Piling Industry Canada Issue #2 2013

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Piling Industry News............................................................................................................................. 8 Righting the Costa Concordia

Creating a stabilization and holdback system for the ship.......................................................................

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With a Twist

IHC FUNDEX Equipment offers new techniques for the Canadian market................................................................................

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Perfect Pair Up

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In The Green

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China’s Nautical Treasures

Republic to welcome National Maritime Museum of China.............................................................................

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Come Together

Multi-agency program in the works with $308 million in road, rail, and pile improvements.........................

Going the Distance

New bridge to span American waters.....................................................

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CIS GROUP INTRODUCES SUBSEA PILING SERVICES Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company that provides pile and conductor driving services to the oil and gas industry, announced the launch of a new service line: Subsea Piling Services.

The announcement coincides with the introduction of the new CIS Subsea Piling System, a remotely-operated system that the company developed to drive piles as large as 36 inches in diameter, in water depths to 300 metres.

Self-Tensioning Winches Enhance Safety and Control “What sets the new Subsea Piling System apart is that it features self-tensioning hydraulic winches that lower and raise the hydraulic hoses and electrical cables that connect to the hammer,” says Andy Penman, group managing director of the CIS Group. “While other systems rely upon technicians to carry out this critical action by manually operating the winches, the constant-tensioning capability of the new subsea piling system’s winches means that they automatically heave and lower according to sea conditions. In essence, we have removed the guesswork and risk of human error, making the process more efficient, reliable, and much, much safer.”

Greater Accuracy = Improved Efficiency = Reduced Costs Driving piles with the innovative technology offered by the Subsea Piling System has been streamlined, making it very straightforward. The entire process is carried out by an experienced pile-driving engineer from a 8 PIC Magazine • December 2013

control unit and monitoring system located on-board a vessel or barge. A hydraulic hammer, which is connected via an electronic umbilical cable to the control system, is lowered into the water and placed directly over a subsea pile. Once it is accurately positioned, the pile is driven into the seabed by the hammer until it reaches its target depth. The operation is continuously monitored and controlled by an engineer in the dedicated CIS control cabin.

“The CIS remotely-operated piling method offers complete control so that the level of accuracy achieved by every blow of the hammer is much greater,” says James Chadd, technical sales manager for the CIS Group. “The more accurate it is, the less time it takes to drive the pile. Put simply, it’s faster, much more efficient and costs less.”

Acteon Sister Companies CIS and MENCK “As global suppliers, MENCK and CIS work very closely together to meet the needs of oil

and gas operators around the world,” says Dr. Bernhard Bruggaier, executive vice president for the Acteon Group. “They complement each other extremely well. Whereas CIS focuses on serving the drilling market, MENCK caters to the marine and construction sector. Together, they provide truly comprehensive pile-driving services.”

Modular and Environmentally-Friendly Easy to assemble and deploy, the Subsea Piling System is comprised of several primary components. These include a hydraulic hammer dressed for working subsea, a control unit equipped with instrumentation and technology used to carry out and monitor the piling process, a power unit, hydraulic hose and cable winches that carry up to 300 metres of hoses or cable, and an upending frame. In addition to its unique constant-tensioning winches, when using the Subsea Piling System to drive piles, CIS uses only the highest quality of biodegrad-

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About Subsea Services Subsea services are defined as the provision of specialist equipment, services and personnel that can operate from any fit-for-purpose vessel or platform. Acteon’s subsea services offering is unique and addresses operational requirements that support oil and gas asset owners, construction and drilling companies, and vessel owners.

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able hydraulic oil to prevent against negative impact on the environment in the event of oil leakage.

Initially, the company plans to establish a foothold in the offshore subsea European market. Looking ahead, the CIS Group anticipates that it will use the Subsea Piling System to carry out a subsea pile-driving operation in the North Sea for a major operator.

CIS, a member of Acteon’s Conductors, Risers and Flowlines group, provides conductor and pile installation services associated with construction projects carried out in the global oil and gas industry. These services are carried out both onshore and offshore to, for example, create foundations for new wells, platforms, bridges and jetties.

The range of services provided by CIS supports the Acteon Group’s commitment to defining subsea services across a range of interconnected disciplines.

About Acteon Acteon companies provide mooring, foundation, riser, conductor, flowline and marine electronics products and services supported by strong engineering and project management capabilities. Acteon’s companies are 2H Offshore, Aquatic, CAPE Group, Claxton, Conductor Installation Services (CIS), Core Grouting Services, Fluke Engenharia, InterAct, InterMoor, J2 Engineering Services, Large Diameter Drilling (LDD), LM Handling, MENCK, Mirage Machines, NCS Survey, Offshore Installation Services (OIS), Probe, Pulse Structural Monitoring,

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Junttan’s first purpose-built piling rig PM20 reaches 30-year anniversary Junttan’s first 10 piling rigs were built on excavators during the period 1979-1983. The excavator based piling rig was and still is a compromise in many ways but it was rather efficient compared to the standards at the time. Compared to a purpose built piling rig, the excavator based rig had many operational restrictions in areas like pile handling, hydraulic output and stability, partly because of the dimensions of the machine and partly because of the basic structure. The transportation dimensions were quite large; the machine was tall and the tracks had to be wide to achieve adequate stability.

To eliminate these difficulties Junttan ended up building its first purpose-built fully hydraulic pile driving rig, PM20. The new rig had a telescopic leader with side inclination cylinders that made it more stable than ever to accomplish the most demanding piling jobs. The PM20 had a hydraulic system that was optimized for the hammer and produced enough energy to run all the required functions simultaneously. This meant maximized working efficiency which was a huge upgrade to the excavator based rig.

The new rig had hydraulically extendable tracks that brought a new level of stability to working conditions and also reduced the transportation width significantly.

Another factor that minimized the transportation dimensions was the structure of the upper carriage frame that was open from the middle. In addition to the telescopic leader, hori-

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zontal boom and a movable counterweight, the PM20 had pile arms that made pile handling easier and more efficient than ever. The purpose-built rig didn’t need any other machines on the job; it could easily unload the piles, haul them and lift them securely up to the hammer with its telescopic leader and winches. As a final touch the ergonomics in the cabin were tested with wooden and cardboard mockups to make it unprecedentedly strong to protect the driver in accident situations.

The first PM20 was introduced in the fall of 1983 after a production time of nine months.

The buyer for this prototype was Armas Kallio, who was an independent contractor from southern Finland. He already had a Junttan no.

5 based on an excavator, which he had been very satisfied with.

Junttan started its export with the PM rigs and delivered the first ones to Denmark and Sweden as early as 1983. Today, Junttan has manufactured over 700 PM rigs and they are now working in over 50 countries on all continents. In 2013, Junttan’s latest version of the PM20, the PMx20, has a basic structure that remains rather similar to its prototype from back in 1983. If you looked at a 30-year-old earth-moving machine in 1983, from a technical perspective, it would have been totally out of date, whereas if you now look at a 30-yearold Junttan PM piling rig you’ll notice that the difference compared to a modern machine is actually quite minor. The abbreviaton PM stands for Paalutuksen Mestari (in English Master of Piling) which quite justifiably describes the pioneer the PM20 was for the entire modern pile driving industry.

In 2010, Junttan introduced the X-series pile driving rigs, which offer all the unsurpassed features its legendary predecessor PM20 did.

In addition, it provides great added value for overall rig operation and maintenance, making pile driving rig ownership much more convenient and profitable than ever before.

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Besides the upgraded features in mechanical structures, a completely renewed hydraulic system and an undercarriage that ensures high levels of stability and easy transportation, the PMx rigs also have a unique, purpose-built piling rig control system, the Junttan X control system, which controls all the vital rig functions, and provides plenty of useful features for adjustments, operation, and maintenance.

Thanks to the X-system, a Junttan rig is more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly than ever. Accompanied by the new Tier4-certified engine, the carbon footprint for driven pile foundations made by Junttan rigs is basically off the charts.

The first thoroughbred Junttan is still working on a daily basis in the Netherlands after 30 years of piling and with a meter showing over 40,000 operating hours. So is its brother #2 and beyond. When it comes down to determining the lifespan of Junttan’s machines, no one really knows – they just keep on running.

Junttan Oy specializes in the design, manufacture, marketing and service of hydraulic piling equipment and excavator mounted rock drills. Junttan is one of the few independent manufacturers in its product range. Founded in 1976 and located in Kuopio, Finland, Junttan has been the leading company in its segment since inventing the concept of fully hydraulic PM20 pile driving rig.

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Event data can be exported into the XML, CSV, or ASCII file formats. Exported data can be further analyzed within a spreadsheet or leveraged using the Internet, automating the process of transferring vibration data directly from the Series IV unit to a website, for viewing by approved stakeholders.

The Third Party Access program also maintains the proprietary Instantel Event format and security features, and the same functionality as the Blastware Compliance Module.

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DFI Announces Winner of the 2013 C. William Bermingham Award for Innovation – The Thermal Integrity Profiler The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that the Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP) is the winner of the 2013 C. William Bermingham Award for Innovation. The award will be presented at DFI’s 38th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, September 25-28, Phoenix, Ariz.

The Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP) was developed by Foundations and Geotechnical Engineering LLC, and Pile Dynamics, Inc., after research conducted at the University of South Florida in 2005. Thermal Integrity Profiling is a technology that utilizes the heat generated by curing cement (hydration energy) to evaluate the integrity of cast-in-place concrete foundations such as drilled shafts, bored piles, augered cast-in-place piles, continuous flight auger piles and drilled displacement piles. The Thermal Integrity Profiler is unlike any other system of assessing quality and integrity of cast-in-place concrete foundations in which it uses a phenomenon – heat generation by curing concrete – not previously used to assess the quality and integrity of cast in place concrete foundations.

This award is in honor of C. William Bermingham, DFI president from 1986-1987. The criteria for the award include “contributing to the advancement of the deep foundations industry by introducing a new and unique practice including means and methods, design procedures, equipment and materials by an individual, a team or a company.” This is the second year in which the award has been given.

The award recipient receives $5,000.

About the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) DFI (www.dfi.org) is an international association of contractors, engineers, suppliers,

academics and owners in the deep foundations industry. Our multi-disciplinary membership creates a consensus voice and a common vision for continual improvement in the planning, design and construction of deep foundations and excavations. We bring together members for networking, education, communication and collaboration. With our members, we promote the advancement of the deep foundations industry through technical committees, educational programs and conferences, publications, research, government relations and outreach. DFI has more than 3,300 members. n

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The company’s database covers the following specialists in piling and geotechnical; — Plant operators (Rig Operators, Rotary, CFA, Driven, Mini, Hydraulic Grab & Cutter, Cranes, Bentonite Plant) — Piling supervision — Piling engineering — Piling project management — Piling commercial staff

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— Design engineers & managers — Drillers (Site Investigation, Geothermal, Exploration, Stabilisation) — Geotechnical supervision — Geotechnical engineers — Project management — Geotechnical design Being part of a well established leading recruitment group which employs 140 specialist recruiters, they can also offer clients a wide range of related services including WorkSafe training packages and executive search and selection. n

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Righting the

Costa Concordia

Creating a stabilization and holdback system for the ship

Trevi used a Soilmec SM-21 microdrilling rig to install rock anchors in the seafloor.

By Tiberio Minotti, Trevi SpA and Vincent Jue, Soilmec North America More than a year after the Costa Concordia cruise liner ran aground and capsized off the coast of Tuscany, salvagers have righted the cruise ship during a complex, 600 million euro ($800 million USD) engineering project and will tow the vessel from Giglio Island on which it rested. But before that could happen, the plan required installation of a stabilization and holdback system, completed by Trevi Group of Italy.

The 300-metre long, 114,000-tonne cruise ship hit the rocky reef and wrecked on January 13, 2012, claiming 32 lives. Costa Crociere, the ship’s owner, hired Smit Salvage BV of The Netherlands in collaboration with Tito Neri srl of Italy to remove 2,042.5 cubic metres of fuel and 240 cubic metres of sewage from the ship, while authorities considered plans to salvage the vessel.

Titan-Micoperi, a partnership of Crowley Group’s Titan Salvage, a marine salvage and wreck-removal company, and marine contractor Micoperi of Italy proposed a six-phase plan to remove the ship for offsite salvaging while protecting the ecologically sensitive coast. Costa Crociere and the Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner’s Office hired 16 PIC Magazine • December 2013

Titan-Micoperi in April 2012 to perform the ship recovery.

The six-phase plan included the installation of a stabilization and holdback system to prevent the ship from slipping or sinking further; preparation of an artificial seabed for the wreck to rest on after it was righted; installation of 15 refloating sponsons on the port (exposed) side of the wreck; parbuckling, a 65-degree rotation of the ship using strand jacks; and attachment of 15 refloating sponsons to the previously submerged starboard side of the ship. The ship would then be towed to a shipyard and dismantled.

The sheer size of the cruise liner, its position relative to the shore, and the risks related to its removal made the salvage the most complex ever attempted. About 500 people from 26 countries – engineers, divers, welders, technicians and more – have been working 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the project, stopping only for rough weather conditions.

Foundation Investigation Several crucial preparatory activities were needed before any salvage operations could begin, including a seabed investigation to de-

termine the geologic conditions of the site and the installation of an anchor system to secure the wreck before winter storms could further damage the ship.

The Trevi Group, a foundation engineering and construction company based in Cesena, Italy, joined the Titan-Micoperi team in June 2012 to perform this work.

RCT Srl, a Trevi Group division that specializes in geotechnical and geologic investigations, performed the subsurface mapping using a Soilmec SM-20 microdrilling rig for the survey. Soilmec is a company within the Trevi Group that specializes in the design and production of machinery for special foundation works. The SM-20 is a multi-purpose hydraulic drill rig with a weight of 20 to 22 metric tons that was operated from a barge adjacent to the ship’s hull.

Giglio Island, located about 20 kilometres from the western coast of Italy in the Mediterranean Sea, is comprised primarily of granitic rock. RCT found both solid and fractured granite at the shipwreck site. The fractures are generally filled with loose, running sand and gravel that presented additional challenges to investigation and construction.

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canada | U.s. | international Anchor Construction for Ship Stabilization A sophisticated hold-back system was crucial in stabilizing the ship and preventing slipping to deeper water. Titan Micoperi installed four large seabed anchor blocks, weighing more than 30 tonnes each, between the center of shipwreck and the shore. Trevi used a Soilmec SM-21 to install ten tendons into each of the four anchor blocks to secure the blocks to the seabed by increasing the friction between the anchor block and the rock below. Installing the tendons was complicated by the underlying rock fractures.

