Appendix A

Appendix A
Basis of Design Report

(Appendix A in Final Design Report)
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Report

Milwaukee Estuary AOC Dredged Material
Management Facility
Project I.D.: 19W012
WEC Energy Group – Business Services

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 2020
Milwaukee Estuary AOC Dredged Material Management Facility
Project ID: 19W012
Prepared for
WEC Energy Group – Business Services
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Prepared by
Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC
November 2020
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Table of Contents
Page
List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols ..........................................................................iv
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Project Introduction ................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Project Scope ............................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Project Location and Limits ....................................................................................... 1
1.4 General Project Description ....................................................................................... 1
1.5 Existing Structures ..................................................................................................... 1
2 General Analysis Criteria .................................................................................................... 2
2.1 Unit System ............................................................................................................... 2
2.2 Vessels (from Port Milwaukee) .................................................................................. 2
2.3 Bollard (from Port Milwaukee) .................................................................................. 2
2.4 Fender (from Port Milwaukee) ................................................................................... 2
2.5 Waterfront Elevation (from Port Milwaukee) ............................................................. 2
2.6 Analysis Methodology ............................................................................................... 3
2.6.1 Pre-Disposal: .................................................................................................. 3
2.6.2 Post-Disposal ................................................................................................. 3
2.6.3 Safety Factors................................................................................................. 3
2.7 Codes and Standards .................................................................................................. 4
2.8 Project Datum ............................................................................................................ 5
2.8.1 Horizontal Datum ........................................................................................... 5
2.8.2 Vertical Datum ............................................................................................... 5
2.9 Service Life ............................................................................................................... 5
2.10 Loss of Thickness (EN 1993-5 [2007]) ...................................................................... 5
2.11 Sealant ....................................................................................................................... 5
3 Geotechnical Design Criteria............................................................................................... 6
3.1 Existing Geotechnical Data ........................................................................................ 6
3.2 Fill Material Properties .............................................................................................. 6
3.3 Sediment Properties in DMMF Footprint ................................................................... 6
4 Metocean Design Criteria .................................................................................................... 7
4.1 Site Bathymetry ......................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Design Water Levels .................................................................................................. 7
5 Mooring and Berthing Design Criteria ................................................................................ 8
5.1 Mooring and Berthing Analysis ................................................................................. 8
5.2 Passing Vessel ........................................................................................................... 8
6 Structural Design Criteria .................................................................................................... 9
6.1 Design Loads (from Port Milwaukee) ........................................................................ 9
6.1.1 Vertical Loads ................................................................................................ 9
6.1.1.1 Dead Loads ..................................................................................... 9
6.1.2 Horizontal Loads .......................................................................................... 10
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Table of Contents (continued)
Page
6.2 Load Combinations (UFC 4-152-01)........................................................................ 11
6.2.1 Load and Resistance Factor Design .............................................................. 11
6.2.2 Allowable Stress Design ............................................................................... 11
6.3 Corrosion Protection ................................................................................................ 11
6.3.1 Protective Coating ........................................................................................ 11
6.3.2 Cathodic Protection ...................................................................................... 12
6.4 Materials .................................................................................................................. 12
6.4.1 Concrete ....................................................................................................... 12
6.4.2 Reinforcing Steel.......................................................................................... 12
6.4.3 Structural Steel ............................................................................................. 12
6.5 Regulatory Work ..................................................................................................... 12
6.5.1 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ................................................ 12
6.5.1.1 Chapter 30 and NR 200 Water Quality Certification ...................... 12
6.5.1.2 WPDES......................................................................................... 12
6.5.2 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ..................................................................... 13
6.5.2.1 Section 404 ................................................................................... 13
6.5.2.2 Section 408 ................................................................................... 13
6.5.3 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ........................................................ 13
7 References ........................................................................................................................ 14
Tables
Table 2-1 Safety Factors for Cellular Cofferdam ........................................................... 3
Table 2-2 Safety Factors for Piles ................................................................................. 3
Table 3-1 Fill Material Properties.................................................................................. 6
Table 3-2 Soil Condition Behind the Wall ..................................................................... 6
Table 6-1 Load and Resistance Factor Design ............................................................. 11
Table 6-2 Allowable Stress Design ............................................................................. 12
Illustrations
Illustration 6-1 Ground Bearing Pressure Estimator ............................................................... 9
Illustration 6-2 Bollard Loads.............................................................................................. 10
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List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transpiration Officials

