by Bruce Stroyer | Mar 10, 2023 | Helical Case Study, Helical Piles, Remote Control Pile Installation
Image Credit: Brokk/Drilling Service Co. When it comes to deep foundation systems, helical piers are gaining traction with contractors across the country. This anchoring method offers minimal ground disturbance and leaves no spoils. There’s also no cure time involved,...
by Bruce Stroyer | May 29, 2020 | Micropiles, Stelcor Case Study, Stelcor®, Stelcor® Historic Preservation
OVERVIEW: The foundation of the 100-year-old Malt House building had to be underpinned in order to allow 5 additional floors to be added to it. This building is in the Manhattanville Factory District – New York’s most important master-planned economic and urban...
by Bruce Stroyer | Apr 2, 2020 | Micropiles, Stelcor Case Study, Stelcor®, Stelcor® Historic Preservation
OVERVIEW: The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, one of Connecticut’s top tourist attractions, is expanding to include a 179-seat 4D theater and a 150,000-gallon Harbor Seal exhibit. Building the new seal exhibit is part of the Aquarium’s response to the planned...
by Bruce Stroyer | Feb 12, 2019 | Stelcor Case Study, Stelcor®
OVERVIEW: Global shipping delivery provider DHL needed to add a mezzanine level to its existing warehouse at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, to expand its package handling and sorting center. The warehouse needed to remain clean...
by Bruce Stroyer | Aug 3, 2018 | Case Study, Micropiles, Stelcor Case Study, Stelcor®
By boring, we mean a soil boring plays a part in this story. What isn’t boring is how the general contractor in this story reduced the pile depth from 80’ to 30’ and in turn, saved over $500,000.00 and shaved 6 weeks off the project schedule by using...
