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Types Of Foundations
Like any great team, business, or relationship, a strong foundation is the key to the long-term success of any building. For contractors, architects, and engineers, understanding which foundation is best for your building is an important part of your design and...
KEEPING UP A FACADE – ITHACA, NY
As we all know, a multi-story century-old brick facade with no building behind it is not going to be the most steady structure. The possibility of vibrations strikes fear in any sensible person. Enter.. helical piles. As part of the West End Ironworks redevelopment...
NYC – 12.75″ helical pipe piles for soe in the Bronx
This project in the Bronx, the IDEAL Design Team recommended a 12.75” x .500” W.T. helical pipe pile with a 22” x .75” helix as an alternate to drilling, dropping, and grouting, H-Piles. A total of 18 helical pipe piles were installed over 2 days. Each pile section...
NYC – 75 STELCOR Piles for 8-Story Cantilevered Condos
OVERVIEW: After a decade of waiting, this 8-story building is finally going vertical. This striking cantilivered ground-up structure is located in the heart of NYC's East Village neighborhood. Designed by HTO-Architect for Colonnade Group, the building will...
Helical Piles In An Active Stone Mine
OVERVIEW: The Gads Hill Mine in Piedmont, Missouri is owned by CertainTeed/Saint Gobain, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials. This project consisted of updates to the primary crusher within the mine. As these updates took place, loads were...
Hiring. Hunting. Enlisting. Recruiting. Poaching. Call It What You Like.
Hiring, hunting, enlisting, poaching, recruiting. Call it what you like. The IDEAL Group needs more good people. We already have a lot but these ones can’t be cloned. The IDEAL Team is comprised of a wide variety of talented, enthusiastic, positive, funny,...
Keeping it Clean in Washington D.C. With STELCOR
OVERVIEW: The Clean Rivers Project is DC Water’s ongoing program to reduce combined sewer overflows into the District’s waterways. The Project is a massive infrastructure and support program designed to capture and clean wastewater during rainfalls before it ever...
On the beaten PATH: More IDEAL Helical Piles In The NY/NJ Subway Stations
The helical piles had to be installed in an existing subway station, so limited access was a significant challenge. Construction is underway at the Exchange Place and Newport PATH stations in Jersey City. Renovations are being made to the existing infrastructure to...
STELCOR at the Pennant in Baltimore, MD
Limbo is fun - unless you're in an excavator and trying to install deep foundations with a 16' ceiling above you. The Pennant, in Fells Point on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, is a residential development that is currently under construction. The project includes new...
STELCOR For The First National Center
OVERVIEW: The $275 million First National Center renovation, one of the country's most significant restoration projects, is happening in downtown Oklahoma City. The art deco tower was built for First National Bank in 1931 and is now a designated historic landmark....