AISC American Institute of Steel Construction
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOC area of concern
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
BODR Basis of Design Report
CDF Confined Disposal Facility
deg degree
DMDF Dredged Material Disposal Facility
DMMF Dredged Material Management Facility
DMMP Dredged Material Management Plan
EM Engineering Manual
Foth Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FS Factors of Safety
IGLD International Great Lakes Datum
LRFD Load and Resistance Factor Design
LWD Low Water Datum
NAD North American Datum
NAVD North American Vertical Datum
NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Command
NHI National Highway Institute
pcf pounds per cubic foot
PGA Peak Ground Acceleration
psf pounds per square foot
UFC Unified Facilities Criteria
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
WDNR Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
WPDES Wisconsin Pollution Discharge Elimination System
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1 Introduction
1.1 Project Introduction
Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC (Foth) is developing a design for a new Dredged
Material Management Facility (DMMF) for dredged material from within the Milwaukee
Estuary Area of Concern (AOC), on the behalf of WEC Business Services and Port Milwaukee.
The DMMF will be located to the north of and adjacent to the existing Milwaukee Dredged
Material Disposal Facility (DMDF) operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
This Basis of Design Report (BODR) documents the key parameters and assumptions upon
which the DMMF design will be developed.
1.2 Project Scope

The scope of the project consists of the design of 3,250 feet of waterfront with the following
applications:
 Enclose a portion of the Lake Michigan shoreline for the management of dredged
material, within a Lake Bed Grant area via Chapter 238 of 1909, Chapter 285 of 1923,
and Chapter 381 of 1931 for the management of dredged material.
 Create 3,250 linear feet of new cellular cofferdam structures to enclose the dredged
material management area and to provide the Port with expanded facilities.
 Provide a rubble mound tie-back to the existing USACE rubble mound structure on the
south east corner incorporating materials to limit hydraulic conductivity through the
berm.
1.3 Project Location and Limits

The project is located on Lake Michigan in the outer harbor of the Milwaukee Harbor Federal
Navigation project adjacent to Jones Island and the USACE DMDF.
1.4 General Project Description

The project consists of containing dredged material within an area established by new structures
and existing structures. The new structures will be comprised of cellular cofferdam with a load
support structure supported by steel piles. The cellular cofferdam structure will also serve as a
vessel berthing facility with pile supported fender dolphins.
1.5 Existing Structures

Existing structures, which affect the Milwaukee AOC-DMMF, are the Milwaukee DMDF North
Dike, the eastern Jones Island Bulkhead Wall, and the Liquid Cargo Pier.
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2 General Analysis Criteria
2.1 Unit System
The unit system for this project will be the imperial system with Standard U.S. Foot.
2.2 Vessels (from Port Milwaukee)

 Ore carrier:
 DWT: 90,000 tons
 Length: 1,015 feet
 Beam or width: 155 feet
 Draft: 27 feet
 Approach velocity: 0.2 ft/sec
 Alternate carrier:
 DWT: 30,000 tons
 Length: 730 ft
 Beam or width: 76 ft
 Draft: 26 ft
 Approach velocity: 0.5 ft/sec
 Potential carriers:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Indiana_Harbor (1,000 footer )
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baie_comeau (2013_ship) (750 footer)
2.3 Bollard (from Port Milwaukee)

120 kip pull capacity, every 60 feet.
2.4 Fender (from Port Milwaukee)

Zalda Technology SC1450 or equivalent, every 60 feet.
2.5 Waterfront Elevation (from Port Milwaukee)

The waterfront elevation is determined relative to the lake water level and the existing port
waterfront elevation. This level must not be so low as to flood by storm surge or seiche nor so
high as to increase time and energy of loading and unloading of cargo.
The dikes of the existing Milwaukee DMDF are multi-tiered, as the original dikes were raised to
accommodate more dredged material. The initial crest elevation of the dikes of the existing
Milwaukee DMDF is at +10.0 feet above Low Water Datum (LWD) or 587.5 feet International
Great Lakes Datum 1985 (IGLD85) (USACE, 1972), and a crest elevation of the secondary
internal dike is at +17 LWD or 594.5 feet IGLD85.
The elevation of the Milwaukee DMMF cellular cofferdam structure will be at +12.0 feet above
LWD or 589.5 feet IGLD85.

