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42 STELCOR® DDMS FOR WIND TURBINES IN CALIFORNIA
Dole’s salad processing plant in Soledad, CA, recently began a $10 million project to install two wind turbines. The turbines will provide power to the facility to aid Dole in achieving its goal of net zero carbon emissions from Dole-managed operations by 2030.

FLYING EXCAVATORS AND STELCOR DDM’S AT A PAPER MILL IN DULUTH, MN
ST Paper & Tissue acquired its Duluth, MN location in early 2021 and began a $54 million overhaul of the facilities shortly after. The installation of a new tissue paper machine will be one of the most notable upgrades to the facility. The new paper mill will be installed inside the existing factory, and a new foundation will be necessary to support it.

93 STELCOR DDM’S INSTALLED FOR A 7-STORY HOSPITAL ADDITION
The Highland Hospital Patient Tower Project will take three years to complete and will open in the spring of 2023. The project will add five additional stories to the existing 2-story southeast wing and join the south and southeast wings with a 7-story structure.

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...