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The Edge Apartments, Montgomery County, MD

  • GTA provided environmental consulting, underslab drainage system design, and construction observation and testing (COT) services.
  • 15-story, 154-unit luxury apartment tower with two levels of underground parking, located on 1.65 acres and within walking distance to the Bethesda Metro station.

Tranquil Court, Charlotte, NC

  • Development included a 4-story 104-unit condominium building and a 5-story, 62,000-sf retail and office building situated above a 1-story parking structure.
  • GTA Associates, Inc.’s services included construction observation and testing of structural fills, concrete foundation and slabs, structural steel, masonry, asphalt, and a 6,500-sf soil nail wall.

Liberty Harbor East, Baltimore City, MD

  • Geotechnical and environmental consulting for the 23-story, 750,000-SF, mixed-use building with apartments, condominiums, retail, and parking.
  • COT services and environmental consulting during construction of building’s foundation.
  • Instrumentation and monitoring plan to monitor settlement of a century old brick-lined stormwater tunnel supported on timber piles, located less than 10 feet from the proposed 3- to 6-foot diameter caissons.

Abbey Place Medical Office Building, Charlotte, NC

  • GTA Associates, Inc. provided construction observation and testing services for this two-story medical office building with a below grade parking garage.
  • Inspection of spread footings, rock quantifications, structural concrete testing, masonry inspection, and asphalt testing.

Mariner Bay at Annapolis Towne Centre, Building 2, Anne Arundel County, MD

  • Subsurface explorations including SPT borings, seismic Cone Penetration Test soundings, and test pits.
  • 12-story mixed-use facility including 208 luxury apartments, 95,000 SF of retail, and 1,000-car parking structure.
  • The seismic CPT soundings allowed GTA to improve the seismic site class for the site resulting in a cost-effective structural design.
  • Construction phase observation and testing services.

Four Seasons Hotel & Legg Mason Office Complex, Baltimore City, MD

  • 22-Story luxury hotel and condominium tower and a 26-story office tower at Baltimore’s waterfront with 5-story below grade parking.
  • Construction observation and testing included a slurry wall, mat foundation, post-tensioned concrete, micro-piles, caissons, and tie-back anchors.
  • Geotechnical, environmental, and hydrogeological services including borings, monitoring wells, seismic analysis, and in-situ permeability testing.