Constructing a highway bridge is no small feat. A single project takes weeks from start to finish, including the planning stage, the hands-on construction aspect and final safety testing. Sheet Piling ...

The analysis and design of sheet pile structure involves problems of complex soil structure interaction. The actual performance of the sheet pile for the given site conditions is found to be very ...

A new engineered repair system for seawalls is based on fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) technology that has been used for several years to repair and strengthen worn and damaged marine piles made of ...

Why would an established highway contractor with a history of using a crane with diesel hammer for pile driving be working at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with a sophisticated pile driving rig? That ...

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 ...

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