Nicholson Awarded Secant Pile Contract for St. Louis CSO Facility

August 29, 2016 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Nicholson Awarded Secant Pile Contract for St. Louis CSO Facility
Anchored secant pile wall in New York

Anchored secant pile wall in New York

Nicholson Construction was recently awarded a secant pile wall contract for the Maline Creek combined sewer overflow (CSO) project in St Louis, Missouri. Their scope of work will include 78 880-mm (~3-ft) piles to depths of 40 to 50 feet, 114 880-mm secant piles to approximately the same depth that will form a braced excavation. They will also install 4 seven foot diameter jet grout columns beneath an existing sewer to support it during excavation. [Source: More about the project at NicholsonConstruction.com. Image: Nicholson Construction]

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PITTSBURGH, PA – December 8, 2010 – Nicholson Construction Company and Menard are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership. Under the partnership, Menard will perform the group’s ground improvement work in the United States, including controlled modulus columns™, vibro stone columns, vibro-compaction, vibro concrete columns, dynamic compaction™, rapid impact compaction, Menard vacuum™ consolidation, and wick drains. Nicholson will continue to perform its comprehensive techniques for deep foundations, earth retention and ground treatment. The two sister companies are headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and have already worked together on several significant projects.

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Nicholson completed an emergency response jet grouting operation on Missouri's Gasconade Bridge, part of Interstate 44, in Laclede County.Pittsburgh, PA – June 2, 2011 – Missouri’s Interstate 44 is considered one of the most frequently traveled highways in the central United States. In early March of 2011, Nicholson Construction was contacted to perform an emergency response grouting operation on the Gasconade Bridge, part of I-44 westbound, over the Gasconade River in Laclede County.

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