The SM-21 was mounted with a Wassara down-the-hole hammer drill secure the anchors. The water-powered percussive drilling technique offered environmental benefits, as it doesn’t require oil for lubrication of the hammer, thereby reducing pollution risk. Using high-pressure compressed air to power the

A Trevi diver secured the apparatus for a (preliminary) 290-ton anchor test.

hammer was not permitted.

In order to monitor the load applied to the anchor block, a load cell was installed on each anchor block and connected to a data logger to

allow real-time transmission of data.

During drilling, drill cuttings were brought to the surface and managed and treated on

the barge using flocculants and a coagulant to separate the solids from the seawater for more effective disposal. During drilling, Titan-Mi-

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canada | U.s. | international nected to the anchor blocks, threaded under the ship’s hull, and attached to portholes on the port (exposed) side of the ship for stabilization. This holdback system prevented the ship from slipping further into the water and was also used during ship parbuckling.

Seven additional anchor blocks and associated tendons and load cells were installed during the parbuckling operation, upon which special towers and hydraulic jacks were assembled.

Cables connected to all of the anchor blocks were individually controlled by a strand-jack system to help support the ship’s mid-section.

Trevi completed this portion of the project in July 2013.

On September 17, 2013, after 19 working hours, Titan-Micoperi righted the ship and began the next phases of salvage.

A Soilmec SM-20 microdrilling rig was used for the subsurface investigation into granitic rock.

Tiberio Minotti was Trevi’s project manager for the Costa Concordia project. Vincent Jue is

coperi monitored the seabed using a remotely

Trevi completed this anchor construction

a vice president with Soilmec North America.

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IHC FUNDEX Equipment offers new techniques for the Canadian market

If you look at the ground conditions in the countries along the coast in the Nord of Europe, it is not strange that a lot of innovative pile systems are coming from these areas. Due to the competition in the foundation industry it is always a challenge to come up with improved and new techniques to obtain the maximum pile production in the most common types of soils.

IHC FUNDEX Equipment, who’s main office is based in the Netherlands, together with IHC Hydrohammer are the innovators within the group for foundation equipment.

The wide variety of modern and high-quality drilling and piling rigs can be used for almost every pile system.

Recently Le Monde International became the representative for IHC FUNDEX in Canada. With the experience of Le Monde International in the field of selling/maintaining drilling equipment in Europe and Canada and the know-how of IHC FUNDEX, the Canadian market will be served very effectively. IHC FUNDEX’s extensive experience with worldwide servicing guarantees a fast support and short downtimes.

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In 2013, several new machines were launched which are very useful for the Canadian market. These innovative machines are made to drill casings in the soil without noise or vibration, along with other benifital options For low headroom areas, IHC FUNDEX recently delivered a new TBX 35 high-torque drill rig to a U.S. contractor for installing closed or open casings till maximum diameter of 558 millimetres (22 inches) with maximum 450kNm (331900 lbf.ft) of torque.

These machines are originally designed for “TUBEX” piles but more applications are possible: • With a unique FCS clamp system, long piles can be drilled with short stroke and extraction of casings can be done as well.

• The low transport weights and the very low center of gravity helps to get access in difficult terrains. The design makes it possible to work in areas with low headroom and/or narrow access where big rigs cannot reach.

Batter piles of an angle till of 45 degrees backwards can be installed as well.

• The power-pack can be taken off for inside use. The operator can use the remote control

from inside of the cab or beside the rig.

• Th is rig can install closed screw piles without any vibration and without disturbing nearby construction. This can be done with or without grout injection. If the limited height prevents drilling of the one piece casing, casing sections are used. After installation the casing is filled with reinforcement and concrete.

• Th e high capacity piles can also be used as anchor piles.

Compact drill rigs are characterized by high torque compared to the size of the machines.

The CD20D with a maximum torque of 200kNm (147512 lbf.ft) can drill casings closed or open till of 368 millimetres (12 inches). The compact design and flexible leader lengths make it versatile. Optionally it can be delivered with different rotary heads, with 120kNm and 200kNm. The CD30S with a maximum of 300kNm is the next in the range off compact drilling rigs.

These new compact high torque rigs are recently delivered by two European contractors to install closed screw piles with or without grout injection.

With a separate power pack on tracks it is possible to work inside buildings without the problem of exhaust emission requirements.

The max hydraulic flow is 211 gallon/min (800L/min) with 280 bar.

In 2011, IHC FUNDEX acquired the company VermeerMT from the Netherlands thereby adding a variety of compact piling rigs have been to the range of machines. These rigs are driving casings with the principle of a down the hole drop weight, inside a closed casing.

This method is vibration free with low noise making it very suitable to work inside, spaces with low headroom, and in difficult areas. The casing is driven down in segments and welded together. With a long stroke of the drop weight the impact energy is high, if compared with the dimensions of rigs. For example an 10 tonne rig can have a maximum impact energy of 70kNm, which is about the same as a IHC Hydrohammer S70.

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The stroke of the drop-weight is adjustable and the piling process is automatically computer controlled.

A new designed F2200 FUNDEX foundation rig features a mast of 25 metres (82 feet) and is the smallest in multi-functional FUNDEX range. The 250kNm rotary head is specially prepared to make CFA pile with a maximum diameter of 1,200 millimetres (47 inches). An new erecting system ensures a

completely integrated in the rigs and can be

rapid build-up which makes it very suitable for small job sites. Displacement drilling, pushpull system for sheet piles, and pilling with a hydraulic or diesel hammer are also possible with this technology.

A new data acquisitions system is available on every rig from IHC FUNDEX’s product range, this ensures the operator achieving the perfect pile and provides complete report of the pile making process. This system is

used for drilling, as well as for piling. The advantage of the integration is the fuel saving function that makes piles in an most effective way.

For an up close look at IHC FUNDEX’s newest rigs visit them at Connexpo 2014 in Las Vegas, or visit their website www.ihcfundex.com for more details. n

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CANADA ALBERTA AGRA Foundations Limited Contact: Chris Dobson 7708 Wagner Road NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 5B2 T: 1-780-468-3392 | F: 1-780-466-7465 E: chris.dobson@agrafoundations.com www.agrafoundations.ca Pile Contractor/Supplier AGRA Foundations Limited Contact: Steve Mallinson 416 Monument Place SE, Calgary, AB T2A 1X3 T: 1-403-272-5531 | F: 1-403-569-1083 E: steve.mallinson@agra.com www.agrafoundations.ca Pile Contractor/Supplier Allnorth Consultants Limited Unit 6 - 226 Gregoire Drive, Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4K6 T: 1-780-743-8433 | F: 1-780-753-9102 www.allnorth.com Consulting Engineer Allnorth Consultants Limited 203 10127 121st Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8H9 T: 1-780-538-2070 | F: 1-780-538-2079 www.allnorth.com Consulting Engineer Bauer Foundations Canada Inc Contact: Hans Peter Reichert 5050 74 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2C 3C9 T: 1-403-723-0159 | F: 1-403-723-0169 E: hp.reichert@bauerfoundations.ca www.bauerfoundations.ca Pile Contractor Beck Drilling & Environmental Services Ltd 9919 Shepard Road SE, Calgary, AB T2C 3C5 T: 1-403-297-1399 | TF: 1-800-561-3482 F: 1-403-297-1390 E: beck@beckdrill.com www.ccscorporation.ca Pile Contractor, Geotechnical Drilling, Construction Drilling, Environmental Drilling Beck Drilling & Environmental Services Ltd Contact: Brian Louden 12311 17th Street NE, Edmonton, AB T6S 1A7 T: 1-780-443-6272 E: bloudon@hazco.com Beck Drilling & Environmental Services Ltd Contact: Blake Silver Lot 8A Caribou Energy Park, Fort McKay, AB T: 1-780-881-7032 E: bsilver@beckdrill.com Blackjack Excavating & Piling Ltd Contact: Darryl P.O. Box 99, Rycroft, AB T0H 3A0 T: 1-780-864-0159 | F: 1-780-765-3117 E: blackjackex@gmail.com Pile Contractor

Bob’s Pile Driving & Crane Service Contact: Angelique Caouette Box 807, Whitecourt, AB T7S 1N8 T: 1-780-778-2761 | F: 1-780-778-8784 Pile Contractor Christianson Pipe Inc Box 5451, High River, AB T1V 1M6 T: 1-403-652-4336 | TF: 1-888-652-4336 F: 1-403-652-4913 www.christiansonpipe.com Supplier Copp’s Services Inc. 231 28042 Hwy 11, Red Deer County, AB T4S 2L4 T: 1-403-347-6222 | TF: 1-866-887-3606 F: 1-403-347-6401 E: info@coppspiledriving.com www.coppspiledriving.com Pile Contractor D.A. McIntyre Construction Ltd Contact: Al McIntyre #203 17205 106A Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5S 1M7 T: 1-780-484-6333 | F: 1-780-987-4098 E: mcintyremap@canadasurfs.ca Pile Contractor DFI P.O. Box 405, Rycroft, AB T0H 3A0 T: 1-780-328-4202 | TF: 1-800-328-4202 F: 1-780-765-2552 E: dfi@dfi.ca www.dfi.ca Pile Contractor/Supplier DFI 3403 - 74 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6B 3B8 T: 1-780-466-5237 | TF: 1-800-328-4202 F: 1-780-463-3613 E: dfi@dfi.ca www.dfi.ca Pile Contractor/Supplier Dominion Pipe & Piling Contact: Sheldon Dasiuk 9100 Venture Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T3S 0A2 T: 1-403-236-1788 | TF: 1-866-441-7473 F: 1-403-236-2478 www.dominionpipe.ca Supplier Dominion Pipe & Piling Contact: Liz Pratt / Jaime Blasetti 6515 34 Street, Edmonton, AB T2B 2V8 T: 1-780-465-1585 | F: 1-780-465-1250 www.dominionpipe.ca Supplier Edgen Murray Contact: Charles Aldrich 8440 Roper Road, Edmonton, AB T6E 6W4 T: 1-780-440-1475 | TF: 1-800-233-9969 F: 1-780-440-1629 www.edgenmurray.com Supplier

Ernst & Young Orenda Corporate Finance Contact: Kieran Bowes 10020 100 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 0N3 T: 1-780-638-6637 E: kieran.c.bowes@ca.ey.com Financial Consultant HCM Contractors Inc Contact: Craig A. Rowe, P. Eng. Bay A 235038 Wrangler Road, Rocky View, AB T1X 0K3 T: 1-403-248-4884 | F: 1-403-248-4897 E: craigr@hcmc.ca www.hcmatcon.ca Pile Contractor Helical Pier Systems Ltd Contact: Bob Schwalm Box 1284, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 4Z1 T: 1-780-538-9875 | TF: 1-877-547-1017 F: 1-780-766-3764 | TFF: 1-866-668-9920 E: info@hpier.com www.helicalpiersystems.com Pile Contractor/Manufacturer/Engineer Helical Pier Systems Ltd Contact: Alvin Pyke 103 Portage Close, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2S5 T: 1-780-992-0007 | TF: 1-877-547-1017 F: 1-780-992-4904 | TFF: 1-866-668-9920 E: info@hpier.com www.helicalpiersystems.com Pile Contractor/Manufacturer/Engineer Inland Screw Piling Ltd Contact: Harry Knelsen #3, 4010 9 Avenue North, Lethbridge, AB T1H 6T8 T: 1-403-328-4223 | TFF: 1-866-798-0965 E: harry@inlandscrewpiling.com www.inlandscrewpiling.com Pile Contractor Jarvis Enterprises Ltd Contact: Ian Jarvis 160 MacEwan Park Green NW, Calgary, AB T3K 4E6 T: 1-403-560-8043 | F: 1-403-295-1511 E: jarvis.enterprises@shaw.ca Supplier Ki International Ltd Contact: Gordon Williamson Bay 308 151 East Lake Blvd, Airdrie, AB T4A 2G1 T: 1-403-912-6008 | F: 1-403-912-2007 E: gordonw@kiinternational.ca Pile Contractor Ledcor Group of Companies Contact: Dan Tobin 9910 39th Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8 T: 1-780-462-4211 | F: 1-780-465-8689 www.ledcor.com Pile Contractor, Drilled Shafts, CFA Piles, Sheet Piles, Secant Walls, Access Shafts McIntyre DA Construction Ltd Contact: Al McIntyre 203-17205 106 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 1M7 T: 1-780-484-6333 | F: 1-780-484-9184 Pile Contractor Piling Industry Canada • December 2012 3

Directory North American Caisson Ltd Box 5283, Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3G3 T: 1-780-791-1997 | F: 1-780-791-2404 www.nacg.ca Pile Contractor North American Caisson Ltd 2289 Alyth Place SE, Calgary, AB T2G 3L1 T: 1-403-503-0599 | F: 1-403-503-0191 www.nacg.ca Pile Contractor North American Construction Group Inc Contact: Katie Dempster Zone 3 Acheson Industrial Area, 2 53016 Hwy 60, Acheson, AB T7X 5A7 T: 1-780-960-7171 | TF: 1-888-882-8332 F: 1-780-960-7103 E: businessdevelopment@nacg.ca www.nacg.ca Pile Contractor, Consultant North American Construction Group Inc 11405 - 163rd Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5M 3Y3 T: 1-780-960-7171 | F: 1-780-969-5599 www.nacg.ca Pile Contractor Northstar Inc Contact: Jay Gunnarson Box 23264, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6X2 T: 1-780-539-0700 | TF: 1-877-539-0700 F: 1-780-539-3014 E: jay.g@northstar-inc.com www.northstar-inc.com Contractor Pile Base Contractors (1987) Ltd 5410 64A Street, Drayton Valley, AB T7A 0A1 T: 1-780-542-5292 | TF: 1-800-252-7995 F: 1-780-542-6201 Pile Contractor Pilemaster & Bridge Inc 11031 92 Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3J3 T: 1-780-539-3538 Pile Contractor Pinnacle Drilling Products Inc Contact: Darryl Michalko Unit 113 4800 104th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2C 2H3 T: 1-403-236-3393 | F: 1-403-236-3394 E: info@pinnacledrilling.ca www.pinnacledrilling.ca Supplier Pipe and Piling Supplies (Western) Ltd Contact: Bob Clarkson 1403 7th Street, Nisku, AB T9E 7P8 T: 1-780-955-0501 | F: 1-780-955-0505 E: bclarkson@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer 4 PIC Magazine • December 2012

