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PROJECT DOSSIER

PENNSYLVANIA CHEMICALS
SHELL CRACKER PLANT PROJECT

PROJECT OVERVIEW
PENNSYLVANIA CHEMICALS
SHELL CRACKER PLANT
Constructed over 360
Project STRUCTURES PROJECT
acres, Pennsylvania
Location Pennsylvania, USA
Chemicals, Shell Cracker
Client Fugro USA Land Inc
Plant is one of the largest
Owner Bechtel
industrial construction
Installation
Partner Foundation Test Group projects in the USA. The
Year 2020
plant will use ethane to
produce 1.6 million tonnes
of polyethylene per year.
The facility is built on the banks of the Ohio
River in Potter Township, Beaver County,
about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north-west
of Pittsburgh. Several plant buildings were
constructed on thick fill layers.
Rite Geosystems’ magnetic extensometers
were installed to monitor the settlement
under four buildings. The extensometers
were installed in boreholes depths
changing between 50 ft and 130 ft.

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