Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Category
Historic

Client
US Department of the Interior, National Park Service

Location
Washington, D.C.

Key Challenges & Project Details

• The contract requires the complete demolition and replacement of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, one of the most highly recognizable of American, historic  icons
• Construction of  new pool, water treatment facility, pedestrian walkways, and site lighting
• Abatement of existing asbestos asphalt lining under pool
• Construction of a new force main sewer line;  replacement of the existing sewer line and storm sewer
• Construction of new raw water intake and pump station, enabling  the National Park Service to supply water from the Tidal Basin rather than the District of Columbia city water system
• Installation of 18,000 LF of HDPE piping
• Removal and repair of 586  granite coping stones around the pool; stones will be reset in original locations as part of historic preservation
• Installation of approximately 2700 timber piles for pool, sidewalk, and retaining wall foundations
• Construction of new pool deck, requiring installation of approximately 12,000 CY of concrete
• Installation of new site lighting and a rehabilitation of the historic Elm Walks around the pool
• Extensive measures required throughout construction to protect historic Elm trees along  walkways
• Replacement of dirt paths with new exposed aggregate pedestrian walkways in the areas immediately adjacent to the pool
• Maintaining flow of hundreds of thousands of visitors to the site during construction

Completion Date
Spring of 2012