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 »

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 »

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 »

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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 »

The Port of Hamilton, located in Hamilton Harbour, at the far western end of Lake Ontario, is connected to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway shipping ... Read More »

During marine construction work deck barges are held in place by vertical steel shafts known as spuds. The spud equipment typically consists of forward and ... Read More »

Specializing in the Marine Industry, Marine Construction Magazine is now offering buyers and sellers the opportunity to utilize our website to market their surplus equipment ... Read More »

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