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APE Pile Driving and Helical Pile Introduction Video

March 10, 2014 rockman Comments Off

I met a gentleman from American Pile driving Equipment, or APE, on the plane on my way to the GeoCongress conference. We spent some time chatting, and we visited at the trade show at the […]

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

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

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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