Diamond Teague Park

Category
Marine Construction
Pier/Wharf Construction
Pile Driving

Client
Washington, D.C. Department of Transportation
Deputy Mayor’s Office

Location
Intersection of First Street and Potomac Avenue, SE, in front of Nationals Park
Anacostia River, Washington, D.C.

Key Challenges & Project Details

• Construction of waterfront park linking the Washington Nationals’ baseball park to the Anacostia River
• Project start up in February 2009, requiring 10 to 12 hour work shifts, 6 days a week until completion
• Construction of pier, docks, boardwalks and park
• Construction of 30’ wide by 374’ long decorative boardwalk, consisting of a timber and metal deck on a structural steel frame
• Installation of concrete grade beams and 58 14-inch pre-stressed concrete piles to support boardwalk
• Construction of bridge connecting to existing historic pump house
• Construction of aluminum gangways, attaching the main floating piers to the shoreline
• Installation of decorative handrails, bridge decking, fire water lines, and floating plant islands

Completion date
Summer 2009