Case Study
Forest Road Snowcat Bypass
PROJECT PROFILE WJE www.wje.com Forest Road Snowcat Bypass Design Review and Construction Observation | Vail, CO CLIENT Vail Resorts Development Company BACKGROUND The final retaining wall design for the Forest Road Snowcat Bypass consisted of a soil nail retaining wall on the cut side and MSE retaining walls on the fill side of the road. The as-constructed soil nail and MSE walls were each approximately 600 linear feet (183 m) long, each with maximum heights of about 16 feet (4.9 m). SOLUTION MWWAI provided full-time construction observation during installation of the soil nail wall. Responsibilities included verification that ground conditions were consiste