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Octakong setup for driving world's largest pile in the South China Sea for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Seaway Project
Press Releases

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, with Largest Piles Ever Driven, is Giant Leap in Construction Innovation, and US-Chinese Trade

January 19, 2012 rockman Comments Off on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, with Largest Piles Ever Driven, is Giant Leap in Construction Innovation, and US-Chinese Trade

Octakong setup for driving world's largest pile in the South China Sea for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Seaway Project

December 8th 2011 5:00 PM – American Piledriving Equipment’s 8-hammer “Octakong” vibratory pile driver hammer drove the final record breaking pile in front of a crowd of over 200 people on the South China Sea, who came to witness the world’s largest pile drive to grade. The last of 120, 72’ diameter steel piles has been driven into place, completing construction of two circular sea bound walls in the South China Sea, for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Seaway project.

[Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release and an installation video. [/Editor]

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American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTM
Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates December 2011

January 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off on ASTM Updates December 2011

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTMHappy New Year! Here are a list of updated and new ASTM standards related to geotechnical engineering, materials testing and other subjects of interest to geoprofessionals.  In this batch is a new standard for testing individual geogrid junction strength and other updated standards for geogrid testing.  The standard for geofoam has been updated, so has the standard for SPT sampling.  Read on for a list of these updated standards and others.

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Penstock under construction at downstream end of project
Project Related

Threading the Needle through an Olympic Venue

January 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off on Threading the Needle through an Olympic Venue

The Fitzsimmons Creek run-of-river hydroelectric project consisted of a number of geotechnical challenges for design team member Golder Associates. The project site is in British Columbia’s Coastal Mountains, and ran adjacent to the bobsleigh (or […]