Pulte Homes Development

Landfill sites provide a serious and complex challenge for any future land development, especially in Alameda. The entire site is built on a landfill and with rising tides plaguing the area, developers are finding it difficult to safely build multi-story structures. Excavations often experience water intrusion, compromised boundaries and sluffing of material, and geotechnical reports can easily miss extremely challenging soil conditions.

To mitigate soil integrity issues, the entire site was excavated and the landfill material was removed and replaced with LCC. The areas where LCC was installed could support multi-story structures without risk of extreme or unexpected settlement due to the net neutral loading on the soil but overall, more consistent and controlled density of material.