Tanger Outlet Centers Benefits from CULTEC System

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Brookfield, Conn. - When Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, known for its premiere outlet shopping locations, embarked on the redevelopment of its center in Bluffton, S.C., the company employed Ward Edwards, Inc. to oversee the engineering aspects of the project.

Redesigning the existing stormwater management system was on top of a to-do list for the Ward Edwards engineers, who had to find a modern solution to replace a network of detention ponds constructed 20 ?EUR??,,????'?????<
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The 177,000-sq.-ft. center, consisting of four buildings and housing 42 brand name tenants, is located on the 20-acre site. At the front of the center, four outparcels are situated along Highway 278 off Interstate-95. The redesigned center also features about 1,000 parking spaces, so taking up land with an aboveground stormwater solution was an issue.

To maximize the development area, the engineers chose an underground chamber system provided by CULTEC, Inc. As the groundwater level was high, four to five feet deep, the company?EUR??,,????'?????<
According to Powell, had the engineers used an aboveground stormwater system, they would have lost about 10 to 15 percent, or 2 to 3 acres, of the development area.

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