A progressing transmission construction boom has notably affected the availability of qualified construction personnel and equipment, along with other resources for transmission construction projects.

Driven piles are created by hammering piles into soil up to a depth of more than 40m. This is done using adjustable hydraulic or diesel hammers. It’s considered a versatile option, suitable in a ...

A barge-mounted crane is used for placement of concrete foundation systems needed to cross the Albemarle Sound. In 2012, Dominion North Carolina Power rebuilt a 115-kV transmission line at a 5-mile (8 ...

Recognized for conquering the Oregon Inlet’s treacherous current, constantly shifting bathymetry and violent storms, the HDR-designed Marc Basnight Bridge in North Carolina was recently honored with ...

There is a natural equilibrium for efficient and economic foundation design: if you keep the pile diameters small, and the length around four metres, you get a very efficient pile. Then if you assume ...

AGRA Foundations and Seacore have installed large diameter rock socketed cast-in-drilledhole reinforced concrete piles (3.8 m diameter, 69 m long) as part of an extensive strengthening of the Richmond ...

Pre-stressed concrete piles that can withstand the designed load capacity of 175 tonnes are being used by contractors, Caribbean Green Builders Inc (CGBI), to construct the 12-storey government ...