The Project Scope

Installation of a 1200 SF negative edge pool overlooking a 100 acre private lake.
This project consisted of the need to construct the pool in such a way that the negative edge feature would hit the lake. This requirement required the pool to be built approx. 12 feet above the current elevation of the property.

The property consisted of a 1400 acre retreat so a remote site was chosen that allowed us to excavate over a 1000 cubic yards of needed fill. The retaining walls were built first and the area was then back filled to bring the pool site up to grade. We then installed 22, 18” piers, 30 feet deep to support the perimeter of the pool walls. In this fashion the pool would be self standing even without the benefit of the supporting soil. The piers were filled to the bottom of the future pool excavation, while the steel was allowed to carry to the surface. Once the pool was excavated, the piers were picked up by the belly steel in the shell of the pool and all were tied together to form a very strong support system for the shell of the pool. From that point on, the construction of the pool was fairly straight forward and no real problems were encountered. The balance of the project continue to evolve into additional projects from porches, retaining walls, driveways, entry steps and a very involved perimeter drainage system.

The project took a full year to build and required our crews to live onsite for that time. The landscape architect was SWA and PSF did all of the hardscape, the MEP and finished much of the landscaping.