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CloseThis high profile addition to the growing tourist destination of National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. Just outside of Washington DC and Alexandria, VA, is located right on the Potomac River.
With year round operation and thousands of visitors expected to experience the views from high atop the Capital Wheel, the designers chose to use galvanized steel for all of the frame work supporting this unique attraction. Just over 180 tons of structural steel was fabricated and galvanized in record time in the dead of winter, then be barged down river before the harsh winter fully set in, allowing construction to be completed on schedule.
Details
Year Galvanized
2014
Award Class
Newly Complete
Award Sectors
Recreation & Entertainment
Water & Marine
Environment
Temperate Marine
Location
Oxon Hill, MD United States
Reasons for Galvanizing
Coating Durability, Corrosion Performance, Life-Cycle Cost, Prior HDG Experience, Sustainability, Turnaround Time
Components Galvanized
All of the frame work supporting the wheel now encased in concrete.
Tonnage/Size
Steel: 180
HDG: 180
Team Members
Specifier
Chris Crosby
Cianbro
Engineer
Mark Glynn
Glynn Geotechnical Engineering
Other
Brown Craig Turner
Member Galvanizer(s)
V&S Delaware Galvanizing LLC
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