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ARCOLA BUILDING CO. TACKLES LAKE
Murphy Tractor & Equipment Recommends NPK Sheet Pile Drivers to Help With Restoration
High water levels and severe weather contributed to erosion issues at this Madison, Ohio, residence, requiring emergency property restoration.
After a decades-long tenure working on virtually every major construction project in Cleveland, Ohio, long-time union member John Selwyn decided to start up his own business. In 2003, he established Arcola Building Company in Madison, Ohio. Located close to Lake Erie, the company has found no shortage of work in the immediate vicinity. Selwyn takes on projects ranging from new industrial and residential construction to home remodeling and renovation as well as property restoration projects on the shores of the lake.
Eroding Shoreline
Known as one of the most turbulent of the Great Lakes due to its shallow depth, those living along Lake Erie’s shore frequently face erosion issues that undermine the shoreline and threaten homes and other structures. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has reported that record-high water levels, exacerbated by severe weather — including strong winds and ice movement — accelerate erosion during the winter months. The ODNR also has indicated that the problem is more common in the eastern part of the state, specifically in Lake and Ashtabula counties where the coastline is largely composed of erosion-prone cohesive clays.
Being based in Lake County, it is no coincidence that much of Arcola’s recent work has focused on property restoration and preservation. Along the 40 mi. of shoreline spanning from Geneva to Euclid, Ohio, Arcola has built a solid reputation as the company to contact when erosion becomes an issue. Selwyn estimates that the company has conducted erosion control work on 40,000 to 50,000 ft. of Lake Erie shoreline since the company’s founding.
John Selwyn positions the NPK C8C pile driver to receive the sheet pilings.
Impulse forces from the NPK C8C pile driver’s vibratory compactor liquify the foundation materials for a smooth and steady installation of the piling.
Challenges of Latest Project
Equipment. “The dealership’s sales representatives and service technicians have consistently demonstrated outstanding product knowledge and have provided fast and efficient service throughout the time we’ve worked with them,” said Selwyn. “John Deere While measures are always taken to machines are second to none.” ensure safety, at times the work involved a Murphy Tractor & Equipment also is the limited amount of risk. For Selwyn, the safe- authorized dealer of NPK Construction ty of his crew is the number-one priority. The Products and when he was approached company has reported no lost time due to regarding NPK’s line of pile drivers, Selwyn
Currently, Arcola is working on an emer- accidents throughout its time in operation decided it was time to consider upgrading gency property restoration project in and Selwyn’s goal is to keep that streak his process of constructing steel piling seaMadison. Approximately 100 ft. of the going. walls. Selwyn reviewed the line’s three pile homeowner’s property had washed driver models, including the C-6CSD, away when the base under the existing C-8CSD and C-10CSD. concrete wall was undermined to a point where the wall collapsed. How NPK Pile Drivers Work
The initial work involved building a NPK’s sheet pile drivers use a ramp into the lake to recover the concrete hydraulically-powered clamp bolted to barrels that served as the original breaker the base of a modified vibratory comwall. After the collapse, the concrete bar- pactor and are designed to drive pilings, rels had washed into the lake and needed sheeting and large diameter pipe for to be retrieved before any other work applications including foundation supcould proceed. port and erosion control. The innovative
Once recovered, the barrels were design combines the high-impulse reused by squaring with the owner’s forces of NPK’s original compaction property line and resetting. When that models with vibration to liquify the soil. aspect of the work was completed, This maximizes speed and accuracy approximately 150 tons of fill dirt were during installation. The units are engitrucked in to replace the portion the land neered to direct impulse forces downthat had washed into the lake. The last ward for optimal driving operation step in the construction process before while rubber shock mounts protect the final landscaping involves the installa- excavator boom from vibration and tion of steel pilings to create the sea wall. John Selwyn, owner of Arcola Building shock loading. Until recently, Arcola Building Company’s procedure for driving the pilings required the use of two excavators: Company, takes a seat in his John Deere 210G LC excavator equipped with a new NPK C8C pile driver. Hydraulicly operated jaws, which run on a secondary hydraulic circuit, grasp the materials to be driven or extracted, one to transport and place the piling while a reducing or eliminating the need for spotter second excavator, equipped with a hammer Equipment of Choice at the hook-up site. The pile drivers are driver, drove the piling into place. Safely Selwyn’s construction equipment of equipped with a self-aligning swivel feature securing the piling to the excavator for choice has always been John Deere. He has to provide greater positioning capabilities. placement was a cumbersome task and, developed a close working relationship with The swivel feature also may be locked to overall, the work was both challenging and the sales team of Ohio’s authorized John maintain orientation of the pile driver in a time consuming. Deere dealership, Murphy Tractor & see ARCOLA page 62
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