2.6 Analysis Methodology
Analysis of the waterfront will be performed based on the guidelines and standards outlined in
Section 2.8. Two main design scenarios are:
2.6.1 Pre-Disposal:
The waterfront is constructed and partially operational. The disposal area is not yet filled. The
waterfront is not subject to backfill pressures.
2.6.2 Post-Disposal
The waterfront is constructed and fully operational. The disposal area is filled and compacted.
The waterfront is subject to backfill pressures.
2.6.3 Safety Factors

The safety factors for the waterfront structures are listed in Tables 2-1 and 2-2.
Table 2-1
Safety Factors for Cellular Cofferdam
Targeted Safety Factor
Failure Mechanism (USACE EM 2504)
Overturning 3.5
Interlock 2.5
Internal Friction 1.5
Tilting 1.5
Cell Fill 1.5
Horizontal Shear 1.5
Bearing Capacity 3
Pullout 2
Table 2-2
Safety Factors for Piles
Pile Demand and Testing Targeted Safety
Requirements Factor
Axial Capacity with PDA
2.5
testing
Axial Capacity without
3.0
PDA testing
Safety factors come from Table 2-3, Typical Factors of
Safety (FS) for Foundations in Soils [UFC, 2012]).

2.7 Codes and Standards
 Dredging and Dredged Material Management, EM 1110-2-5025
 Specifications for Structural Steel Buildings by the American Institute of Steel

Construction, ANSI/AISC 360-16.
 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures by
the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE 7-16.
 Design: Piers and Wharves by the Unified Facilities Criteria, UFC 4-152-01.
January 24, 2017.
 Design of Sheet Pile Walls, EM 1110-2-2504.
 Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 5, FHWA-IF-02-034, April 2002 and

FHWA-NHI-16-072, April 2017.
 Pile Buck Steel Sheet Piling Design Manual.
 Handbook of Port and Harbor Engineering, Geotechnical and Structural Aspects.
 ArcelorMittal Sheet Piling, Design & Execution Manual, AS 500 Straight web sheet
piles.
 Design of Sheet Pile Cellular Structures, EM-1110-2-2503.
 Foundations & Earth Structures, Design Manual 7.02, NAVFAC.
 PIANC, Guidelines for the Design of Fender Systems: 2002.
 OCIMF, Mooring Equipment Guidelines (MEG4): 2018.
 ACI 318-14, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete.
 ACI 315, Details and Detailing of Concrete Reinforcement.
 API Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore
Platforms – WSD.
 USS Steel Sheet Pile Design Manual.
 United Facilities Criteria (UFC), Geotechnical Engineering, UFC 3-220-01.

November 1, 2012.
 Arcelor Mittal Piling Handbook, 9th Edition.

2.8 Project Datum
2.8.1 Horizontal Datum
The horizontal datum for the structure is Wisconsin South State Plane North American Datum
(NAD) 83.
2.8.2 Vertical Datum

The vertical datum for this project shall be the IGLD85. LWD for Lake Michigan is 577.7 feet
above IGLD85. North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) is 0.41 feet higher than the
IGLD85.
2.9 Service Life

The design service life is to be 100 years with an operation and maintenance plan developed by
others to prevent contaminant release into perpetuity.
2.10 Loss of Thickness (EN 1993-5 [2007])

Considering the 100-year design life of the structure, the estimated loss of sheet pile web
thickness is 0.03 inches (ArcelorMittal, 2016) for faces in contact with water and 0.02 inches for
faces in contact with non-aggressive and compacted soil.
2.11 Sealant
Sheet pile interlocks on the side of the cofferdam cells facing away from Lake Michigan and
adjacent to the interior where dredged material will be disposed either welded or sealed with
interlock injected sealant to prevent the seepage through the sheets. The sealant shall reduce
hydraulic conductivity to 1 x 10-9 cm/sec or less.

