ALERT: Two more loud ‘rapid-load’ tests @ Terminal 5 this week

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If you’re in the Terminal 5 area – take note that the Port of Seattle has two more “rapid-load testing of piles” set for this week, as part of the design/permit process for the Terminal 5 Modernization Project. They’re both scheduled around noon, one tomorrow (Tuesday, March 8th), one on Thursday (March 10th). Port spokesperson Peter McGraw says it “will sound like a half-second cannon shot,” which one reader verified after a recent test (of which we didn’t get advance notice). If you have a question or complaint, here’s the address you can use: Terminal5_Outreach@portseattle.org – McGraw says the test results “may help reduce the number of piles required and the depth of pile installation, which in-turn would reduce noise associated with pile-driving during construction.”

4 Replies to "ALERT: Two more loud 'rapid-load' tests @ Terminal 5 this week"

  • anonyme March 8, 2016 (6:23 am)

    They will be making sure that no orcas or whales are in the vicinity before testing, right?  Right?

  • rpo March 11, 2016 (12:05 pm)

    I’m pretty sure I just heard one.  It was a ~one second, reverberating blast that vibrated the windows in North Admiral.

    • WSB March 11, 2016 (12:29 pm)

      I’ll check with the port. Someone texted us about that and since we hadn’t heard of a test scheduled today, I was speculating it might have been the military jet(s) we mentioned earlier …maybe not; stand by.

      (added) Yes – they confirm the test scheduled for yesterday was delayed to today. Sorry for not having known in advance.

  • rpo March 11, 2016 (1:10 pm)

    No worries!  Thanks for everything that you do.

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