Pipe and Piling Supplies (Western) Ltd Contact: George Young 5515 40th Street SE, Calgary, AB T2C 2A8 T: 1-403-236-1332 | F: 1-403-279-4588 E: gyoung@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer Platinum Grover International Inc Contact: Aly Lalji 750 333 11th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1L9 T: 1-403-264-6688 | TF: 1-888-745-4647 F: 1-403-237-8271 E: sales@platinumgrover.com www.platinumgrover.com Supplier Postech Edmonton Inc Contact: Daniel Giroux P.O. Box 72104, Edmonton, AB T6B 3A7 T: 1-780-433-7711 | F: 1-780-432-1110 E: daniel@postechedm.com www.postech-foundations.com Pile Contractor Postech Metal Foundations Calgary/ Red Deer Contact: Glenn Fleury Box 15 Site 3 RR #1, Red Deer, AB T: 1-403-350-7775 | TF: 1-877-341-3201 E: g.fleury@postech-foundations.com www.postech-foundations.com Pile Contractor

Ruskin Construction Ltd 4101 97 Street, County of Grande Prairie, AB T8W 5A8 T: 1-780-538-1919 | TF: 1-888-538-1919 F: 1-780-538-3350 www.ruskinconstruction.com Pile Contractor Soilmec North America Contact: Steve Wilson / Dave Beecroft 509 11 Avenue Bay 4, Nisku, AB T9E 7N9 T: 1-780-8811/1-801-288-8919 F: 1-801-288-8917 E: sew@championsales.net www.soilmecna.com Manufacturer Sub Organic Investigations Ltd Contact: Gary Chandler P.O. Box 142, Dunmore, AB T0J 1A0 T: 1-403-526-6939 | F: 1-403-526-6939 Pile Contractor Taber Pipe & Equipment Ltd Contact: Earl Mills 5703 62nd Street, Taber, AB T1G 1Y6 T: 1-403-223-1277 | F: 1-403-223-1295 E: earl@oilfieldanything.com www.taberpipe.com Supplier Twister Piling Inc 1203 8A Street, Nisku, AB T9E 7R3 T: 1-780-955-8880 | F: 1-780-955-8883 Manufacturer

Prairie Caisson Foundations Ltd 408 5th Street East, Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 T: 1-403-854-3088 | TF: 1-800-824-2691 F: 1-403-854-3089 Pile Contractor

Universal Rig Contact: Duane or Russell Claerhout 19 - 38317 Range Road 272, Red Deer, AB T4E 1A6 T: 1-403-340-1444 | F: 1-403-340-1444 E: universalrig@yahoo.com www.universalrig.com Pile Contractor

Precision Piling Ltd Box 5 Site 3 RR1, Red Deer, AB T4N 5E1 T: 1-403-340-1400 | F: 1-403-346-8100 Pile Contractor

Westco Drilling & Piles Ltd Contact: Derek O’Connor 2525 39th Street N, Lethbridge, AB T1H 5M9 T: 1-403-380-4084 | F: 1-403-381-4063 Pile Contractor

R & L Pumpjack Services Ltd Box 7077, Drayton Valley, AB T7A 1S4 T: 1-780-542-4258 | F: 1-780-542-7454 Pile Contractor REDA Enterprises Contact: Ed Marchildon P.O. Box 7130 Stn. Main, Bonnyville, AB T9N 2H5 T: 1-780-826-7237 | TF: 1-800-877-8796 F: 1-780-826-2703 E: ed@redaent.ca Contractor Roterra Screw Piling Ltd 10620 205 Street, Edmonton, AB T5S 1Z1 T: 1-780-454-9796 | F: 1-780-447-2033 E: info@roterra.ca www.roterra.ca Pile Contractor

British Columbia

AGRA Foundations Limited Contact: Derek Harris 101 12391 Horseshoe Way, Richmond, BC V7A 4X6 T: 1-604-270-1115 | F: 1-604-241-7119 E: derek.harris@agra.com www.agrafoundations.ca Pile Contractor/Supplier Allnorth Consultants Limited P.O. Box 968, Prince George, BC V2L 4V1 T: 1-250-614-7291 | F: 1-250-614-7290 www.allnorth.com Consulting Engineer Allnorth Consultants Limited 620 - 1100 Mellville Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6 T: 1-604-602-1175 | F: 1-604-602-1176 www.allnorth.com Consulting Engineer

Directory Allnorth Consultants Limited #2 - 3895 First Avenue, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 T: 1-250-847-8943 | F: 1-250-847-8945 www.allnorth.com Consulting Engineer Allnorth Consultants Limited 4445 Greig Avenue, Terrace, BC V8G 1M4 T: 1-250-638-0808 | F: 1-250-635-4667 www.allnorth.com Consulting Engineer Allnorth Consultants Limited 2nd Floor 20 Townsite Road, Nanaimo, BC V9S 5T7 T: 1-250-753-7472 | F: 1-250-753-9102 www.allnorth.com Consulting Engineer Beck Drilling & Environmental Services Ltd Contact: Brent Seymour Kelowna, BC T: 1-250-212-0822 Beck Drilling & Environmental Services Ltd Contact: Scott Pretty 13511 Vulcan Way, Richmond, BC V6V 1K4 T: 1-604-214-7007 E: spretty@hazco.com Beck Drilling & Environmental Services Ltd Contact: Kevin Mews Vancouver Island, BC T: 1-604-830-5566 Broadwater Industries Ltd 247 First Avenue East, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1A7 T: 1-250-624-5158 | F: 1-250-625-5668 E: bw@citytel.net www.broadwater.bc.ca Marine Pile Contractor Burton Pile Driving & Foundations 464 Curlew Drive, Kelowna, BC V1W 4L1 T: 1-250-764-2522 | F: 1-250-764-8262 E: info@burtonpiledriving.com www.burtonpiledriving.com Pile Contractor Con-Tech Systems Ltd Contact: Thomas Schmitz/Dan MacLean 8150 River Road, Delta, BC V4G 1B5 T: 1-604-946-5571 | TF: 1-888-818-4826 F: 1-604-946-5548 E: ctswest@contechsystems.com www.contechsystems.com Supplier, Foundations, Anchoring Systems, Grouting D.C.D. Pile Driving Ltd 2705 North Island Hwy, Campbell River, BC V9W 2H4 T: 1-250-286-0701 | F: 1-250-286-1343 Pile Contractor Dominion Pipe & Piling Contact: Rick Cable #6 - 8500 River Road, Delta, BC V4G 1B5 T: 1-604-946-2655 | TF: 1-866-400-PIPE F: 1-604-946-2630 www.dominionpipe.ca Supplier

DYWIDAG Systems International Canada Ltd. Contact: Joe Li 19433 96th Avenue Suite 103, Surrey, BC V4N 4C4 T: 1-604-888-8818 | F: 1-604-888-5008 E: wcd@dsiamerica.com www.dsicanada.ca Manufacturer/Supplier

Johnston Construction 4301 Echo Field Road, Cranbrook, BC V1C 7B6 T: 1-250-489-3419 | TF: 1-877-429-3419 F: 1-250-489-1090 E: rentabridge@mijomon.com www.mijomon.com Pile Contractor

Formula Contractors BC Ltd 9157 Rock Island Rd, Prince George, BC V2N 5T4 T: 1-250-561-2933 | F: 1-250-563-2931 www.formulacontractors.com Other

Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd Contact: Dr. Alex Sy 500 2955 Virtual Way, Vancouver, BC V5M 4X6 T: 1-604-669-3800 | F: 1-604-669-3835 E: asy@klohn.com www.klohn.com Consultant

Fraser River Pile & Dredge (GP) Inc Contact: Tom Lively 1830 River Drive, New Westminster, BC V3M 2A8 T: 1-604-522-7973 | F: 1-604-521-7530 E: info@frpd.com www.frpd.com Pile Contractor Graham Marine Pile Driving 7778 Balfour Warf Drive, Balfour, BC V0G 1C0 T: 1-250-229-2169 | TF: 1-866-666-2169 F: 1-250-229-2170 E: info@gwinc.ca www.gwinc.ca Pile Contractor Harbour Pile Driving Co. Ltd 78 Esplanade Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 4Y8 T: 1-250-753-6665 | F: 1-250-754-1632 Pile Contractor Helical Pier Systems Ltd Contact: Ed Heppner RR1 S32A Comp C, Kaleden, BC V0H 1K0 T: 1-250-497-8175 | TF: 1-877-547-1017 F: 1-866-668-9920 | TFF: 1-866-668-9920 E: info@hpier.com www.helicalpiersystems.com Pile Contractor/Manufacturer/Engineer Helical Pier Systems Ltd Contact: Red Schuhmann Box 6280, Fort St. John, BC V1J 4H7 T: 1-250-785-4491 | TF: 1-877-547-1017 F: 1-250-787-0575 | TFF: 1-866-668-9920 E: info@hpier.com www.helicalpiersystems.com Pile Contractor/Manufacturer/Engineer Hi-Time Services Ltd Site 15 Comp90 RR1 Stn. Main, Fort St. John, BC V1J 4M6 T: 1-250-827-3620 E: hi-time@xplornet.com www.hitimeservices.ca Pile Contractor JD Piling & Anchor Ltd Contact: Dispatch SS 2 Site 5 Comp 25, Fort St. John, BC V1J 4M7 T: 1-250-787-6001 | TF: 1-877-787-6006 F: 1-250-787-6005 E: dispatch.safety@jdpiling.com www.jdpiling.com Pile Contractor

North American Pile Driving Inc 404A Salter Street, New Westminster, BC V3M 0A4 T: 1-604-540-0317 | F: 1-604-526-5676 www.nacg.ca Pile Contractor Okanagan Pile Driving P.O. Box 1283, Vernon, BC V1T 6N6 T: 1-250-545-4172 Pile Contractor Pacific Industrial & Marine Ltd Contact: Brian Thacker 5105 Tzouhalem Road, Duncan, BC V9L 6Y1 T: 1-250-746-7272 | F: 1-250-7467271 E: pimltd@telus.net Pile Contractor Peavine Pile Driving & Excavating Ltd Contact: Gil Gunter P.O. Box 777, Pouce Coupe, BC V0C 2C0 T: 1-250-786-0157 | F: 1-250-786-0150 E: gb.gunter@hotmail.com Pile Contractor Pile Drivers, Divers, Bridge, Dock & Warf Builders Local 2404 Contact: Darrell Hawk / Dan Halladay 203 14625 108th Avenue, Surrey, BC V3R 1V9 T: 1-604-584-2404 | TF: 1-800-562-2404 F: 1-604-584-2405 E: dhawk@telus.net www.local2404.org Trade Union, Representing Trade Qualified Pile Drivers and Bridge Workers Pipe and Piling Supplies (B.C.) Ltd Contact: Sal Orlando 1835 Kingsway Avenue, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 1S9 T: 1-604-942-6311 | F: 1-604-941-9364 E: sorlando@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer Pro Pile Inc 11368 Clairmont Frontage, Fort St. John, BC V2J 4H8 T: 1-250-787-2663 Pile Contractor Piling Industry Canada • December 2012 5

Directory RST Instruments Ltd Contact: Neil Bains 200 2050 Hartley Avenue, Coquitlam, BC V3K 6W5 T: 1-604-540-1100 | F: 1-604-540-1005 E: info@rstinstruments.com www.rstinstruments.com Supplier / Manufacturer Ruskin Construction Ltd Contact: Brian Moore P.O. Box 1050, Prince George, BC V2L 4V2 T: 1-250-563-2800 | TF: 1-800-535-3055 F: 1-250-563-6788 E: bridges@ruskinconstruction.com www.ruskinconstruction.com Pile Contractor Sawchuck Pile Driving 2962 Chapman Road, Courtenay, BC V9N 9H3 T: 1-250-338-6197 | F: 1-250338-0225 Pile Contractor Shoreline Pile Driving & Floatation Structures P.O. Box 20253, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9H2 T: 1-250-769-7694 | F: 1-250-769-7693 E: shorelinepiledriving@shawcable.com www.shorelinepiledriving.com Pile Contractor Skeena Pile & Bridge Ltd P.O. Box 1050, Prince George, BC V2N 2K8 T: 1-250-562-4622 | F: 1-250-562-2364 Pile Contractor Team Foundation Systems Ltd 101 - 916 Ethel Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 2W2 T: 1-250-868-8326 | F: 1-250-868-8113 E: info@teamconstruction.ca www.teamconstruction.ca Pile Contractor Turecki Pipe & Steel Ltd Contact: Darren Turecki 2796 W 37th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6N 2T6 T: 1-604-676-1600 | F: 1-604-676-1900 E: dturecki@telus.net www.thepipetrader.com Supplier Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd Contact: Gordon (G.W.) Carlson 20 Brooksbank Avenue, North Vancouver, BC V7J 2B8 T: 1-604-986-5911 | F: 1-604-990-0414 E: gcarlson@vanpile.com www.vanpile.com Contractor West Coast Pile Driving Ltd 2126 Lorraine Avenue, Coquitlam, BC V3K 2M6 T: 1-604-931-2242 | F: 1-604-931-6399 Pile Contractor West Shore Constructors Limited Contact: Cathy Campbell 150 1000 Roosevelt Cres, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3R4 T: 1-604-984-0441 | F: 1-604-984-4164 E: info@westshoreconstructors.com www.westshoreconstructors.com Pile Contractor 6 PIC Magazine • December 2012

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AGRA Foundations Limited Contact: Tony Vacchio 102 - 2233 McGillivary Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1S6 T: 1-204-488-5022 | F: 1-204-488-1845 E: tony.vacchio@agra.com www.agrafoundations.ca Pile Contractor/Supplier AMEC Earth & Environmental Contact: Allyson Desgroseilliers, P,Eng., CCEP 440 Dovercourt Drive, Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1N4 T: 1-204-488-2997 | F: 1-204-489-8261 www.amec.com Consultant, Engineer Cam-Arrow Drilling Contact: Camile Henry Box 92 RR2, Lorette, MB R0A 0Y0 T: 1-204-795-2521 | F: 1-204-878-4745 E: camarrow@mts.net Pile Contractor

Trottier Piling (2004) Ltd 75 Phil-Chris Way, Winnipeg, MB R3X 2A9 T: 1-204-255-3456 | F: 1-204-255-3456 Pile Contractor

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GEMTEC Limited Contact: Corey G. Keats 191 Doak Road, Fredericton, NB E3C 2E6 T: 1-506-453-1025 | F: 1-506-453-9470 www.gemtec.nb.ca Consulting Engineer GEMTEC Limited Contact: Vincent Friolet 720 Thornton Avenue, Bathurst, NB E2A 2W8 T: 1-506-548-5064 | F: 1-506-548-5426 E: gemtecb@gemtec.ca www.gemtec.ca Engineer

