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Investigation of Heaving at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico

J. Perform. Constr. Facil. 20, 54 (2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2006)20:1(54) (10 pages)

Raymond S. Rollings, M.ASCE1, Marian P. Rollings, M.ASCE2, Toy Poole3, G. Sam Wong4, and Gene Gutierrez5

1Research Civil Engineer, Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), 72 Lyme Rd., Hanover, NH 03755 (corresponding author). E-mail: rrollings@crrel.usace.army.mil
2Research Civil Engineer, ERDC-CRREL, 72 Lyme Rd., Hanover, NH 03755. E-mail: mrollings@crrel.usace.army.mil
3Research Chemist, ERDC, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (G&SL), 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180. E-mail: tpoole@wes.army.mil
4Research Petrographer, ERDC-G&SL, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180. E-mail: gwong@wes.army.mil
5Construction Technician, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District, Albuquerque, NM. E-mail: ggutierez@spa.usace.army.mil

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(Submitted 2 July 2002; accepted 4 December 2002)

Heaving of pavements and a building foundation became progressively worse on a project at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), N.M. The cause of the heaving was identified as sulfate attack on recycled concrete used as fill and base course below the buildings and pavements. This recycled concrete came from sulfate-resistant airfield Portland concrete pavement that had existed for decades at Holloman AFB without distress. However, severe sulfate exposure conditions, ready availability of water, the more permeable nature of the crushed recycled concrete, less common thaumasite attack, possible soil contamination as a secondary source of alumina, or some combination of these factors allowed sulfate attack to develop in the recycled material even though it had not in the original concrete pavement.

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Acknowledgments

The writers would like to particularly recognize the late Mr. Bryant Mather, Director Emeritus of the Waterways Experiment Station, for his active participation in team meetings, invaluable advice on the issues, and inspiration on this work. They would also like to acknowledge the personnel of Holloman AFB and the Albuquerque District of the Corps of Engineers for their unstinting assistance in these efforts. The support of Mr. James Greene of the Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency and Mr. Cliff Sander of the Air Force Air Combat Command is also gratefully acknowledged. The opinions and views expressed in this paper are those of the writers alone and do not necessarily represent the views, opinions, or policies of any government agency. Funding for this work was provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District and Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency. The support of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in preparing this paper is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Introduction
  2. Background
    1. Site Description
    2. Project Description
  3. Distress Description
    1. Laboratory Investigation Results
    2. Analysis
  4. Implications
  5. Conclusions

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