by Bruce Stroyer | Jul 15, 2016 | Helical Case Study, Helical Piles
OVERVIEW: A new 315-unit apartment and condo development is being built in Rochester, NY on a 26-acre parcel which borders county park land and the Irondequoit Bay. Aside from a bald eagle’s nest, the site remained vacant and undeveloped for decades and was...
by Bruce Stroyer | Jun 29, 2016 | Stelcor®
OVERVIEW:An 8-story mixed use building designed by Gene Kaufman is currently going up at 211 McGuinness Blvd. in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The anticipated install rate of the originally specified micropile was 2 piles per day. There were a total of 340...
by Bruce Stroyer | Jun 23, 2016 | Helical Piles, ICC-ES
The team at IDEAL Manufacturing, Inc. is very happy to announce the issuance of the International Code Council Evaluation Services (ICC-ES) Report ESR-3750, confirming compliance of our 2.875″ helical piles with the International Building Code (IBC). Evaluation...
by Bruce Stroyer | Mar 30, 2016 | Stelcor®
OVERVIEW: A 10-story residential 92-unit building is going up at 2065 Walton Avenue. 60 percent of the apartments will go to homeless veterans, with the remainder going to homeless youth between the ages of 18 and 25. CHALLENGE: The site challenges included a high...
by Bruce Stroyer | Jan 29, 2016 | Stelcor®
OVERVIEW: A new construction, 5-story residential building in Astoria NY. Helical piles were originally specified for this project. CHALLENGE: The developer faced several challenges at this site. The biggest concern was the high water tables present. A redesign was...