DACO Piling 40 1st Street N, Niverville, MB R0A 1E0 T: 1-204-388-4537 Pile Contractor

GEMTEC Limited Contact: Stephen Perry 1214 Fairville Blvd, Saint John, NB E2M 5T7 T: 1-506-657-0200 | F: 1-506-657-0201 E: gemtecsj@gemtec.ca www.gemtec.ca Engineer

Firm Foundations For You Inc Contact: Ed Heppner Box 300, Austin, MB R0H 0L0 T: 1-204-797-1230 | F: 1-204-466-2645 E: austin@postech-foundations.com www.postech-foundations.com Pile Contractor

GEMTEC Limited Contact: Paul McNeil 77 Rooney Crescent, Moncton, NB E1E 4M4 T: 1-506-858-7180 | F: 1-506-858-0742 E: gemtecm@gemtec.ca www.gemtec.ca Engineer

LBT Enterprises Ltd Contact: Judy Wuensch 90 Lakeside Road, Springfield, MB R2J 4G8 T: 1-204-254-6424 | TF: 1-800-665-7396 F: 1-204-254-2980 E: prime@pilecutter.com www.pilecutter.com Pile Contractor

GEMTEC Limited Contact: Marc Laforge P.O. Box 8044, Grand Falls, NB E3Z 3E9 T: 1-506-473-6908 | F: 1-506-473-6905 E: gemtecgf@gemtec.ca www.gemtec.ca Engineer

Minty’s Moving Ltd Contact: Harold Minty Box 270, Onanole, MB R0J 1N0 T: 1-204-848-2552 | F: 1-204-848-2275 E: info@mintysmoving.com www.mintysmoving.com Pile Contractor Red Deer Piling Inc Contact: Joey Victor Bay 1 7045 Edgar Industrial Link, Red Deer, MB T4P 3Z6 T: 1-403-347-3220 | F: 1-403-340-8686 E: joey@reddeerpiling.com www.reddeerpiling.com Pile Contractor Subterranean (Manitoba) Ltd Contact: Peter Mignacca 6 St. Paul Blvd, West St. Paul, MB R3E 2S3 T: 1-204-775-8291 | F: 1-204-783-0968 E: peter@subterranean-mb-ltd.ca Pile Contractor

Irving Equipment Contact: Victor Murty US Gifford Road, Saint John, NB E2M 4X9 T: 1-506-635-5555 | TF: 1-800-561-2726 F: 1-506-635-5608 E: murty.victor@irvingequipment.com www.irvingequipment.com Pile Contractor Postech Bathurst Contact: Jason Smith 1100 St. Peter Avenue Suite 4, Bathurst, NB E2A 2Z7 T: 1-506-546-5830 | F: 1-506-546-6055 E: eco@nb.sympatico.ca www.ecofabricsinc.ca Pile Contractor Postech Maritime Inc Contact: Daniel Smith 635 Babin Street, Dieppe, NB E1A 5M7 T: 1-506-857-9512 | TF: 1-855-333-7453 F: 1-506-855-2888 E: postechmaritime@gmail.com www.postech-foundations.com Pile Contractor/Supplier

Directory nova scotia

Allnorth Consultants Limited 227 1595 Bedford Highway, Bedford, NS B4A 3Y4 T: 1-902-223-5529 | F: 1-250-614-7290 www.allnorth.com Consulting Engineer Cumberland Postech Contact: Bruce Fage 1205 Hwy 6, Amhurst, NS B4H 3Y2 T: 1-902-660-3555 E: brucef@ns.sympatico.ca www.cumberlandpostech.ca Pile Contractor Pipe and Piling Supplies (Eastern) Ltd Contact: Kevin Brady 1477 Hammonds Plains Road, Hammonds Plains, NS B4A 2X2 T: 1-902-835-6158 | TF: 1-888-835-6158 F: 1-902-835-6079 E: kbrady@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer Pipe and Piling Supplies Ltd. Contact: Kevin Brady P.O. Box 44178, 1658 Bedford Hwy, Bedford, NS B4A 3Z8 T: 1-902-835-6158 | TF: 1-888-835-6158 F: 1-902-835-6079 E: kbrady@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier Postech Northern Contact: Bryden MacDougall PO Box 1441, Antigonish, NS B2G 2L7 T: 1-902-867-3400 | TF: 1-855-333-7453 F: 1-902-867-3500 E: sales@brierlyhomes.com www.brierlyhomes.com Pile Contractor/Consultant

northwest territories

DNX Drilling Inc Contact: Gord Kirby P.O. Box 1865 Stn. Main, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P4 T: 1-867-873-5494 | F: 1-867-873-5579 E: gord.kirby@am.dynonobel.com www.dynonobel.com Contractor

ontario

Anchor Shoring & Caissons Ltd Contact: Derrick Speakman P. Eng 3445 Kennedy Road, Toronto, ON M1V 4Y3 T: 1-416-292-1401 | F: 1-416-292-1124 E: dspeakman@anchorshoring.com www.anchorshoring.com Pile Contractor Atlas Tube A Division of JMC Steel Group Contact: Kevin Kelly / Chris Makila 200 Clark Street PO Box 970, Harrow, ON N0R 1G0 T: 1-519-738-5000 | TF: 1-800-265-6912 F: 1-519-738-3537 E: kkelly@atlastube.com chris.makila@atlastube.com www.atlastube.com Manufacturer

Bermingham Foundation Solutions Contact: Milan Brestovacki Wellington St. Marine Terminal, Hamilton, ON L8L 4Z9 T: 1-905-528-7924 | TF: 1-800-668-3432 F: 1-905-528-6187 E: info@berminghammer.com www.berminghammer.com Manufacturer Canadian Construction Association 400 75 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7 T: 1-613-236-9455 | F: 1-613-236-9526 E: cca@cca-acc.com www.cca-acc.com Association Cappco Tubular Products Inc Contact: Steve Nowacki 755 South Service Road Suite 203, Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5Z2 T: 1-905-643-5472 | TF: 1-866-642-2772 F: 1-905-643-3293 E: snowacki@cappco.com www.cappco.com Supplier CJ Contracting 810 Shevein Avenue, Fort Frances, ON P9A 2P4 T: 1-807-274-8331 E: cjcontracting@live.com Pile Contractor Creighton Rock Drill Ltd Contact: Jamie Armstrong 2222 Drew Road, Mississauga, ON L5S 1B1 T: 1-905-673-8200 | F: 1-905-673-8208 E: jamie@creightonrock.com www.creightonrock.com Supplier Dean Construction Co. Ltd 2720 Front Road, LaSalle, ON N9J 2N5 T: 1-519-734-8999 | TF: 1-800-265-4834 F: 1-519-734-6888 www.deanconstructioncompany.com Pile Contractor Deep Foundations Contractors Inc Contact: Mauro Scanga 145 Ram Forest Road, Gormley, ON L0H 1G0 T: 1-905-750-5900 | TF: 1-877-642-7055 F: 1-905-726-8345 E: info@deep.ca www.deep.ca Pile Contractor

Geo - Foundations Contractors Inc Contact: Barb Capstick 302 Main Street North, Acton, ON L7J 1W9 T: 1-519-853-3216 | TF: 1-888-846-7858 F: 1-519-853-5847 E: bcapstick@geo-foundations.com www.geo-foundations.com Pile Contractor HC Matcon Inc Contact: Gaetan Mondoux 4-122 Earl Thompson Road, Ayr, ON N0B 1E0 T: 1-519-623-6454 | F: 1-519-623-6061 E: gaetanm@hcgroup.ca www.hcgroup.ca Pile Contractor Instantel 309 Legget Drive, Ottawa, ON K2K 3A3 T: 1-613-592-4642 | TF: 1-800-267-9111 F: 1-613-592-4296 E: sales@instantel.com www.instantel.com Vibration Monitoring Interpipe Inc Contact: Steven Mathers 3320 Miles Road, Mount Hope, ON L0R 1W0 T: 1-905-679-6999 | TF: 1-877-468-7473 F: 1-905-679-6544 E: steven@interpipe.com www.interpipe.com Supplier Jacques Whitford Limited Contact: Raymond Hache 2781 Lancaster Road Suite 200, Ottawa, ON R1B 1A7 T: 1-613-738-0708 | F: 1-613-738-0721 E: raymond.hache@jacqueswhitford.com www.jacqueswhitford.com Consultant Merlex Engineering Ltd Contact: Michael Merleau 2-120 Progress Crt, North Bay, ON P1B 8G4 T: 1-705-476-2550 | F: 1-705-476-8882 E: merlex@merlex.ca www.merlex.ca Engineer

Dufrensne Piling Co (1967) Ltd 3385 Hawthorne Road, Ottawa, ON K1G 4G2 T: 1-613-739-5355 www.dufrensnepiling.ca Pile Contractor

Pipe and Piling Supplies (Central) Ltd Contact: Dave Boulton 36 Towns Road, Toronto, ON M8Z 1A3 T: 1-416-201-8700 | F: 1-416-201-8853 E: dboulton@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer

DYWIDAG – Systems International Canada Ltd. Contact: Joe Li 37 Cardico Drive, Gormley, ON L0H 1G0 T: 1-905-888-8988 | F: 1-905-888-8987 E: ecd@dsiamerica.com www.dsicanada.ca Manufacturer/Supplier, Ground Anchors, Hollow Bars, Micropiles, Soil Nails, Tie-Rods

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Directory Rollform Group Contact: John Hammill 950 Industrial Road, Cambridge, ON N3H 4W1 T: 1-519-650-2222 | F: 1-519-650-2223 E: jhammill@rollformgroup.com www.rollformgroup.com Supplier / Manufacturer Rollform Group 2304 Dixie Road, Mississauga, ON V4Y 1Z6 T: 1-905-270-5300 | TF: 1-800-233-6228 F: 1-905-306-3527 E: sally@rollformgroup.com www.rollformgroup.com Supplier Sacchetti Construction Ltd Contact: Paolo Sacchetti 340 Mooney Avenue, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5R4 T: 1-807-344-4757 | F: 1-807-345-4083 E: info@saccgroup.com www.sacchetti.com Pile Contractor Selix Equipment Inc Contact: Dave Chaffe / Mario Roussel 2455 Stevenage Drive, Ottawa, ON K1G 3W2 T: 1-613-859-7403 | TF: 1-888-990-0905 F: 1-613-736-1075 E: dchaffe@selix.ca www.selix.ca Supplier Simcoe Marine Construction Ltd Contact: Jamie Archer P.O. Box 7130, Innisfil, ON L9S 1A9 T: 1-705-456-0777 | F: 1-705-456-0888 E: simcoe.marine@yahoo.ca www.simcoemarineconstruction.com Pile Contractor, Dock & Warfs, Earth Retention, General Contracting, Marine, Pile Driving Special Construction Machines an ECA Canada Company Contact: Ray Kemppianen 166 Bentworth Avenue, Toronto, ON M6A 1P7 T: 1-416-787-4259 | TF: 1-800-760-0925 F: 1-416-787-4362 E: ray@ecacanada.ca www.ecacanada.ca Supplier Tom Jones Corporation Contact: Parker Jones 560 Squier Place, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6V1 T: 1-807-345-0511 | F: 1-807-344-1723 E: pjones@tomjonescorp.com www.tomjonescorp.com Pile Contractor Waterloo Barriers Inc Contact: Robin Jowett P.O. Box 385, Rockwood, ON N0B 2K0 T: 1-519-856-1352 | F: 1-519-856-0759 E: info@waterloo-barrier.com www.waterloo-barrier.com Supplier 10 PIC Magazine • December 2012

Weatherall Dock and Dredge Inc Contact: Barb /Morgan Grey Road 32 RR4, Markdale, ON N0C 1H0 T: 1-519-986-3516 | F: 1-519-986-3648 E: wdandd@hughes.net Pile Contractor, Pipe Piles, Sheet Piles Williams Form Hardware & Rockbolt 670 Industrial Road, London, ON N5V 1V1 T: 1-519-659-9444 | F: 1-519-659-5880 E: williams@williamsform.com www.williamsform.com Manufacturer

Quebec

Bisson Expert Contact: Raymond Bisson 5450 Ramsay Street, Saint-Hubert, QC J3Y 2S4 T: 1-519-990-2519 | TF: 1-888-655-2519 F: 1-450-678-1606 www.bissonexpert.com Pile Contractor Construction Audet Et Knight 825 Avenue Beauchemin, Rouyn-Noranda, QC J9X 7A4 T: 1-819-764-4666 Pile Contractor Construction DOMI Inc Contact: Martin Rousseau 120 Rue Lavoie, Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC G8L 4M8 T: 1-418-276-5555 | F: 1-418-276-7539 E: martindomi@qc.aira.com Engineer Geopile/Geopieux 596 Saguenay West Blvd, Chicoutimi, QC G7J 1H4 T: 1-418-696-9669 | F: 1-418-696-4264 E: info@geopieux.com www.geopieux.com Pile Contractor/Supplier GKM Consultants 1430 Hocquart Street Suite 100, St. Bruno, QC J3V 6E1 T: 1-450-441-5444 | F: 1-450-441-0677 E: info@gmkconsultants.com www.gkmconsultants.com Consultant Petrifond Foundation Co Ltd Contact: Vince Luongo 8320 boul, Saint Laurent, QC H2P 2M3 T: 1-514-387-2838 | F: 1-514-387-9684 E: luongo@petrifond.com www.petrifond.com Pipe and Piling Supplies Contact: Anshu Bhotia 5025 Ramsay, St-Hubert, QC J3Y 2S3 T: 1-450-445-0050 | F: 1-450-445-4828 www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer

