hotel’s departure ramp resulted in lane closures and redirected traffic, which in turn r

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