September/October 2021 - 93
Auger Cast and Helical Piles
for Historic Hotel
FEATURE ARTICLE
Auger cast pile construction inside façade abutting the Golden 1 Center
Built in 1911, the Marshall Hotel is a 5story
historic monument that resides in
the heart of Sacramento, just blocks
from the California State Capitol. Made
of century-old brick and steel, this
landmark hotel is being modernized and
strengthened into a 21st century Hyatt
Centric Hotel. Because the hotel is on
the city's register of historic and cultural
resources, the renovation preserved its
existing red brick façade. The current
renovation demolished the interior of
the 5-story unreinforced masonry structure;
preserved the masonry façade; and
is being constructed into a 172 room,
11-story steel-frame hotel.
Other design considerations included
a rooftop bar at the sixth floor and
a 24,000 gal (90,850 L) fire water storage
tank below the first floor. The approximately
112,000 sq ft (10,405 sq m) project
also includes about 6,000 sq ft (557 sq m)
of ground floor retail space. The new
hotel is utilizing a structural steel frame
within the existing 5-story façade and
light gauge structural metal framing for
the top six stories. The challenge for
developer Presidio Companies was to
preserve two ornate, 5-story, exterior
walls of the original 110-year-old building
to showcase the historic brick façade
as the focal point for the new hotel.
Farrell Design-Build and project
partners set out to merge the old with
the new, but there were many unknowns
to address. For each demolition
phase, as-built data and critical information
provided in the geotechnical
report gave the project team the
necessary resources to effectively work
and rework each foundation design
element.
This article discusses the work
Farrell executed to provide multiple
design-build foundation support
solutions based on the conditions at
AUTHORS Tom Farrell, C.E., G.E., Kyle Wallace, P.E., John Sims III, P.E., Farrell Design-Build
DEEP FOUNDATIONS * SEPT/OCT 2021 * 93
hand: helical piles (HP) for direct
vertical support of the historic façade
walls, drilled pipe piles (DPP) to support
the temporary exoskeleton, auger cast
piles (ACP) for deep foundation support
of the new hotel, and cantilever soldier
beam shoring for temporary excavations
next to the adjacent arena.
Site History
In the early 1900s in Sacramento,
residents mainly walked the streets
among horse-drawn carriages, wagons
and bicycles. In 1910, Sacramento's
population was 44,000 (compared to
San Francisco's at 416,000), Pacific Gas
and Electric had been newly formed,
and Sacramento was the only city with
large department stores between
Oakland and Reno.
In honor of her parents, Hattie
Clayton Gardiner financed construction
in 1910 for a new hotel in the heart
September/October 2021
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of September/October 2021
Table of Contents
September/October 2021 - Intro
September/October 2021 - 1
September/October 2021 - 2
September/October 2021 - Table of Contents
September/October 2021 - 4
September/October 2021 - 5
September/October 2021 - 6
September/October 2021 - 7
September/October 2021 - 8
September/October 2021 - 9
September/October 2021 - 10
September/October 2021 - 11
September/October 2021 - 12
September/October 2021 - 13
September/October 2021 - 14
September/October 2021 - 15
September/October 2021 - 16
September/October 2021 - 17
September/October 2021 - 18
September/October 2021 - 19
September/October 2021 - 20
September/October 2021 - 21
September/October 2021 - 22
September/October 2021 - 23
September/October 2021 - 24
September/October 2021 - 25
September/October 2021 - 26
September/October 2021 - 27
September/October 2021 - 28
September/October 2021 - 29
September/October 2021 - 30
September/October 2021 - 31
September/October 2021 - 32
September/October 2021 - 33
September/October 2021 - 34
September/October 2021 - 35
September/October 2021 - 36
September/October 2021 - 37
September/October 2021 - 38
September/October 2021 - 39
September/October 2021 - 40
September/October 2021 - 41
September/October 2021 - 42
September/October 2021 - 43
September/October 2021 - 44
September/October 2021 - 45
September/October 2021 - 46
September/October 2021 - 47
September/October 2021 - 48
September/October 2021 - 49
September/October 2021 - 50
September/October 2021 - 51
September/October 2021 - 52
September/October 2021 - 53
September/October 2021 - 54
September/October 2021 - 55
September/October 2021 - 56
September/October 2021 - 57
September/October 2021 - 58
September/October 2021 - 59
September/October 2021 - 60
September/October 2021 - 61
September/October 2021 - 62
September/October 2021 - 63
September/October 2021 - 64
September/October 2021 - 65
September/October 2021 - 66
September/October 2021 - 67
September/October 2021 - 68
September/October 2021 - 69
September/October 2021 - 70
September/October 2021 - 71
September/October 2021 - 72
September/October 2021 - 73
September/October 2021 - 74
September/October 2021 - 75
September/October 2021 - 76
September/October 2021 - 77
September/October 2021 - 78
September/October 2021 - 79
September/October 2021 - 80
September/October 2021 - 81
September/October 2021 - 82
September/October 2021 - 83
September/October 2021 - 84
September/October 2021 - 85
September/October 2021 - 86
September/October 2021 - 87
September/October 2021 - 88
September/October 2021 - 89
September/October 2021 - 90
September/October 2021 - 91
September/October 2021 - 92
September/October 2021 - 93
September/October 2021 - 94
September/October 2021 - 95
September/October 2021 - 96
September/October 2021 - 97
September/October 2021 - 98
September/October 2021 - 99
September/October 2021 - 100
September/October 2021 - 101
September/October 2021 - 102
September/October 2021 - 103
September/October 2021 - 104
September/October 2021 - 105
September/October 2021 - 106
September/October 2021 - 107
September/October 2021 - 108
September/October 2021 - 109
September/October 2021 - 110
September/October 2021 - 111
September/October 2021 - 112
September/October 2021 - 113
September/October 2021 - 114
September/October 2021 - 115
September/October 2021 - 116
September/October 2021 - 117
September/October 2021 - 118
September/October 2021 - 119
September/October 2021 - 120
September/October 2021 - 121
September/October 2021 - 122
September/October 2021 - 123
September/October 2021 - 124
September/October 2021 - 125
September/October 2021 - 126
September/October 2021 - 127
September/October 2021 - 128
September/October 2021 - 129
September/October 2021 - 130
September/October 2021 - 131
September/October 2021 - 132
September/October 2021 - 133
September/October 2021 - 134
September/October 2021 - 135
September/October 2021 - 136
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/july-august-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/may-june-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/march-april-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/january-february-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/november-december-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/september-october-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/july-august-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/may-june-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/Jan-feb-2021_nxtbook
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/july-august-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/march-april-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/january-february-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/november-december-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/september-october-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/july-august-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/may-june-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/march-april-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/january-february-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/november-december-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/sept-oct-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/july-aug-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/may-june-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/march-april-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/january-february-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/november-december-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/September-October-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/may-june-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/march-april-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/january-february-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/dfi/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS/july-august-2020
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com