Postech Metal Foundation Contact: Matthew Barrington 525 Rue Du Parc Industrial, Sherbrooke, QC J1C 0J2 T: 1-819-846-4004 | TF: 1-866-277-4389 F: 1-819-846-0793 E: info@postech-foundation.com www.postech-foundations.com Manufacturer Pretech Contact: Alain Desmeules 4800 St-Ambroise (103), Montreal, QC H4C 3P8 T: 1-514-861-0030 | TF: 1-800-387-8761 F: 1-514-861-9727 E: info@pretech.ca www.pretech.ca Pile Contractor / Engineer Spiralco Inc Contact: Donald Tremblay 1275 Rte 225, St-Felix-de-kingsey, QC J0B 2T0 T: 1-819-848-2747 | TF: 1-800-830-2747 F: 1-819-848-2830 E: info@spiralco.com www.spiralco.com Manufacturer/Supplier, Spiral Welded Pipe

saskatchewan

AGRA Foundations Limited Contact: Craig Percival 121 150th Street East, Saskatoon, SK S7N 1Z2 T: 1-306-373-3762 | F: 1-306-955-2388 E: craig.percival@agra.com www.agrafoundations.ca Pile Contractor/Supplier AGRA Foundations Limited Contact: John Kozicki 335 Seventh Avenue, Regina, SK S4N 5B8 T: 1-306-949-8411 | F: 1-306-775-1472 E: john.kozicki@agrafoundations.ca www.agrafoundations.ca Pile Contractor/Supplier Kinetic Construction Company Inc Contact: Rod Krauter Box 31023, Saskatoon, SK S7H 5S8 T: 1-306-227-7224 | F: 1-306-931-3710 E: kinetic.postech@gmail.com www.postech-foundations.com Pile Contractor North American Caisson Ltd Box 3435, Regina, SK S4P 3J8 T: 1-306-545-5050 | F: 1-306-545-5058 www.nacg.ca Pile Contractor North American Construction Group Inc Box 2085, Martensville, SK S0K 2T0 T: 1-306-384-3444 | F: 1-306-384-3452 www.nacg.ca Pile Contractor

Directory

united states alaska

Ruskin Construction Ltd 310 K Street Suite 200, Anchorage, AK 99501-2014 T: 1-907-264-6771 | F: 1-907-264-6775 www.ruskinconstruction.com Pile Contractor

arizona

Atlas Tube A Division of JMC Steel Group Contact: Chris Ragan / Marilyn Poindexter 5039 N County Road 1015, Blytheville, AR 72315 T: 1-870-838-2000 | F: 1-870-762-6630 E: cragan@atlastube.com mpoindexter@atlastube.com www.atlastube.com Manufacturer

california

Hennessy International Inc Contact: John Hagfors 1623 Mission Drive Suite 6, Salvang, CA 93463 TF: 1-800-656-6766 www.hennessyinternational.com Equipment Suppliers Hennessy International Inc Contact: John Hagfors 1046 Carrier Pkwy, Bakersfield, CA 93308 TF: 1-800-656-6766 www.hennessyinternational.com Equipment Suppliers Pile Splices Inc Contact: Glenn Lockie 264 Cazneau Avenue, Sausalito, CA 94965 T: 1-415-331-7260 | F: 1-415-331-7261 www.pilesplices.com Supplier/Manufacurer Williams Form Engineering Corporation 3486 Hancock Street, San Diego, CA 92110 T: 1-619-209-3640 | F: 1-619-209-3691 E: williams@williamsform.com www.williamsform.com Manufacturer

colorado

George G. Goble Consulting & Engineering, LLC Contact: Dr. George G. Goble 1965 57th Court North Ste. 106, Boulder, CO 80301-2826 T: 1-303-494-0702 | F: 1-303-494-5027 E: goble@bridgetest.com Engineer, Analysis, Design, Consulting, Civil Engineering Williams Form Engineering Corporation 251 Rooney Road, Golden, CO 80401 T: 1-303-216-9300 | F: 1-303-216-9400 E: williams@williamsform.com www.williamsform.com Manufacturer

DELAWARE

Deep Earth Technology Contact: David Edwards 35322 Bayard Road, Frankford, DE 19939 T: 1-917-678-7299 | F: 1-302-539-4443 E: dedwards@deepearthpartners.com www.deepearthpartners.com Leasing Emeca/SPE USA Contact: Beth Webb 200 10th Street, Laurel, DE 19956 T: 1-302-875-0760 | F: 1-302-875-0761 E: beth@spe-usa.net www.emeca-speusa.net Manufacturer, Piling Joints

florida

Applied Foundation Testing Contact: Don Robertson 4015 J. Lewis Drive, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043 T: 1-904-284-1337 | F: 1-904-284-1339 E: drobertson@testpile.com www.testpile.com Supplier Kelly Tractor Co. Headquarters 5460 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33417 T: 1-561-683-2015 E: imtinfo@kellytractor.com www.kellytractor.com Supplier Loadtest Contact: John Hayes 2631 D NW 41st Street, Gainesville, FL 32606 T: 1-352-378-3717 | F: 1-352-378-3934 E: john@loadtest.com www.loadtest.com Supplier

georgia

AB Chance / Hubbell Power Systems Contact: Brent Chisholm 1075 Pinebloom Drive, Roswell, GA 30076 T: 1-770-998-4764 E: bchisho@hps.hubbell.com www.abchance.com Supplier, Composite Piles, Steel Piles, Drill Equipment, Marine Equipment Essve Tech Inc Contact: Jenny Bass 13955 Highway 9N, Suite C, Alpharetta, GA 30004 T: 770-740-0498 | F: 770-740-0369 E: sales@essvetech.com www.essvetech.com Manufacturer Williams Form Engineering Corporation 2600 Vulcan Drive, Lithia Springs, GA 30122 T: 1-770-949-8300 | F: 1-770-949-2377 E: williams@williamsform.com www.williamsform.com Manufacturer

iowa

PENGO Contact: Dawn Jamison 500 E Hwy 10, Laurens, IA 50554 T: 1-712-845-2540 | TF: 1-800-599-0211 F: 1-712-8452497 E: pengosales@paladinbrands.com www.pengoattachments.com Manufacturer

illinois

Arntzen Corporation Contact: Richard Arntzen 1025 School Street, Rockford, IL 61105-0898 T: 1-815-964-9413 | TF: 1-800-821-3475 F: 1-815-964-0045 E: pipesales@arntzencorp.com www.arntzenpipe.com Manufacturer Atlas Pipe Piles Contact: Chris Ragan 1855 E 122nd Street, Chicago, IL 60633 T: 1-773-646-4500 | TF: 1-800-733-5683 F: 1-773-646-6128 E: chris.ragan@atlastube.com www.atlaspipepiles.com Steel Mill Atlas Tube A Division of JMC Steel Group Contact: Chris Ragan / Marilyn Poindexter 1855 E 122nd Street, Chicago, IL 60633 T: 1-773-646-4500 | TF: 1-800-733-5683 F: 1-773-646-6128 E: cragan@atlastube.com mpoindexter@atlastube.com www.atlastube.com Manufacturer L.B. Foster Company Contact: Jim Maier 125 Windsor Drive Suite 122, Oak Brook, IL 60523 T: 1-630-954-1450 | F: 1-630-954-1429 E: jmaier@lbfoster.com www.lbfoster.com Supplier/Manufacturer Naylor Pipe Company Contact: Michael Griffin 1230 E. 92nd Street, Chicago, IL 60619 T: 1-773-721-9400 | F: 1-773-721-9494 E: sales@naylorpipe.com www.naylorpipe.com Manufacturer Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.) Ltd Contact: Bryan Alexander 501 Shipyard Road, Seneca, IL 61360 T: 1-815-357-6899 | F: 1-815-357-6955 E: balexander@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer Piling Industry Canada • December 2012 11

Directory indiana

Equipment Corporation of America Contact: Jim Campbell 978 Geneva Court, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 T: 1-812-655-0779 | F: 1-812-539-2481 E: jcampbell@ecanet.com www.ecanet.com Hercules Machinery Corporation Contact: Justin Reed 5025 New Haven Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN 46803 TF: 1-800-348-1890 F: 1-260-422-2040 E: jreed@hmc-us.com www.hmc-us.com Manufacturer Jinnings Equipment LLC Contact: Justin Arnold/Scott Jinnings 11515 Richard Road, Chorobosco, IN 46723 T: 1-260-447-4343 | F: 1-260-447-4363 E: Justin@jinnings.com/Scott@jinnings.com www.jinnings.com Supplier Kelly Tractor Company Contact: Roland Freeman Eastern Canada 103 Meadowlark Drive E, Seymour, IN 47274 T: 1-561-310-8329 | F: 1-561-478-6144 E: roland_freeman@kellytractor.com www.kellytractor.com Supplier Mid-America Foundation Supply, Inc 3101 New Haven Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN 46803 TF: 1-888-893-7453 F: 1-260-424-8635 www.mafcopiling.com Supplier Poseidon Barge Corporation Contact: Mike Lane 3101 New Haven Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN 46803 T: 1-260-422-8767 | TF: 1-866-992-2743 F: 1-260-424-8635 E: mlane@poseidonbarge.com www.poseidonbarge.com Supplier

louisiana

Gulf South Piling & Construction Inc Contact: J.L. “Butch” Casey P.O. Box 10073, Jefferson, LA 70181 T: 1-504-834-7791 | F: 1-504-834-7792 E: butch@gsp.gs.net Pile Contractor, Pile Driving, Bridge Building, Bulkheads

massachusetts

New England Construction Products, LLC Contact: Dave Sciortino 22 Fifth Street Rear, Taunton, MA 2780 T: 1-508-821-4450 | F: 1-508-828-5081 E: necpllc1@verizon.net 12 PIC Magazine • December 2012

maryland

Equipment Corporation of America Contact: Mike Brown 6300 Foxley Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 T: 1-301-599-1300 | F: 1-301-599-1597 E: mbrown@ecanet.com www.ecanet.com

michigan

Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.) Ltd Contact: Ron Griffith 5439 Kincheloe Road, Kincheloe, MI 49788-1996 T: 1-906-495-2245 | TF: 1-800-874-3720 F: 1-906-495-5754 E: rgriffith@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer Williams Form Engineering Corporation 8165 Graphic Drive, Belmont, MI 49306 T: 1-616-866-0815 | F: 1-616-866-1890 E: williams@williamsform.com www.williamsform.com Manufacturer

missouri

Alpha Pipe Co. Contact: Jim Roeder/Carl Hylton 2111 Bentley Plaza # 201, St. Louis, MO 63026 T: 1-636-861-2900 | TF: 1-800-860-0599 F: 1-636-861-2442 E: sales@alphapipeco.com www.alphapipeco.com Supplier Crestwood Tubulars Inc Contact: Tom Ferguson P.O. Box 6950, St. Louis, MO 61323 T: 1-314-842-8604 | F: 1-314-842-9064 E: tomf@crestwoodtubulars.com www.crestwoodtubulars.com Manufacturer, Steel Pipe Hammer & Steel Inc Contact: Bob Laurence 11916 Missouri Bottom Road, Hazelwood, MO 63042 T: 1-314-895-4600 | TF: 1-800-325-7453 F: 1-314-895-4070 E: rlaurence@hammersteel.com www.hammersteel.com Supplier, Piles, Hammer Cushions, Lubricants, Greese, Drill Bits, Hammers Mississippi Valley Equipment Company Inc Contact: John Henry 1198 Pershall Road, St. Louis, MO 63837 T: 1-314-869-8600 | TF: 1-800-325-8001 F: 1-314-869-6862 E: jhenry@mve-stl.com www.mve-stl.com Supplier

MKT Manufacturing Inc Contact: John Henry 1198 Pershall Road, St. Louis, MO 63837 T: 1-314-869-8600 | TF: 1-800-325-8001 F: 1-314-869-6862 E: jhenry@mve-stl.com www.mve-stl.com Manufacturer

north carolina

International Drilling Equipment Inc Contact: Stephen Gazo Rural Hall, NC T: 1-305-929-8572 | TF: 1-877-2076062 www.idedrills.com Equipment Suppliers Versabite Piling Accessories Contact: Ernie Taylor 1704 Tower Industrial Drive, Monroe, NC 28110 T: 1-704-225-1566 | TF: 1-800-280-9950 F: 1-704-225-1567 E: etaylor@versabite.com www.versabite.com Supplier, Steel Castings for the Piledriving Industry

nebraska

Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.) Ltd Contact: Macky Dahlman 14110 Giles Road, Omaha, NE 68046 T: 1-402-896-9611 | F: 1-402-8969660 E: mdahlman@pipe-piling.com www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer

new hampshire

Geokon, Inc 48 Spencer Street, Lebanon, NH O3766 T: 1-603-448-1562 | F: 1-603-448-3216 E: info@geokon.com www.geokon.com Manufacturer

new jersey

Associated Pile & Fitting, LLC Contact: Matt Scerbak / Judy Pomo P.O. Box 1048, Clifton, NJ 7014 T: 1-973-773-8400 | TF: 1-800-526-9047 F: 1-973-773-8442 E: apf@associatedpile.com www.associatedpile.com Supplier / Manufacturer Casagrande USA Inc Contact: Bill Birch 93 Stickles Pond Road, Newton, NJ 7860 T: 1-973-579-1906 | F: 1-973-579-1907 E: b.birch@casagrande-usa.com www.casagrande-usa.com Equipment Suppliers

Directory Equipment Corporation of America Contact: Bruce Langan 117 Highway 35 South Suite 4, Keyport, NJ 7735 T: 1-732-888-5477 | F: 1-732-888-5479 E: blangan@ecanet.com www.ecanet.com F.S. Supply Contact: Joe Savarese P.O. Box 452, Keyport, NJ 7735 T: 1-732-739-5570 | F: 1-732-876-0438 E: jf.savarese@verizon.net www.fssupplyco.com Supplier, Pile Driving Machines, Parts & Service, New & Used Materials for Deep Foundations, Hydraulic Repair Service SAS Stressteel, Inc Contact: Sales Team 100 New Dutch Lane, Fairfield, NJ 7004 T: 1-973-244-5995 | F: 1-973-244-0544 E: info@stressteel.com www.stressteel.com Supplier Skyline Steel, LLC 8 Woodhollow Road, Parsippany, NJ 7053 T: 1-973-428-6100 | F: 1-973-428-7399 www.skylinesteel.com Supplier

Ohio

GRL Engineers Inc Contact: Pat Hannigan 30725 Aurora Road, Cleveland, OH 44139 T: 1-216-831-6131 | F: 1-216-831-0916 E: info@GRLenginners.com www.GRLengineers.com Engineer/Consultant Lally Pipe & Tube Contact: James M. Mocker 534 Lowellville Road, Struthers, OH 44471 TF: 1-800-291-7782 F: 1-330-750-1535 E: jimmocker@lallypipe.com www.lallypipe.com Supplier Pile Dynamics Inc Contact: Nicole Angie 30725 Aurora Road, Cleveland, OH 44139 T: 1-216-831-6131 | F: 1-216-831-0916 E: info@pile.com www.pile.com Manufacturer, Foundation Testing Instruments R.W Conklin Contact: Philip J. Conklin 3336 Carpenters Creek Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45241 T: 1-513-769-0613 | F: 1-513-769-0610 E: pjc@conklinsteel.com www.conklinsteel.com Supplier

