F&R was proud to be a part of the team for the City of Fayetteville during the design and construction of a new Minor League Baseball Stadium located northeast of the intersection of Hay Street and Hillsboro Street in Fayetteville, NC. The $40-million baseball complex is home to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers and is located on 10.28 acres. The complex includes a stadium with approximately 6,500 seats, a parking deck, and plans for a future hotel structure above the parking deck.
During the feasibility and design phases of this project, F&R performed two subsurface exploration phases for the entire project. The site was previously developed with residential houses, additional structures, and railroad facilities, and earth fill materials of varying composition and consistency were encountered across most of the project site. In addition, thick layers of soft coastal plain clays were encountered throughout portions of the site. F&R’s geotechnical engineers considered these conditions during the early geotechnical evaluation and planning stages to minimize adversely impacting the project during site development and construction. Despite relatively high structural loads, the stadium could be supported on conventional shallow spread foundations, and the combined parking/residential structure was supported on drilled auger-cast displacement piles.
During the construction of the stadium and associated structures, F&R was retained by the City of Fayetteville to perform full-scope construction materials testing and special inspection services. F&R certified technicians and inspectors provided services in the following areas:
- Evaluation and testing of soil subgrades
- Structural fill/backfill testing
- Foundation bearing grade evaluations for buildings and retaining walls
- Segmental retaining wall testing and inspection
- Reinforcing steel inspection
- Cast-in-place Concrete testing for foundations, slabs, and retaining walls
- Masonry, mortar, and grout inspection/testing
- Structural steel connection, welding, and decking inspections
- Laboratory testing of soil, concrete, masonry, mortar and grout