US Army Engr Dist New Orleans, PO Box 60267, New Orleans La. 70160

B -- GEOSYNTHETIC INSTRUMENTATION SOL DACW29-96-Q-0053 DUE 020996 POC Contract Specialist, Jane B. Kulick (504) 862-2869 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, intends to enter into a contract with Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, to perform instrumentation of geogrid and geotextile reinforcements for a test section of the Westminister Levee Project, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The purpose of the test section is to determine the effect of large, nontraditional elongations of the soil reinforcement. The increased reinforcement elongations require that gages, installation procedures, and adhesives function outside of traditional limits. This contractor is experienced in installing geosynthetic instrumentation subjected to strains greater than 5 percent as well as sucessfully measuring these strains. This contractor has also published articles demonstrating this experience and successful strain measurement, as well as illustrating their proven state-of-the-art installation procedures. See Note 22. (0354)

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