R.W Conklin Steel Supply Inc Contact: Philip J. Conklin 10921 Reed Hartman Hwy Suite 307, Cincinnati, OH 45242 T: 1-513-769-0613 | TF: 1-888-Conklin F: 1-513-769-0610 E: sales@conklinsteel.com www.conklinsteel.com Supplier

oklahoma

Venture Drilling Supply Contact: Tyler Williams Tahlequah, OK TF: 1-888-45-DRILL www.venturedrillingsupply.com Equipment Suppliers

oregon

Williams Form Engineering Corporation 7601 North Columbia Blvd, Portland, OR 97203 T: 1-503-285-4548 | F: 1-503-285-6858 E: williams@williamsform.com www.williamsform.com Manufacturer

pennsylvania

Equipment Corporation of America Contact: Pete Rose PO Box 306, Coraopolis, PA 15108 T: 1-412-264-4480 | F: 1-412-264-1158 E: prose@ecanet.com www.ecanet.com Equipment Corporation of America Contact: Tim Dutton PO Box 837, Aldan, PA 19018 T: 1-610-626-2200 | F: 1-610-626-2245 E: tdutton@ecanet.com www.ecanet.com Williams Form Engineering Corporation 41 2nd Avenue S Bldg 1, Phoenixville, PA 19460 T: 1-610-415-9910 | F: 1-610-415-9920 E: williams@williamsform.com www.williamsform.com Manufacturer

south carolina

Koppers Inc 280 N. Koppers Street, Florence, SC 29501 T: 1-843-669-8231 | F: 1-843-667-6823 www.koppers.com Supplier

texas

Apex Steel Pipe & Piling Contact: Rob, Jason, Jessica or Scott 1221 S. Shepherd, Houston, TX 77019 T: 1-713-355-5200 | TF: 1-800-747-3515 F: 1-713-840-1913 E: jason@apexpipe.com jessica@apexpipe.com rob@apexpipe.com www.apexpipe.com Supplier

BAUER-Pileco Inc Contact: Jeremy Clark 111 Berry Road, Houston, TX 77022 T: 1-713-691-3000 | TF: 1-800-474-5326 F: 1-713-691-0089 E: info@bauerpileco.com www.bauerpileco.com Manufacturer ESC Steel Inc Contact: Kevin Andersen 6046 RM 2920 Road Suite 136, Spring, TX 77379 T: 1-281-205-7261 | F: 1-281-205-7263 E: info@escsteelinc.com www.escsteelinc.com Supplier Gerdau Ameristeel Contact: David Maedgen 300 Ward Road, Midlothian, TX 76065 TF: 1-800-527-7979 E: dmaedgen@gerdauameristeel.com www.sheet-piling.com Manufacturer J.D. Fields & Co. Inc Contact: J. Patrick Burk 55 Waugh Drive, Suite 1250, Houston, TX 77007 T: 1-281-558-7199 | F: 1-281-870-9918 E: pburk@jdfields.com Supplier Kobelco Cranes North America Inc 10845 Train Court, Houston, TX 77041 T: 1-713-856-5755 | F: 1-713-856-9072 www.kobelcocranesnorthamerica.com Supplier Liebherr Nenzing Crane Co Contact: Wolfgang Herzog 7075 Bennington St., Houston, TX 77028 T: 1-713-636-4050 | F: 1-713-636-4051 E: wolfgang.herzog@liebherr.com www.liebherr.com Supplier Lodge Lumber Company Inc Contact: Daren Franks P.O. Box 96589, Houston, TX 77213 T: 1-713-672-6679 | F: 1-713-672-5135 E: daren.franks@lodgelumber.com www.lodgelumber.com Supplier McDonough Marine Service Contact: John Stevenson Jr. 17500 Market Street, Channelview, TX 77530 T: 1-281-452-5887 | F: 1-281-452-9682 E: jsstevenson@marmac.net www.mcdonoughmarine.com Supplier, Barge Leasing, Marine Transport Piling Industry Canada • December 2012 13

Directory Moffatt & Nichol Contact: Michael Webber 11011 Richmond Avenue Suite 200, Houston, TX 77042 T: 1-713-977-7372 | F: 1-713-977-7379 E: mwebber@moffattnichol.com www.moffattnichol.com Engineer PilePro Contact: Rob Wendt 100 Congress Avenue Suite 2100, Austin, TX 78701 T: 1-866-666-7453 | F: 1-866-626-7453 E: rob@pilepro.com www.pilepro.com Manufacturer/Supplier, The world leader in sheet piling connections Spiradrill Contact: Scott McNeil 112 FM 153, Smithville, TX 78957 T: 1-512-237-4140 | F: 1-512-237-4143 E: scott@spiradrill.net www.spiradrill.net Manufacturer Venture Drilling Supply Contact: Tyler Williams Georgetown, TX TF: 1-888-55-DRILL Equipment Suppliers Watson Drill Rigs Contact: Donna Shady 4015 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76110 T: 1-817-927-8486 | TF: 1-800-927-8486 F: 1-817-927-8716 E: dshady@watsonusa.com www.watsonusa.com Manufacturer Western Rubber and Manufacturing Contact: Paul Eberhardt 7015 Old Hwy 105 West, Conroe, TX 77304 T: 1-936-588-3033 | TF: 1-800-367-5285 F: 1-936-588-3132 E: pmemberhardt@aol.com www.westernrm.com Manufacturer

WAshington

American Piledriving Equipment, Inc Contact: Dave Yingling 7032 South 196th, Kent, WA 98032 TF: 1-800-248-8498 F: 1-253-872-8710 E: davey@apevibro.com www.apevibro.com Manufacturer Challenger Pipe & Steel, LLC Contact: Randy Hurst 104 S Freya Suite 221, White Flag Building, Spokane, WA 99202 T: 1-509-534-7473 | TF: 1-888-770-7473 F: 1-509-534-4254 E: randy@challengerpipe.com www.challengerpipe.com Supplier 14 PIC Magazine • December 2012

Collins Company Contact: John or Maria Collins 19 Utsalady Road, Camano Island, WA 98282 T: 1-360-387-9298 | TF: 1-888-300-0100 F: 1-360-387-2186 E: collinsm@whidbey.net www.collinspilehammers.com Pile Contractor, Consultant Engineer Supplier Manufacturer Pacific American Commercial Company Contact: Brian Weller P.O. Box 3742, Seattle, WA 98124 TF: 1-800-678-6378 F: 1-206-763-4232 E: info@pacoequip.com www.pacoequip.com Supplier, Sales, Rental and Service of all Pile Driving Equipment Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.) Ltd Contact: Bryan Alexander 3506 A Street SE, Auburn, WA 98002 T: 1-253-939-4700 | F: 1-253-939-8982 E: bryanpps1@earthlink.net www.pipe-piling.com Supplier / Manufacturer PND Engineers Inc Contact: Bill Gunderson 811 1st Avenue Suite 570, Seattle, WA 98104 T: 1-206-624-1387 | F: 1-206-624-1388 www.pndengineers.com Consulting Engineers Kelly Tractor Co. Contact: Steve Emsley Western Canada T: 1-415-533-7776 E: imtinfo@kellytractor.com www.kellytractor.com Supplier

international finland

Junttan Oy Contact: Miika Eskelinen P.O. Box 1702, Kuopio, Finland FI-70701 T: 35 817 287 4400 | F: 35 817 287 4411 E: junttan@junttan.com www.junttan.com Manufacturer

italy

Soilmec SPA Contact: Marco Medaglia 5819 Via Dismano, Cesena (FC), Italy 47522 T: 39 0547 319111 | F: 39 0547 318548 E: soilmec@soilmec.it www.soilmec.it Manufacturer Trevi SPA Contact: Franco Cicognani 5819 Via Dismano, Cesena (FC), Italy 47522 T: 39 0547 319111 | F: 39 0547 318548 E: trevi@trevispa.com www.trevispa.com Pile Contractor

puerto rico

Staytowers Group Inc Contact: Juan Vincente Sequeda 562 Calle Trigo, Apt 1H, San Juan, PR 907 T: 1-787-724-4114 | F: 1-787-722-0326 E: vasequeda@prw.net Engineer, Vibration Monitoring, Consulting, Photo Surveys, Engineering Consulting

Nottinghamshire

BarkerRoss Piling Contact: William Berridge 1 Victoria Court, Nottingham, NG1 3LZ T: 0011441159483757 E: williamberridge@barkerross.co.uk www.barkerross.co.uk Supplier, Specialist Piling project staffing, rig operators, engineers, supervisors & more

the netherlands

IHC Fundex Equipment B.V. Contact: Arjen van der Schaaf Houtkade 50, Goes, The Netherlands 4463AC T: 31 113 232900 | TF: 31 113 212630 E: sales@ihcfundex.com www.ihcfundex.com Manufacturer

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Camille Blais et Fils chooses Selix and MDT For the Turcot Reconstruction Project Fils from the Mont-

with heavy duty retractable/extendable crawl-

magny area of Que-

ers for easy transportation and enhanced sta-

bec has been award-

bility on the job. The operator appreciates the

ed the tender to pro-

very comfortable soundproofed cabin with

vide stabilizing piles

large electronic display to control all drilling

for the foundations

parameters.

of the structures. The work consists of 16 2.1 metre diameter holes along with 505 400 millimetre holes.

In preparation for The Turcot Interchange is located on the Is-

the large diameter holes on the project Camille

land of Montreal south-west of downtown in

Blais chose to purchase a McDrill Technology

the Montreal-Ouest and Westmount area. The

CMV MDT TH26 self-erecting piling drill

highway interchange was built in 1967 and af-

from Selix Equipment Inc. The rig has over

ter 41 years of service the infrastructure is in

450 HP and weighs in at 90 metric tonnes. Ca-

poor condition and it is time for reconstruc-

pable of drilling up to 2.5 metres in diameter,

tion. The interchange is a major passenger

and with a Kelly Bar over 50 metres in depth

and freight transportation axis and is used by

Camille Blais believed it was the rig needed

280,000 vehicles per day.

for this job. They also appreciated the speedy

The project which began in 2009 and is due

erection time thanks to the parallelogram sup-

for completion in 2016 has entered the drilling

port system and that no crane support is re-

and soil stabilization phase. Camille Blais et

quired. All McDrill piling rigs are equipped

The smaller diameter holes are being done with Camille Blais’ MDT230B also a member of the group of 11 MDT drills Selix sells and supports in Canada. The MDT230 is a 23 tonnes multipurpose drill that is known for its manoeuvrability, reliability, and productivity.

All functions are remote controlled in order to minimize idle time and the carefully designed control layout makes it easy for any operator.

Motors are controlled independently to allow precise and slight movements.

Cal Blais told Selix recently that the job is going very well and he is very pleased with the performance of his Selix/MDT drills. Selix would like to take this opportunity to thank Camille Blais for its confidence in the Selix/ MDT team and for choosing their drills for this important infrastructure project.

Who Is Selix?

“Whatever you do to put a hole in the ground... that’s our business” Selix is a company that services the drilling industry in Canada. The company operates in the Canadian drilling industry and specializes in the supply and service of drilling equipment, equipment parts, and drilling consumables. The scope of the business includes small and large rock drills for quarries and construction, and various sizes of multi-use drills for ground consolidation, environmental sampling, tie backs, micro piles, jet grouting and Geo-thermal and hydraulic piling rigs from 35-90 tons. Selix also has strategic supply arrangements with Carandina S.l.r. of Italy for the supply of foundation drilling tools, Dainong (DNHI) of Korea for hydraulic rock breakers and, PVE from Holland for piling and vibro equipment. n 26 PIC Magazine • December 2013

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Premiere operation of the Liebherr LB 44-510 rotary drilling rig in the construction of a particle accelerator in Darmstadt, Germany

The first two Liebherr LB 44-510 rotary drilling

The LB 44-510 has a torque of 510 kNm,

rigs are being employed in the construction of

making it the largest and most powerful rotary

a particle accelerator in Darmstadt, Germany.

drilling rig currently in operation in Germany.

First presented at Bauma 2013, the LB 44-510

In kelly drilling applications, it is configured

rotary drilling rig is the latest development in

for drilling diametres of up to three metres

Liebherr's range of deep foundation products

and depths of up to 92 metres. The drilling rig

and expands the tried and proven LB series of

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complying with the emissions standard stage IIIB / tier 4i.

Two LB 44-510 rotary drilling rigs are being employed on the construction site, which covers a total area of 200,000 square metres to stabilize the subsurface with cast-in-place drilled piles. These operations form the basis for the construction of the international particle accelerator FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research). 35,000 tonnes of steel and 600,000 m³ of concrete are to be used in this construction project.

The lead contractor is the FAIR Bohrpfähle joint venture, comprising Züblin Spezialtiefbau GmbH (engineering management) and Max Bögl GmbH & Co. KG (commercial management).

Besides other drilling equipment, each company has provided an LB 44-510 to the joint venture to realize the extraordinary construction project.

In total, some 1,400 foundation piles with a length between 40 and 62 metres have been set in the ground since March 2013. To this end, the first series production unit of the LB 44-510 was delivered in August. Since midSeptember, another LB 44-510 has been on the site, working in kelly drilling application.

All drilled piles are installed down to the final depth completely cased. That means that during the drilling process, the excavated material is removed under the protection of an advancing casing. Because of the high groundwater level and the partially unstable ground, a water load is needed throughout the pile manufacturing process to stabilize the bottom of the boreholes.

A drill bucket is used to loosen and remove the drill cuttings. The efficiency of the rotary drilling rigs working in the rotary drilling method means that the boreholes can be excavated down to the final depth completely

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This procedure can be realized for the depth needed in Darmstadt with the LB 44-510.

Thanks to the high torque and enormous pull force of the LB 44-510, there is no need for the machine units to be changed after the drilling process.

In the past, two duty cycle crawler cranes with casing oscillator were required to reinforce the piles and for concreting, in order to reliably guarantee the necessary torque and pull force when extracting the casing during concreting work. The LB 44-510 provides for substantially greater productivity when installing piles down to great depths.

Apart from the great drilling depths needed in the construction of FAIR, which are extraordinary for cased drillings, working in a drinking water protection zone also meant special requirements when preparing the piles. To this end, around 30 piles are fitted with sophisticated measuring equipment for monitoring the forces on the piles and any subsidence.

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Quick Set-up, Easy Transportation Despite its impressive size, the 170-tonne LB 44-510 rotary drilling rig does not need much time for its set-up. As the leader can be folded back for transportation with all hydraulic hoses connected, no disassembly is required when moving between two jobsites. Subsequently, the LB 44-510 can quickly be set up using the quick assembly system – this process barely requires more time than for smaller machines. On the FAIR construction site, the two LB 44-510 units were ready for operation in just six hours.

