Hawaii Goes APE
Post Date: April 29, 2004 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Western (CA)
Reported From: APE Western (CA)
Why do the contractors in Hawaii choose APE for their foundation equipment needs? Because APE is the one stop foundation shop. Healy Tibbit Builders from Honolulu, HI knows this and that is why they use APE.
“We do alot of work here on Ohau and we need equipment that works.” Says Bruce Richardson, Super for Healy Tibbits. “I like to know that when we need the service, I will get it and APE always comes through for me.”
Driving 16″ octagon pile for a parking structure Healy Tibbits uses a APE/Junttan HHK5a to get the job done. They are using the HHK5a because it meets the islands strict noise critera and is simple to operate.
“This is the quietest hammer I have ever used”, says Bruce, “We have used a number of different hydraulic hammers here on the islands and after we used the HHK5a we are convinced that we can drive our pile in even the strictest of sound environments in the world!”
D19-42 Driving H-Piles in Tyngsboro, MA
Post Date: April 14, 2004 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Northeast (NJ)
Reported From: APE Northeast (NJ)
SPS New England recently purchased an APE D19-42 Diesel Hammer to help construct a temporary bridge across the Merrimack River in Tyngsboro, Mass.
Pictured is SPS using their D19-42 to drive H-Piles for a temporary trestle that will enable them to walk their crane onto the barge so they can build piers in the middle of the river.
Please excuse the raindrops on the camera lens…
APE D25-32 with Ferreira Construction
Post Date: April 14, 2004 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Northeast (NJ)
Reported From: APE Northeast (NJ)
Ferreira Construction is pictured driving 14″ H-piles with an APE D25-32 diesel impact hammer. The job involves the construction of a new bridge (Rt.1) over Conrail railroad tracks. A GRL representative monitoring the pile driving operation commented on how efficiently the hammer operated.
Marine Contracting finds buried treasure!
Post Date: April 9, 2004 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Mid-Atlantic (VA)
Reported From: APE Mid-Atlantic (VA)
Marine Contracting found an unexpected surprise while excavating for the installation of a new mooring dolphin at “Metro Machine” shipyard, approx. 50 timber piles! These were all below the mudline of the excavation. The contractor decided to use an APE 150-T vibro to drive a “straw” or a 18″ diameter x 50′ steel pipe over the wood piles to break the friction then pulling it back out and hooking a steel choker to the piles and pulling them out. Project Superintendent “Bobby Thompson” tells us, you never know what you will find when you start digging around these old shipyards. The Navy vessel in the background is the “USS Nashville”, a Marine transport vessle. APE Mid-Atlantic is proud to be part of this project.
