by Bruce Stroyer | Aug 16, 2017 | Helical Piles
If you’ve heard of the International Building Code (IBC), you might expect that this collection of standards contains parameters that govern site construction permits. The IBC, which surrounds building codes created by the International Code Council (ICC), establishes...
by Bruce Stroyer | May 12, 2017 | Helical Piles
You can some see our smiling faces at Booth 201 during DFI’s tenth annual SuperPile conference on June 14-16, 2017, at The Loews Coronado Bay Resort, outside San Diego. SuperPile ‘17, hosted in partnership with ADSC, focuses on the latest developments in augered...
by Bruce Stroyer | Dec 23, 2016 | Stelcor®, Stelcor® Historic Preservation
OVERVIEW: It may not have been as old or iconic as that other leaning tower over in Italy, but the 118-year-old co-op building that once stood at 74 Grand Street in the SOHO Historic Cast Iron District was protected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)...
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...