THE CHALLENGE Controlling differential settlement in saturated soils beneath a railway JOB OWNER Price River Terminal (BNSH & UP) ENGINEER Johansen & Tuttle Engineering CONTRACTOR Neilson Construction/Mountain States Contracting DATE OF INSTALLATION December 2018 The Price River Terminal in Wellington, UT is the Uinta Oil Basin’s newest crude by rail transloading facility. During a portion of the rail extension project, soft clay and silt subgrade was encountered. To exacerbate the poor soils, a retention basin located uphill from the current project area was known to leak and saturate the soils downhill. These soils have the potential to shrink and swell during periods of saturation and drying. The project team was worried by the impending differential settlement of the track d

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