Thompson conducted initial and supplemental pile load testing programs and pile integrity tests (pile dynamic analysis) on more than 1,000 cast-in-place pilings throughout the development and construction phases of the projects. The Beau Rivage appears to be a land-based structure, but it actually floats on five barges anchored by nine million pounds of structural steel piles. The casino was one of the only Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos left standing and the first to resume business following the storm. The design was tested during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Thompson’s offshore floating vessel arrangement allows the casino to float on the Mississippi Sound, while still being connected to the land-based resort hotel. The end product is the largest sea-anchored, semi-submersible barge structure in the world. Thompson was tasked with designing a water-based casino capable of withstanding daily tidal fluctuations and hurricane-force storm surge.
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