Michigan's scour mitigation needs concentrate on Great Lakes shoreline infrastructure and inland river crossings, where lake-level fluctuation and ice-related scour during spring breakup produce damage patterns MDOT addresses differently than the storm-driven scour common in coastal southern states.
GSI sees this alongside other Washouts & Scour Damage work across the state's infrastructure network.
Riprap and armor stone for Michigan's Great Lakes shoreline infrastructure are sized to resist ice scour during spring breakup, a mechanism absent in warmer-climate scour mitigation work. GSI's bridge solutions experience informs this approach.
Grout-filled mattress systems protect Michigan bridge foundations from combined lake-level fluctuation and seasonal ice movement. This draws directly on GSI's emergency bridge repair work.
Sheet pile and grouted rock protection at Michigan crossings accounts for both open-water current scour and the distinct forces ice movement exerts during spring thaw. GSI's coastal and bluff stabilization capability supports this step.
Where relevant, water infrastructure is factored into the Michigan project plan from day one.
Engineered for Michigan's conditions. GSI's Michigan scour mitigation addresses ice-related scour during spring breakup — a Great Lakes-specific mechanism most scour protection design doesn't need to consider. This is reinforced by GSI's work in transportation infrastructure and engineers.
Design/build delivery. A single team handles design and construction — removing the handoff delays between design and field work.
MDOT specification compliance. Design documentation and construction practices meet DOT specifications from first submittal.
MDOT partners and Michigan infrastructure owners describe GSI's scour mitigation results.
GSI's engineers are ready to assess scour mitigation conditions at your Michigan site.