Another benefit is that the machine is straightforward to transport. If required it can be disassembled so that no single unit weighs more than 40 tonnes. That means that it can be transported throughout the world without any problems.

The basic concept of the machine follows two tried and proven principles. This includes a large operating area thanks to parallel kinematics. Another aspect concerns the direct assembly of all winches on the leader, which on the one hand allows for a direct view from the operator's cab to the main winch, and on the other hand ensures that the ropes do not move while the leader is being adjusted. Secondly, the undercarriage has long crawlers, increasing stability, and guaranteeing a small swing radius which

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PIC can only just be matched by the smaller units of the LB series.

The innovative BAT rotary drive of the new LB 44-510 offers a torque of 510 kNm. The main advantages of the hydraulic drive manufactured by Liebherr are automated torque adjustment, continuous speed optimization and four electronically adjustable speed ranges.

Further advantages of this rotary drive are its simple structure, its low maintenance requirements and, above all, its exceptional efficiency.

Besides the described application with the kelly bar, the LB 44-510 is also suitable for

canada | U.s. | international drilling processes employing a double rotary head, continuous flight auger and full displacement tool. The powerful rope crowd system with a pull force of approx. 56 t allows the entire length of the leader to be utilized. This provides the operator with maximum performance and reliability even on the most difficult soils and under extreme operating conditions.

After its planned completion in 2018, the FAIR particle accelerator will be one of the largest research facilities in the world. Some 3,000 researchers from around 50 countries will then use FAIR for their scientific projects.

For example, it is planned to use this major research institution to investigate how the universe developed from the big bang to the present day, and to decode the building blocks of matter.

Besides basic research, FAIR should also help to develop new medicinal therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, energy-efficient high-performance computers and new materials, for example for use in interplanetary space travel.

The new facilities are being built directly adjacent to the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Helmholz Center for Heavy Ion Research), whose existing accelerator will be used as an injector for FAIR. Extremely intensive high-precision beams of antiprotons and ions from the entire range of elements can be generated on FAIR. These can be used by scientists for researching rarely observed particle collision products.

Another Site Liebherr conitues to work in Germany with their LRH 400 in the construction of a sheet pile wall in Bremerhaven.

Since May 2013, a Liebherr piling rig, type LRH 400, is involved in the construction of the new “Geestekaje” quay of the “Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt” in the North German city of Bremerhaven.

The main task of the LRH 400 piling rig is the construction of a 300 metre long sheet pile wall in front of the existing, partially dilapidated, quay wall. For this purpose approximately 1,400 tonnes of sheet piles are being installed, approximately 11,300 square metres of soil moved, and approximately 5,000 square metres of hard-surfacing created. The sheet pile wall is being installed from the water, the piling rig working from a pontoon.

The LRH 400 is based on the proven Liebherr duty cycle crawler crane HS 885 HD extended by a fixed leader. The maximum length of the fixed leader is 42 metres. Thanks to the strong Liebherr Diesel engines the LRH 400 has been developed for special piling tasks with recommended high outreach. The approved Liebherr Litronic system supports the use of the leader best.

The quayside is used as moorage for special vessels and the handling of floating sea marks.

The executing construction company is Thieling Bau GmbH. n 30 PIC Magazine • December 2013

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PIC Piling Helps Poland Import its LNG

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Poland’s Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) plant at Swinoujscie near Szczecin is scheduled for completion next June

By Michael Schwartz Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for Poland’s first LNG import terminal was assigned by the country’s natural gas distributor Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) to Canadian LNG engineering specialist SNC-Lavalin in 2008. Some euro 950 million were assigned to the project.

The terminal itself lies in the western part of Poland’s Baltic Coast and reflects the ever-increasing importance of LNG as an energy source. One key determinant in Swinoujscie’s favour is that it charges lower costs to receive larger ships and freight when compared with say Gdansk. What is more, the immediate vicinity also provides major LNG clients, such as power stations and chemical plants.

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Construction has had to meet the demands of a terminal receiving 2.5 billion m3 of liquefied gas annually. The terminal must offer jetty facilities for large LNG tankers, complete with a boil-off and re-condensing facilities, two storage tanks and a re-gasification train to produce gas at the correct pressure for the grid.

Several companies became involved with the Swinoujscie project. In the case of civil engineering, the project breakdown was Hochtief, the project leader, on 47 per cent, Danish-headquartered Aarsleff also on 47 per cent, and the local Duraco company six per cent.

For Aarsleff, this is a large-scale piling project. While the company has won contracts in Denmark for Shell and Statoil in connection with refineries and port facilities for industrial oil and gas, this is the company’s first gas terminal project of this size.

Aarsleff ’s Chief Divisional Engineer Hans Kristian Havbro was in charge of the project.

“This has been a large-scale project for Aarsleff, as we were participating in both the civil engineering and the rock groupings. With almost 50 per cent share, we were actually the largest partner. We have had 45 per cent of the total consortium turnover, while Boskalis and Hochtief have shared the remaining 55 per cent between them. This is apart from the dredging which Boskalis did alone,” he explains.

Piling works at Swinoujscie comprise the inside of the breakwater, which is a piled combi wall construction with raking anchors (flap anchors). To achieve this, piling has had to accommodate 21,000 tonnes of tubular steel piles and sheet-piles, as well as 91,000 m3 reinforced concrete for the superstructure, which comprises the base slab, the sea wall, the coping, and a paved access road.

Even after bearing in mind the ambitious nature of the project, many challenges remained. Swinoujscie is on an open coast, meaning that is its subject to prevailing weather conditions. When it came to the actual piling, the seabed conditions included extremely dense sand layers, which caused a number of lock failures due to hard piling in order to reach the final levels. This went on to create certain problems as making good had to include drilling and grouting in order to install and weld plates underwater over the damaged locks.

Internal logistics sometimes affected the provision of materials, reflecting a conflict between the civil and rock aspects. Supplies had to be timetabled with particular accuracy within the confines of the construction area. Add to this linguistic and cultural differences (project languag-

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“This has been a large-scale project for Aarsleff, as we were participating in both the civil engineering and the rock groupings. With almost 50 per cent share, we were actually the largest partner”. es were Polish, German, Danish, and English) (a two-layer system) to X blocks (a one-layer friendly. For example, we changed the combi and it is easy to see how misunderstandings wall design from HZ wall to a tubular steel system), giving a higher performance and recould occur. pile wall with sheet piles (Z profiles) between ducing the quantities of concrete. The redesign The rock work (stone and x-blocks) was the tubular piles. We also changed the raking period took from six to 12 months and accorddivided 60:40 between Boskalis and Aarsleff. anchor piles to flap anchors, making piling of ingly reduced the available project period.”

In all, 1.5 million tonnes of stone were transthese faster,” states Kristian Havbro. “In genPiling at Swinoujscie has now been comported and placed. Furthermore, 32,000 areral we re-designed the whole breakwater, the pleted and was considered by Aarsleff to be a moured layer blocks were positioned (62,000 superstructure was made slimmer, and the m3 of cast concrete) along with 127,000 m3 of successful feat. n armour layers were changed from Tetrapods trenches dredged for the breakwater toe.

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The City of Barrie’s Centennial Park to get bigger and better ways to improve access to the waterfront and downtown areas. Most of the projects focused on road improvements. This one, too, will involve some roadwork, but it will also brighten up an already well-used park.

Ready, Set, Go According to Borgdorff, the design work for the Lakeshore Drive re-alignment project began in 2010 and the shovels hit the ground in August 2013. The four-year project will come at a cost of $27 million.

During this first year of the project, the work has involved mainly the building of bridges over Bunker’s Creek and Dyment’s Creek to help support the foundation and abutments.

The first bridge spans a distance of 14.8 meters and the second 12.2 metres.

Next year will see the building of the new roadway. The following year, 2015, will see the transfer of traffic to the new roadway and improvements to the south end of Centennial The city of Barrie holds an annual arts and crafts festival, called Kempenfest, that attracts some 250,000 people during one, lone summer long weekend. Throughout the rest of the year, the Barrie waterfront remains a hive of activity – everything from special events to barbeques to charity fundraisers to just a relaxing time at the beach. At the heart of all of this activity is Centennial Park, a dedicated green space that follows the graceful curves of Kempenfelt Bay. And it is this green space that has been the focus of city officials for the last few years.

“Essentially, we are re-aligning Lakeshore Drive further west of where it is now on what used to be the old railway corridor to create a larger green space for residents and visitors,”

Park, whereas the last year of the project, 2016, will see improvements made to the north end of the park.

“The soil by the Bay is peat so we needed to get the piles to go through the peat to the firmer soil underneath,” explains Borgdorff, who adds that the Toronto-based firm Anchor Shoring & Caissons Ltd. performed the piling work. “As a result, the piles are about 45 to 50 metres in depth.”

The piles themselves are 356-millimetrediametre tube piles.

“We ended up using about 85 to 90 piles in the Bunker’s Creek Bridge and another 100 in total for the Dyment’s bridge,” adds Borgdorff.

Overcoming Challenges

explains Leonard Borgdorff, senior project

The first challenge of the realignment proj-

engineer, City of Barrie. “We will be adding

ect was dealing with the peat soil, a challenge

approximately 30 metres in width along the

that the workers were aware of before the start

existing 1.1 kilometres of green space.”

of the project. The second challenge involved

This latest construction project is one of the

issues that arose from the piling activity.

last of a series recommended in a 2004 Envi-

“The piling work created a lot of noise and

ronmental Assessment Study that looked at

vibration,” notes Borgdorff. “We mitigated it as

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best we could and provided explanations and timing schedules to the residents of the luxury condos that are located along the Kempenfelt Bay waterfront.”

But the project also unveiled an unexpected challenge that caught the city officials by surprise.

“We had a snapping turtle lay her eggs just outside of Bunker’s Creek,” explains Borgdorff.

“She laid them before the contractor came onsite and outside of the project perimetre but we decided to call in an environmental specialist just to be safe. Of the 36 to 40 eggs that were recovered, only four had been fertilized. The specialist took them to a special incubation facility in Parry Sound and then brought them back about nine weeks later to another wetland area in Barrie. The little hatchlings all made it to the Bay.” Word of the snapping turtle and her young soon spread and what used to be just another run-of-the-mill construction project began to receive local media attention.

“It sort of raised the profile of the project a bit,” jokes Borgdorff. “We were surprised to find the snapping turtle eggs here. We are more used to seeing ducks and Canada geese in the area.”

The creek work also saw fish habitat improvements.

Greener Days Ahead The Lakeshore Drive re-alignment project and expansion of Centennial Park is well underway. Although one of the busiest areas of the city – especially during the hot, humid days of summer – the waterfront is undisputedly one of the more popular and more attractive sites in the area. By scheduling the work over a four-year period, city officials will have enabled residents and visitors alike to continue to enjoy the park as it is slowly transformed into a bigger and better green space, one that will be more accessible but still located in the heart of the city along the beautiful shores of Kempenfelt Bay. n

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Republic to welcome National Maritime Museum of China China has long wanted the world to know about its maritime history upon which the country largely grew through its seafaring trade and pervasive canal systems. Now it will realize its vision with the National Maritime Museum of China soon to begin construction in the city of Tianjin near Beijing.

The design was created by Australia’s Cox Architecture, whose Brisbane practice recently

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triumphed at the 2013 World Architecture Festival in Singapore with five awards, including House of the Year and Future Infrastructure Project of the Year. The maritime museum design won a remarkable three awards including World Future Project of the Year for its “strong conceptual clarity and sense of maritime experience.”

The firm’s conceptual vision was to shift

By Jillian Mitchell

away from recent decades of emphasis on the “iconic” museum to one of humanistic experience. This was achieved by segmenting the building into five pavilions which radiate out like a fan into the harbour, each with a distinct theme and each engaging with the water through outdoor vessel displays.

Four of the pavilions are exhibition halls themed on Nature and Oceans, World Maritime Civilization, Chinese Marine Culture, and a Historic Vessel. They are cross-connected so that visitors can interrelate the themes, particularly the time-line relationship between what was happening in China compared to the rest of the world. Toronto-based Barry Lord of Lord Cultural Services is creating the curatorial plan for the exhibitions.

The fan-shaped plan enables the pavilions to be linearly connected by a central Introductory Hall, which reaches to a fifth pavilion comprising extensive public education, research, business, and curatorial facilities. A Temporary Exhibition Hall projects back towards the city and frames a major plaza designed for maritime re-enactments and other events. Alongside it a large “maritime park” is envisaged to comprise marine botanic gardens, a wetland,

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water play pools, and a fishing and craft village that will employ the local community.

The architectural forms are designed to evoke a range of interpretations – an outstretched hand (to the world), coral, starfish, sea anemone, a port of moored vessels, a school of jumping carp – but not overtly.

“You could expand the interpretations much further by abstraction, but our main objective has been to create a form of ‘land art’ that unites the building with the water and the park through its geometries, including cantilevering the pavilions some 40 metres into the harbour,” says project architect Jayson Blight.

The structural design is the work of Arup, with the primary challenge being to resolve the organic architecture in a way that facilitates construction completion by the end of 2015 – no mean feat for an 80,000 square-metre museum.

“Working with Cox Architecture and the local architecture and engineering institute TADI, we’ve devised a system of tilted planar portal frames that enables the three-dimensional curvilinear geometries to be created via parametric variation of the frames,” explains lead structural engineer Matthew Vola.

As Vola furthers, the portal frames are stabilized by exposed diagonal bracing that also help to support the large building cantilevers.

The topology of the bracing system was developed using an Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO) technique.

The parametric design process enables Cox Architecture and Arup to resolve the structural, architectural, and interior spatial design

simultaneously. Essentially, Cox Architecture designs the shapes and determines the centreline of the trusses, while Arup forms up the floor framing, the cantilever trusses, the portal frame geometry and the bracing topology.

Design refinements are implemented by inputting parameters which semi-automatically modify the structural elements.

This technology expedites the design process and produces a system of prefabricated structure and cladding components that will meet the tight program without diminishing design quality.

“We have been very conscious that speed in China sometimes compromises quality of detail, yet like the Cox team and Barry Lord’s team, we really want to create an architecture

worthy of displaying China’s rich and intricate maritime culture,” says Vola.

“The maritime artifacts – including traditional Chinese junks (an ancient Chinese sailing vessel) – and marine organisms to be housed in the museum possess their own complex structures, so it is important that the relationship of structure, space and form is as refined as possible and has its own implicit intrigue.”

