Hersheypark is a famous amusement park in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The park looked to GeoPrac sponsor Nicholson Construction for micropile foundations for their new $12.5M Storm Runner roller coaster. The ground conditions consisted of highly variable karstic limestone. Read the project profile on Nicholson’s website to see how they handled the design and construction of these micropile foundations. [Source: Nicholson Construction Company. Image: Nicholson Construction]
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It’s among great pieces of micropiles but people just don’t knwo the kind of work it takes yet. Maybe one day they will.