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Marine Construction Industry

Bulkheads. Seawalls. What’s the difference?

The terms bulkhead and seawall are often used interchangeably. For the purposes of this paper the term seawall refers to a structure

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EcoLine® Heavy Duty Grease reduces environmental impact in extreme pressure lube applications

Lubrication is an essential maintenance task that has to be done even in sensitive environments. Fortunately, it no longer has to follow

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Denso SeaShield System On TX-DOT I-45 Bridge Piling Rehabilitation Is Performing, 17 Years On

In 2003, the concrete bridge that supports Interstate 45 near Clear Lake, Texas, was rehabilitated with the Denso SeaShield Series 500 System.

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Repair of Wood and Timber Structures

GENERAL The most common uses of wood and timber structures in waterfront facilities involve: Older piers, wharves, bulkheads, and quaywalls constructed from

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Repair of Steel Structures

General Steel is used extensively in construction and repair of waterfront facilities due to availability, cost, ease of fabrication, physical and mechanical

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McCarthy Undertaking Three Phases of Houston’s Northeast Water Purification Plant

In order to meet the needs of a growing population and to shift from reliance on groundwater to surface water as the

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THE MARINE CONSTRUCTION CONVERSATION WITH JEFF SMITH

There are many different ways to start out in a family business, one that your father and uncles were running long before

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  • Issue VI 2019

CALDWELL ADJUSTABLE SPREADER BEAM LIFTS ROTHERA WHARF FRAMES IN ANTARCTICA

U.S.-BASED THE CALDWELL GROUP INC. has customized an adjustable, 101,413-pound (46t) capacity lifting beam for the latest phase of the wharf modernization

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Commercial Diving is Out of Sight

Marine construction relies on the skill and experience of divers who perform challenging tasks in zero visibility, connected to the surface by

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LINK-BELT 75RT WORKS AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN LOUISIANA

MAX FOOTE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC of Mandeville, Louisiana was awarded a $43.5-million warranty contract at the Lake Charles, Louisiana Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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HINGED FENDER PANELS PROVIDED FOR PIER HEAD IN DENMARK BY SHIBATAFENDERTEAM

SJÆLLANDS ODDE is a small village on the northwest coast of the Danish island Zealand. Its ferry connection to Aarhus, operated by

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ShibataFenderTeam cylindrical buoys delivered to Mildred Lake in Canada

ShibataFenderTeam has successfully delivered 158 cylindrical buoys to the Syncrude Tailings Dam, located at the northern end of Mildred Lake in Alberta,

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Secretariat statue placed near Lexington, Ky. with Link-Belt crane

In the late fall of 2019, Wilhite Crane & Rigging of Lexington, Ky. lifted a bronze statue of famed racing horse Secretariat

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Trimble dredge management and positioning used to optimize channel excavation on Australian dredging job

In 2017, the Australian government initiated the Onslow Marine Support Base (OMSB) Channel Dredging Project, a multi-million-dollar effort to expand the wharf

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Steel sheet piles reinforce Pier 12 at the Port of Hamilton

The Port of Hamilton, located in Hamilton Harbour, at the far western end of Lake Ontario, is connected to the Great Lakes-St.

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Spud Barge Safety

During marine construction work deck barges are held in place by vertical steel shafts known as spuds. The spud equipment typically consists

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