“Historically China has been a great seafaring nation. The combined with the emergence of Tianjin as a new world city I think the museum with its proposed iconic architecture and could make a great contribution to the self-awareness of Tianjin as a city and China as a whole.” n

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PIC Come Together

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Multi-agency program in the works with $308 million in road, rail, and pile improvements

By Melanie Franner

A total of nine separate infrastructure projects along the 70-kilometre Roberts Bank Rail Corridor (RBRC) is underway and expected to be completed by the end of 2014. The RBRC is an important rail connection between Canada’s largest container facility, and a major coal terminal located south of Vancouver, with the North American rail network.

The rail and road improvement program is atypical in that it relies upon the unprecedented collaboration of 12 different partners that represent local, regional, provincial and federal governments, as well as private industry.

“This is one of the most significant, multiagency partnership programs we have ever had in Metro Vancouver,” states Sany Zein, director of roads, TransLink, one of the 12 partners involved in the project and the official lead agency. “There are a couple of characteristics that make this program unusual. One, it involves 12 agencies, four of which are major funding partners. And two, it is unusual in its scope. This program includes nine fairly significant infrastructure projects.”

The four major funding partners of the program include: the federal government, which contributed $75 million; the provincial government; the Port of Vancouver; and TransLink. The latter three partners each contrib38 PIC Magazine • December 2013

uted $50 million. The remainder derives from rail companies and municipalities.

Making a Good Thing Better The RBRC consists primarily of single rail track. Traffic can be upwards of 18 trains per day, each of which range in length from 6,000 to 9,500 feet. Studies anticipate that the rail traffic will increase to between 28 to 38 trains per day by 2021, with some train lengths reaching 12,000 feet.

As of today, there are some 66 road-rail crossing located along the RBRC. Approximately 388,000 vehicles cross the tracks per day. By 2021, this number is expected to increase to 560,000.

Theses increases in train and vehicular traffic have the potential to jeopardize future rail-operation efficiency and road-network efficiency in the surrounding communities.

“We had a planning process at the front end of this program,” explains Zein. “Each of the partners involved brought potential projects to the table. All of them were evaluated according to benefit-to-cost ratio and project readiness.

The federal funding was attached to a timetable that required project completion by 2014.

At the end of the day, a pool of projects was put forward and the nine that best fit the criteria were chosen.”

The nine infrastructure projects are designed to maximize the benefits to motorists, railways and neighbouring communities. Benefits include: improvement of local traffic and traffic safety; reduction in train whistles and idling of vehicles at rail crossings; enhancement of rail operation efficiency and safety; increases in local and national trade competitiveness; and accommodation of growth in trade-related traffic.

Strength in Numbers Of the nine projects identified, two have already been completed.

A 41B Street Rail overpass at Deltaport Way was completed in December 2011. And the 80th Street Rail overpass was completed in June 2012.

Three of the projects are closely related and as such, are referred to as the “Combo project”.

These include new overpasses at 192nd Street, 196th Street and 54th Avenue. Completion dates are expected to be July 2014, December 2013 and December 2013 respectively.

A two-lane overpass at 232nd Street and an overpass at Mulford 64th Avenue at Highway 10 are two more projects currently under construction, as are the construction of an uninterrupted 12,000-foot railway siding at Panorama Ridge and a new street-rail overpass at

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152nd Street. All of these latter projects are scheduled to be complete in 2014.

Driving Improvements and Efficiencies Of the nine projects included in the RBRC road and rail improvement program, all but one involves piling work. Of the remaining eight projects, design-build general contracting firm BA Blacktop Ltd. won the bid for five of them. The company began in 1956 as a local driveway-paving firm in B.C. and has since expanded to become a leading builder of municipal roads, provincial highways and interchanges, among other things.

BA Blacktop contracted a local firm called Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd. to do the piling work.

“We have a lengthy history with them,” notes Simon Daniels, manager, Design-Build, BA Blacktop. “They just celebrated their 100th anniversary. We have been working with them for upwards of 15 to 20 years now.”

According to Daniels, the Combo project entailed the most complex piling work.

“All of the three overpasses in the Combo project use pile-supported foundations for the bridges,” he explains. “The soils in the area are soft, clay soils so we used 610 millimetre openended piles that were driven down to various depths.”

In the case of the 196th Street Overpass, the bridge span was 323 metres long and the piling depth was 40 metres. The 192nd Overpass had a bridge span of 219 metres long and the pilings were driven down to 25 metres. And the

54th Avenue bridge span was 103 metres long with the pilings being driven down to a depth of 30 metres.

Each of the piers had two pile clusters. The 196th Street Overpass had six piers in total, of which the two outside piers had two clusters of six piles each, with 12 piles per pier, and the interior piers had two clusters of eight piles, for a total of 16 piles per pier.

“The 610 millimetre piles are a very common size but the amount of force that we ended up using to get to the right set depth was right at the edge of the pile capacity,” explains Daniels. “We did have an idea at the outset that we would be close to capacity but we didn’t realize how close we would actually be.”

The pile driving work took approximately three months to complete for the 196th Street Overpass and two months each for the 192nd Street Overpass and the 54th Avenue Overpass.

BA Blacktop also oversaw the piling work done on 232nd Street and 80th Street.

“The 232nd Street project had soft, clay soils, and there was no end-bearing layer,” explains Daniels. “So we ended up using friction piles. We utilized a slightly longer length of pile to limit the strength testing required, which is allowed for under the design code.”

According to Daniels, the project involved 24 friction piles per pier for a total of two piers or 48 piles. The piles were driven to a depth of approximately 40 metres. Work was completed in August 2013.

The 80th Street Overpass involved a silky

and soft soil with a sand layer down below.

Again, 610 millimetre piles were used, this time to a depth of 16 metres. Each of the two piers used six piles. The work was completed in 2011.

Although the Combo project turned out to be the most complex of the piling projects overseen by BA Blacktop, it did have some other advantages.

“With any job, especially with piling work, you do end up with some scrap waste,” states Daniels. “On the Combo project, we were able to use some of the pile cut-offs for drainage and environmental work. In a sense, we ended up recycling some of the material, which is always a good thing.”

Collaboration Wins the Day Whether it be working with one or more partners, the key to any success is teamwork.

In the case of the RBRC road and rail improvements program, there were nine distinct projects that spanned federal, provincial, regional, municipal and private jurisdictions. Pass or fail, a program of this magnitude is one for the history books.

“The federal government and all the funding partners are looking at this program as a success story, as a model that it can take to other areas of the country to demonstrate how multi-agency groups can work together in a collaborative manner,” concludes TransLink’s Zein. “This does put more pressure on us to succeed. But we are happy to take it on and to show that we can make it work to the benefit of all parties involved.” n Piling Industry Canada • December 2013 39

PIC Going the Distance

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New bridge to span American waters

By Melanie Franner busiest commercial-border crossing in North America, create thousands of construction jobs and long-term employment opportunities on both sides of the border, and support national security an public safety priorities in Canada and the U.S.”

Footing the Bill

A new bridge stretching from Windsor to Detroit is one step closer to completion, thanks to the recent U.S. Presidential Permit that was granted in April 2013. The permit gives the Michigan government the green light to begin acquiring the land, which together with Canadian land acquisition, will eventually host the Canadian and U.S. inspection plazas, the bridge, and the interchange with Interstate-75 on the U.S. side and the Herb Gray Parkway on the Canadian side.

“Canada and the United States are each other’s most important trading partners,” says the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Labour and Member of Parliament for Halton, in welcoming the signing of the Presidential Permit.

“The Presidential Permit represents an important step towards a new bridge which will be needed for growing trade and traffic at the busiest Canada-U.S. commercial border crossing, with over 8,000 trucks crossing each day.

The project will create thousands of jobs and opportunities on both sides of the border, both during the construction period, and in the years to come.”

And, in fact, a June 2012 study from the U.S.-based Center for Automotive Research (CAR), entitled Analysis of the Economic Contribution of Constructing the New International Trade Crossing: A New Bridge

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Linking Detroit and Windsor, estimated that the new bridge will generate 12,000 jobs per year for each of the four years of construction and more than 8,000 permanent jobs once the bridge is operational.

“Initially the construction of the bridge itself will serve as an economic stimulus, providing jobs and state revenues. Once construction is completed and bridge operations have begun, the region’s additional freight-shipping capability could attract private-sector investment, augmenting the gross regional product and creating more employment opportunities,” said Kim Hill, director of Sustainability and Economic Development Strategies at CAR and the study’s lead.

Trade between Canada and Michigan is currently estimated to be around $70 billion per year, which represents about one quarter of all U.S.-Canada trade.

“This is one of the largest infrastructure projects in Canadian history,” explains Mark Butler, Windsor Gateway Project, Transport Canada. “The new Windsor-Detroit bridge will facilitate the movement of people goods and services by ensuring that there is sufficient border crossing capacity to handle the projected growth in cross-border trade and traffic in the Windsor-Detroit area. It will also provide a much-needed crossing alternative to the

The total cost of the project – which includes the Canadian and U.S. inspection plazas, the bridge and the interchange with Interstate-75 and the Herb Gray Parkway – is estimated to come in between $3.5 and $4 billion. The Government of Canada has already committed to fund up to 50 per cent of the capital costs of the Herb Gray Parkway. The Province of Ontario will pay for the remainder of the cost of this project.

A proposed public-private partnership is anticipated to cover the costs of building the bridge. Canada would be responsible for covering the remaining costs, which will include the Canadian inspection plazas, the Michigan property acquisitions, utility relocations and the interchange with I-75. Canada has already spent more than $35 million for property in Windsor to accommodate the bridge and plaza.

“Figures for individual project components are still being refined and construction of the project will be subject to competitive bidding processes,” states Butler.

The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA), a new company established in Canada, will oversee the new Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC), as it is referred to in Canada, or the New International Trade Crossing (NITC), as it is referred to in the U.S. The WDBA will collect tolls for the new crossing. The toll revenues will then be used to repay the private sector and costs incurred by the Government of Canada.

A Bridge in the Making Although the actual bridge design has yet to be decided upon, Butler suggests that it will be

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In the event of the former, the bridge will stretch a total of 1,480 metres and cover a span of 840 metres. Approaches on either side will each span 320 metres for a total of 640 metres. The width will be 35.42 metres, each lane

design of the bridge’s main span and its approach spans, plaza buildings and interchange structures,” notes Butler. “The work will be conducted on both sides of the border.”

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The Request for Qualification (RFQs) will width measuring 11.25 metres for a total of be issued in 2014, followed by the Request for three lanes. And the tower height will be 254.5 Proposals (RFPs) in 2015 and the signing with metres. Clearance will be between 40.5 and selected P3 partners. The four years between 47.5 metres.

2016 and 2020 will see the final bridge design If the suspension bridge design is chosen, and construction take place, including the U.S. the total length will be 1,352 metres, with a interchange and inspection plazas on both span of 855 metres. Approaches on either sides. And, in 2020, travel on the new bridge is side will span 253 metres on the U.S. and 244 expected to commence. metres on the Canadian side for a total of 497 “To date, there has been significant privatemetres. Lane width would remain 11.25 mesector interest in the project, from a financial tres each for three lanes. And the tower height perspective,” states Butler. “Additionally, the would measure 139.8 metres. Clearance will be project has received considerable business between 40.5 and 46.3 metres. trade and public support on both sides of the “Each of these designs would work in this border.” scenario,” adds Butler. “The cost to build is One private party who did not offer his supsimilar for both.” port is the owner of the Ambassador Bridge, At the moment, the DRIC project is inthe only bridge currently available for regular volved with pre-procurement planning, precommercial and private vehicular traffic beliminary design and due diligence. Between tween Windsor and Detroit. Albeit, there also now and 2015, the Canadian and American exists a tunnel, a rail tunnel for rail and a ferry governments will continue to acquire property service that is restricted to trucks carrying on both sides of the border and to relocate utilhazardous materials. ities. Additionally, there is some roadwork that The decrease in traffic between Canada and still needs to be done, including the design and the U.S. that has characterized recent years – construction of a couple more access roads thanks to gas prices, the tough economic situathat can used during the bridge-construction tion and increased passport restrictions put in phase. place by the U.S. – has since been on the reThe bridge construction is still a long way bound. This is expected to continue to increase from the start of any piling work but the Govin the years to come. ernment of Canada has already retained geo“We anticipate that commercial and private technical consultants to conduct geotechnical vehicular traffic capacity at the existing crossand foundations engineering for the project. ings may not be adequate for the expected in“The purpose of this geotechnical invescrease in trade between our two countries over the years toAM come, ” states tigation is to help determine the foundation Del_Filler_eigthHorizontal_Books_Layout 1 12-05-28 11:55 Page 1 Butler. “But we don’t

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Although the new DRIC will come with a hefty price tag, it promises to make a significant impact on the growing economic ties between Canada and its largest trading partner, as well as easing congestion and potential obstruction on Canada’s commuter and private vehicular traffic.

Work on both sides of the border has been underway for years – beginning with the environmental assessment that began in January 2005 and the subsequent approvals granted in 2009. On the Canadian side, work on the $1.6 billion Herb Gray Parkway started in 2011.

The recent granting of the Presidential Permit opens the door to continued work on the U.S. side of the border, beginning with the necessary property acquisition. And one day soon, somewhere around 2020, the two sides will meet in the middle of what will more than likely be a stunning example of architectural and engineering ingenuity. It’s a story that can’t help but appeal to people from both sides of the border.

“We are working to move the project forward as soon as possible,” concludes Butler.

“Transport Canada has been working with our U.S. and Michigan partners with a focus on the Michigan port of entry, including further design work and advancing property acquisition.

In addition, we have been continuing to conduct a number of environmental mitigation measures on the site of the Canadian plaza, as well as conducting geotechnical drilling on the U.S. and Canada plaza sites.” n

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19

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Independence Tube Corporation

3

Instantel 42 Interpipe Inc

33

Junttan Oy

35

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Pile Dynamics Inc

18

Piledrivers Local Union 2404

12

Platinum Grover International Inc

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Roll Form Group

15

Rst Instruments Ltd.

32

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Spiralco 21

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Verbeek Management Services

28

Waterloo Barrier Inc

26

Westco Drilling & Piles Ltd

18

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DRILLING RIGS Hammer & Steel Sells and Rents Comacchio MC Line

The basic line of multiuse rigid and articulated hydraulic crawler drill rigs which are suitable for several types of specialized works, such as ground consolidation, anchor drilling, geotechnical works, water well drilling and geothermal energy.

Hammer & Steel has been in business for 25 years and offer superior after-sales service on all equipment. We have stocking facilities throughout the U.S.

www.hammersteel.com

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