Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center

Materials testing and Special Inspections for a 210,000 sq foot practice facility

Situated within a $3.5 billion riverfront master plan reshaping 35 acres of Cleveland’s urban core, the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center required rigorous materials testing and Special Inspections to keep a complex, multi-story structure on track.

ECS Group of Companies provided construction materials testing, Special Inspections and environmental services for Bedrock Detroit across a 210,000-square-foot facility supported by auger cast piles and grade beams. Confirming the regulatory status of drilling spoils while maintaining structural oversight in an occupied urban environment made this project technically consequential.

Challenge: Hazardous spoils risk in occupied urban site

The auger cast pile drilling process generated soil spoils in a dense urban setting, raising the possibility of hazardous waste disposal requirements that could have disrupted schedule and created regulatory exposure for the project team.

Solution: Soil sampling confirmed, hazardous disposal avoided

ECS conducted soil sampling and analysis of spoils generated from auger cast pile drilling, confirming hazardous waste disposal was unnecessary. ECS also maintained an onsite discrepancy and resolution log to communicate non-compliant or unexpected conditions affecting schedule or design reviews.