Sheet Pile Wall Considerations
Sheet pile wall types, construction methods, advantages and disadvantages are described in this article. Sheet-pile walls are widely used for both large and small waterfront ... Read More »
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Link-Belt HTC-86100 Builds Cruise Terminal at Port Canaveral, Fla. | Jul 25 2022
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Aarsleff’s Centrum Pile System does double duty on Dutch photovoltaic project | Jul 24 2022
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Port of Los Angeles Enters Agreement with IBM to Create Cyber Resilience Center | Jul 17 2022
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Greek temple ruins suggest cranes were in use as early as 700 B.C. | Jul 15 2022
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Buried Wharves Uncovered on Manhattan Waterfront | Jul 15 2022
ShibataFenderTeam produces donut fenders for oil field development in the Middle East
ShibataFenderTeam (SFT) is currently producing more than 70 donut fenders for a large oil field development project in the Middle East. Instead of using oil ... Read More »
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. awarded expansion project at Port of Freeport’s Velasco Terminal
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SF Marina builds its largest floating breakwater to date
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Denso Protal 600 Coal Tar Epoxy Coated Sheet Piles for Harris County, TX for Flood Control
Houston, TX has experienced a major construction boom in recent years. With the recent devastation of Hurricane Harvey, a large number of steel sheet pile ... Read More »
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 that provides shoreline ... Read More »
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 the status quo ... Read More »
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. The project included ... Read More »
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 dimension lumber, beams ... Read More »
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 properties, and the ... Read More »