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HP16 and HP18 Steel H-piles Now Available
Up until recently, the biggest steel H-Pile section you could get was an HP14 weighing up to 177 lb/ft. But ENR reports that manufacturers are now rolling steel H-Piles in 16 and 18 inch depths. […]
In Memoriam
Drill Rig Fatality – Removed
This post was removed at the request of the victim’s family. Please see a subsequent apology.
Failures
Tunneling ground loss sinkhole opens in Beijing street, swallows truck
On April 26, a sinkhole opened up in a busy Beijing street in China’s capital city, swallowing up a truck. According to news reports, the driver and passenger jumped out of the vehicle before it […]