In Bell Chase, Louisiana, a huge vibratory driver/extractor manufactured by American Piledriving Equipment Inc. was used to extract 54-in diameter pipe piles 140-ft deep. The piles were part of a cofferdam for the largest pumping station in New Orleans. The contractor was a joint venture between Kiewit Corp. and Traylor Brothers Construction Inc. [Source: National Driller Foundation Report Newsletter. Image: National Driller Foundations Report]
The geotechnical software company Deep Excavation has a nice entry on their blog about the cofferdams for the Tapan Zee Bridge in New York. Geotechnical firm Siefert Associates used the DeepExcav software to design the […]
The Jefferson Memorial itself is supported on a network of 600+ concrete piles and drilled shafts that penetrate through soft Patomac River sediments and dredged material into bedrock between 80 and 138-ft below ground. However, […]
The latest issue of Pile Buck Magazine has a cover story on the Panama Canal Construction. Talk about a mega project! There are actually two articles, the first includes a very nice summary of the […]
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