3 Geotechnical Design Criteria
3.1 Existing Geotechnical Data
Site-specific geotechnical data was collected in June 2020 and was used to develop the soil
layers and properties. The data are presented in Appendix L of the Final Design Report
(Foth 2020b).
3.2 Fill Material Properties

Cells should be filled with free draining granular material, with less than 5% of the particles by
weight passing the No. 200 sieve and 15% passing the No. 100 sieve.
Table 3-1
Fill Material Properties
ɸ δ C ɣ ɣ sub
Description
Deg. Deg. psf pcf pcf
Cell Fill 35 18.9 0 125 70
3.3 Sediment Properties in DMMF Footprint

Soil properties “behind the wall,” the Milwaukee Harbor bed sediments into which the piles will
be driven, are extracted from site specific geotechnical boring data collected in June 2020. After
review of boring descriptions and tests, a soft clay with the following properties extracted from
Table 3-4, of Design of Sheet Pile Walls (USACE, 1994), is considered in the design.
Table 3-2
Soil Condition Behind the Wall
ɸ δ C ɣ ɣ sub
Description
Deg. Deg. psf pcf pcf
Un-improved 30 16.2 750 110 70

Improved 30 16.2 375 125 80

4 Metocean Design Criteria
4.1 Site Bathymetry
Site multi-beam bathymetry was collected in September 2019 by FreshWater Engineering. It has
been added to the project base map.
4.2 Design Water Levels

Based upon input from project stakeholders and the water level analysis documented in the
Metocean Report (Foth, 2020a), which is Appendix D of the Final Design Report (Foth, 2020b),
the following water levels are to be utilized for the design.
 Design High Still Water Level: +5 ft LWD or 582.5 ft IGLD85

 Design Low Still Water Level: -1.5 ft LWD or 576.0 ft IGLD85

5 Mooring and Berthing Design Criteria
Mooring requirements have been provided by Port Milwaukee.
5.1 Mooring and Berthing Analysis

See Section 2.2.
5.2 Passing Vessel

Passing vessel is considered inconsequential for the project based on the level of activities within
the nearby facilities.

6 Structural Design Criteria
6.1 Design Loads (from Port Milwaukee)
6.1.1 Vertical Loads
6.1.1.1 Dead Loads
Live Load (L)
A uniform surcharge live load of 1,000 pounds per square foot (psf) is considered on the yard
starting 30 feet behind the bulkhead (i.e., 30 feet away from the back face of the cell wall).
A uniform surcharge live load of 500 psf is considered on the yard immediately behind the back
face of the cells for a width of 30 feet.
A uniform surcharge live load of 500 psf is considered on top of the cells where concrete
platform has been constructed.
A uniform surcharge live load of 250 psf is considered on top of the cells without concrete
platform.
Crane Load (C)

A Manitowoc 2250 Series 3 crawling crane with following characteristics are considered for the
design:
 Machine counterweight: 249,200 lb. + 120,000 lb.
 Crawler: Fixed with gantry up position
 Primary boom length: 200 feet
 Lifting load: 68,000 lbs @ 35 feet radius
Illustration 6-1: Ground Bearing Pressure Estimator

6.1.2 Horizontal Loads
Earth Load (H)
The earth pressure acting on the structure shall be calculated in correspondence to various
conditions such as cohesionless and cohesive soils.
Hydrostatic Load (HY)

A hydrostatic pressure of 29.8 feet above mudline is considered during high water level.
Berthing Load (Be) Berthing forces should evaluate the following:

 Impact:
 Ore Carrier: 16 kips/ft uniform over 40 feet impact length
 Alternate Carrier: 22 kips/ft uniform over 30 feet impact length
Earthquake Load (EQ)

Based on the ASCE 7-16, the PGA (Peak Ground Acceleration) and Site amplification factor at
PGA for the site are 0.059g and 1.6g, respectively.
Bray et al. (2010) and Lew et al. (2010) indicate that "lateral earth pressure increases due to
seismic ground motion are likely insignificant for peak ground accelerations of 0.3g to 0.4g or
less" - taken from Appendix A11, Seismic Design of Retaining Structures, AASHTO LRFD
2014. Additionally, FHWA-NHI-11-032 (Section 11.2.2) states that seismic analysis is not
necessary for structures when the site-adjusted peak ground acceleration (i.e., F_PGA X PGA) is
less than 0.3g unless the foundation is susceptible to liquefaction.
Wind or Wave Load (W)

A horizontal wave load of 12.4 kips/ft will be considered at elevation +2.0 feet LWD.
Mooring Load (M)

