Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Burlison, Tennessee
During the summer of 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration let a contract to remedy an area of significant bank erosion along the Hatchie
River in southwest Tennessee. The bank failure threatened an interior road within the Lower
Hatchie National Wildlife refuge. The goal was to stabilize the bank and construct a cellular
confinement system wall to prevent future erosion. The project included 500 linear feet of bank
correction and new construction. The contractor awarded the project, contacted Arc Surveying
and Mapping to perform existing conditions survey, construction layout, and quantity surveys.
Arc Surveying and Mapping performed an existing condition survey of the area using Trimble
Robotic Total stations and Trimble RTK GPS to collect data within our established horizontal and
vertical control network. This survey would serve as the “baseline” for all future quantity
calculations. In addition, Arc provided line and grade layout for the bank grading, geo -grid
stabilization, coffer dams, and new cellular wall. Finally, Arc provided grade stakes along the
existing road for re-surfacing and repair.