Port of Tampa Case Study
PORT OF TAMPA CASE STUDY UNI-GROUP U.S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF UNI PAVING STONES PROJECT: Port of Tampa - Berth 208 Life-cycle Costs Comparisons Tampa Port Authority, Tampa, Florida Berth 208 - Port of Tampa - Pavement Analysis PORT ENGINEER: $8 Carl E. Fielland, Director of Engineering $7 $6 PROJECT ENGINEER: $5 David Volkert and Associates, Inc. $4 Tampa, Florida Cost (millions) $3 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER: $2 ARMAC Engineers Pavers 14" Unreinforced Concrete Tampa, Florida 10" Reinforced Concrete Asphalt GENERAL CONTRACTOR: David Volkert & Associates Kimmins Contracting Corp. Tampa, Florida Figure 1 PAVING CONTRACTOR: A wide variety of products such as fertilizers, cement, Precise Paving, Inc. coal, chemicals, petroleum, aggregates, steel, fruit, and poultry West Palm Beach, Florida are imported from and exported to countries around the CONCRETE PAVER MANUFACTURER: world, including Mexico, Japan, India, China, Russia, and Canada. Tampa is also a popular cruise ship port with over Paver Systems 225,000 passengers in 1996 and plans for future expansion. West Palm Beach and Orlando, Florida PAVERS: hen the Tampa Port Authority began planning in 1 ® 3 /8" (80mm) UNI-Anchorlock the fall of 1992 for the upland cargo staging area Natural Grey at Berth 208, where a new 900 foot wharf was Phase I - 530,000 sq ft W scheduled for completion in September of 1994, Phase II - 218,000 sq ft interlocking concrete pavers were initially not even considered Warehouse Facility - 40,000 sq ft due to the belief that they were for decorative applications only. Research soon proved otherwise. In their abstract “Selection of a Pavement System for Heavily Loaded Marine Terminal” for the he Port of Tampa, situated on the west coast of Ports ‘95 American Society of Civil Engineers Conference in Florida on Tampa Bay, is the largest port, per ton, in September 1995, Ross T.
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