 Bollard: 120 kips with following arrangement.
Illustration 6-2: Bollard Loads
Ice Load (ICE) Port Criteria

 Horizontal 10 kips/ft at El 0.0 and for Piles equal to 38 kips/ft at El +4.0

 Vertical on Piles is 160 kips Upward and 135 kips downward
6.2 Load Combinations (UFC 4-152-01)

6.2.1 Load and Resistance Factor Design
Table 6-1
Load and Resistance Factor Design
6.2.2 Allowable Stress Design
Table 6-2
Allowable Stress Design
6.3 Corrosion Protection

6.3.1 Protective Coating
All steel in contact with water, cell fill, or dredged material shall be coated. Other steel elements
may not be coated at the discretion of the Engineer.

6.3.2 Cathodic Protection
Cathodic protection with sacrificial anode will be considered.
6.4 Materials
6.4.1 Concrete
Concrete shall be normal weight with a minimum comprehensive strength of 4,000 pounds per
square inch (psi) at 28 days.
6.4.2 Reinforcing Steel

Reinforcing steel shall conform to the requirements of ASTM A615, Grade 60 or 75.
6.4.3 Structural Steel

Structural steel sheets and pipe piles shall conform to ASTM A572, Grade 50.
6.5 Regulatory Work

6.5.1 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is a delegated permitting authority,
completing permitting reviews based on both state and federal regulations.
6.5.1.1 Chapter 30 and NR 200 Water Quality Certification

Wisconsin statute Chapter 30 lists regulations that apply to navigable waters, harbors, and
navigation in waters of the state. However, Chapter 30 does not apply to areas that are within a
lake bed grant area because it was granted from the State to a municipality, as stated in Chapter
30.05. The dredging of rivers in the Milwaukee Estuary AOC will be permitted under a Chapter
30 permit. Wisconsin Natural Resource Code Chapter 299 requires a Water Quality Certification
that reviews if the placement of material within the Lake Bed Grant area is consistent with the
public interest.
6.5.1.2 WPDES
Wisconsin Statutes and regulations require a WPDES permit for discharge into waters of the
state. The WPDES permit is issued by the WDNR consistent with applicable federal and state
requirements, and contains requirements that include discharge limitations, monitoring and
reporting requirements, best management practices to minimize or remove risk to impacting
human health and the environment. WDNR has determined that one WPDES permit will be
issued covering all of the dredging projects discharging into the DMMF and not the DMMF
facility as a whole.

6.5.2 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
6.5.2.1 Section 404
A Section 404 review will be completed as part of the Individual Permit process by USACE to
evaluate the facility due to the placement of fill and anticipated placement of dredged material
within the DMMF.
6.5.2.2 Section 408

A Section 408 review will be completed by USACE to evaluate the impact to existing USACE
facilities, in this case the Milwaukee DMDF and Milwaukee Harbor Federal channel. The 408
review will look at the impacts to hydraulics, operations, and if the intended use of the DMMF
will negatively impact the structures owned by the USACE, including the authorized federal
navigation channel. This review is being done as the new DMMF will rely on the North wall of
the DMDF to provide containment, as well as to provide access to the Eastern wall of the
DMMF.
6.5.3 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection (USEPA) may choose to exercise their authority under
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to evaluate the proposed facility for impacts after the review
by the WDNR. It is unknown at this time if they would choose to perform that review.

7 References
American Concrete Institute, 1999. Details and Detailing of Concrete Reinforcement,
ACI 315-99. August 31, 1999.
American Concrete Institute, 2014. Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete,
ACI 318-14.
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). Specifications for Structural Steel Buildings,
ANSI/AISC 360-16.
American Petroleum Institute, 2000. Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and
Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms – Working Stress Design. December 2000.
American Society for Testing and Materials. ASTM Standard Practice A572 – Standard
Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel.
American Society for Testing and Materials. ASTM A615 – Standard Specification for
Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement.
American Society of Civil Engineers. Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for
Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE 7-16.
ArcelorMittal, 2016. Piling Handbook, 9th edition, ISBN 978-99959-0-194-3.
ArcelorMittal, 2017. Sheet Piling, Design & Execution Manual, AS 500® Straight web steel
sheet piles. August 2017.
Bray, Jonathan, T. Travasarou, & J. Zupan, 2010. Seismic Displacement Design of Earth
Retaining Structures. Geotechnical Special Publication. 384. 638-655. 10.1061/41128
(384)65.
Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC, 2020a. Metocean Report – Milwaukee Estuary
DMMF. June 2020.
Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC, 2020b. Final Design Report – Milwaukee Estuary
DMMF. November 2020.
International Navigation Association (PIANC), 1984. Guidelines for the Design of Fender
Systems: 2002, ISBN 2-87223-125-0.
Lew, Marshall, N. Sitar, & L. Atik, 2010. Seismic Earth Pressures: Fact or Fiction?.
Geotechnical Special Publication. 384. 656-673. 10.1061/41128(384)66.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 2012. Foundations and Earth Structures: NAVFAC
Design Manual 7.02.

Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF), 2018. Mooring Equipment Guidelines
(MEG4). June 2018.
Pile Buck, 1986. Pile Buck® Steel Sheet Piling Design Manual.
Tsinker, Gregory, 1997. Handbook of Port and Harbor Engineering, Geotechnical and
Structural Aspects.
United Facilities Criteria, 2012. Geotechnical Engineering, UFC 3-220-01. November 1, 2012.
Unified Facilities Criteria, 2017. Design: Piers and Wharves, UFC 4-152-01. January 24, 2017.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1972. Milwaukee Harbor Drawings. May 15, 1972.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1989. Design of Sheet Pile Cellular Structures Cofferdams and
Retaining Structures, EM-1110-2-2503. September 29, 1989.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1994. Design of Sheet Pile Walls, EM 1110-2-2504.
March 31, 1994.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2008. Phase II Report, Dredged Material Management Plan
Study. January 2008.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2015. Dredging and Dredged Material Management,
EM 1110-2-5025. July 31, 2015.
U.S. Department of Transportation-Federal Highway Administration, 2002. Geotechnical

Engineering Circular No. 5 – Evaluation of Soil and Rock Properties, FHWA-IF-02-034.
April 2002.
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Engineering Circular No. 5 – Geotechnical Site Characterization, FHWA-NHI-16-072.
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Basis of Design Report

Basis of Design Report

Project I.D.: 19W012

WEC Energy Group – Business Services

Project ID: 19W012

Copyright©, Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC 2020

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AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transpiration Officials

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1.2 Project Scope

1.3 Project Location and Limits

1.4 General Project Description

1.5 Existing Structures

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2.2 Vessels (from Port Milwaukee)

2.3 Bollard (from Port Milwaukee)

2.4 Fender (from Port Milwaukee)

2.5 Waterfront Elevation (from Port Milwaukee)

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2.6.3 Safety Factors

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 Specifications for Structural Steel Buildings by the American Institute of Steel

 Design of Sheet Pile Walls, EM 1110-2-2504.

 Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 5, FHWA-IF-02-034, April 2002 and

 Pile Buck Steel Sheet Piling Design Manual.

 Handbook of Port and Harbor Engineering, Geotechnical and Structural Aspects.

 Design of Sheet Pile Cellular Structures, EM-1110-2-2503.

 Foundations & Earth Structures, Design Manual 7.02, NAVFAC.

 PIANC, Guidelines for the Design of Fender Systems: 2002.

 OCIMF, Mooring Equipment Guidelines (MEG4): 2018.

 ACI 318-14, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete.

 ACI 315, Details and Detailing of Concrete Reinforcement.

 USS Steel Sheet Pile Design Manual.

 United Facilities Criteria (UFC), Geotechnical Engineering, UFC 3-220-01.

 Arcelor Mittal Piling Handbook, 9th Edition.

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2.8.2 Vertical Datum

2.9 Service Life

2.10 Loss of Thickness (EN 1993-5 [2007])

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3.2 Fill Material Properties

Cell Fill 35 18.9 0 125 70

3.3 Sediment Properties in DMMF Footprint

Un-improved 30 16.2 750 110 70

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4.2 Design Water Levels

 Design High Still Water Level: +5 ft LWD or 582.5 ft IGLD85

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5.1 Mooring and Berthing Analysis

5.2 Passing Vessel

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Crane Load (C)

Illustration 6-1: Ground Bearing Pressure Estimator

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Hydrostatic Load (HY)

Berthing Load (Be) Berthing forces should evaluate the following:

Earthquake Load (EQ)

Wind or Wave Load (W)