February 17, 2022 at 6:00pm to 7:30pm

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Event will be virtual using the Zoom platform.

Abstract

The new home of the Golden State Warriors is in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. Originally a shallow bay off the San Francisco Bay, the site was reclaimed in the late 1880s to early 1900s. The subsurface stratigraphy consists of poorly placed fill, weak and compressible Bay Mud, very dense Colma formation sand, moderately strong Old Bay Clay, and Franciscan bedrock. Liquefaction, lateral spreading, and consolidation are all hazards at the site. This talk will present the history of Mission Bay, subsurface conditions, geologic hazards and geotechnical issues, and the foundation solutions for support of the new Chase Center development. In addition, the presentation will provide an overlook of the construction of the shoring and foundation system for the new arena complex.

Biographies

Serena Jang, PE, GE, is an Associate Principal at Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. She has been at Langan for over 23 years, where she started after she earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering at UC Berkeley and her M.Eng. in Geotechnical Engineering at Cornell University. She has been fortunate to work on various projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including office and multi-use campuses, biotech laboratory buildings and infrastructure improvements. She is on the Board of Directors for ACE Mentors in the San Francisco Bay Area Region where she advocates for STEM education for Bay Area high school students.

Lori Simpson, PE, GE is a Managing Principal at Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. She earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering at Stanford University and her M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering at UC Berkeley. She has over 30 years of geotechnical engineering experience in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. Simpson has extensive experience with deep foundations and ground improvement and has been working on projects in Mission Bay since 1991. She is on the Board of Trustees for the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and serves on DFI’s Codes & Standards Committee and Women in Deep Foundations Committee.