Quantico Siding

Location: Quantico, VA

Project Description

• The retaining wall and embankments were built while keeping the existing mainlines active and minimizing the impact to rail business conducted by CSX and Virginia Railway Express
• The purpose of the work was to make room for a future track installation
• Approximately 560 feet of sheet piling was driven to help retain the embankment for future track construction
• Concrete walls were poured where existing culverts passed underneath the railroad tracks
• Two wing walls were constructed around a ten-foot diameter culvert to help keep the waterway clean of debris and runoff
• Concrete forming design for walls and pile caps were designed in house by Kwest Group
• 4,000 tons of dense graded aggregate were placed on the embankment as a roadbed for the proposed track
• The project involved 1 acre of restoration of track side slopes to help stabilize the embankment