APE Brings Together DFI & Sociedad Mexicana De Geotecnia e Ingenieria
Post Date: November 16, 2010 at 1:17 am
Reported From: APE Announcements
Reported From: APE Announcements
At the DFI Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California, Franki Segura presented the idea to the DFI Committee to host a Super Pile in Mexico.
The idea was well received by both the DFI Organization Committee and the President of Mexico’s Geo-Technical Engineering Society (www.smig.org.mx)
As a result of this meeting, Walter Paniagua President of SMIG invited Franki Segura and Theresa Rapaport to participated in the XXV Annual Reunion of the Geo-Technical Society in Acapulco, Mexico.
More than 400 industry experts were present at the show where APE had a booth and plenty of traffic.
As a result of the show, a new strategic alliance between APE and an important Mexican Foundation Equipment Distributor is about to take place.
Also, at this meeting APE, DFI, and SMIG continued planning Mexico’s Super Pile Event expected to happen November 2011.
Mexico is starting to feel the presence of APE.
Pile Buck Training In California Branch
Post Date: November 16, 2010 at 12:31 am
Reported From: APE Mexico
Reported From: APE Mexico
Steve Cress invited Mexico’s New Salesman Franki Segura to join his Pilebuck training on October 27th.
Steve and his crew dedicated one entire day to train 15 Pilebucks and Franki on Maintenance, Operation, Rig-Up, Testing, and Components for:
APE Power Units
APE Clamps
APE Vibratory Hammers
APE Diesel Impact Hammers
By the time he was done, we all understood why Steve Cress and APE California is in almost every pile-driving job in California, if not all of them.
Thanks Steve!
You certainly Lead by Example…
URS – New Orleans
Post Date: November 15, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Reported From: APE Gulf (TX)
Reported From: APE Gulf (TX)
URS chose the fully APE fixed leader with telescoping leads so that they could avoid using a massive template system to drive the 120′ x 14″ H-piles on a 1 on 2 batter on their levee job in New Orleans. After a short learning curve and Ape replacing one service tech with no sense of urgency with one that had a high level of urgency to train the URS mechanics on the maintenence of the Ape equipment the customer was able to drive up to 33 piles a day per rig.
West Coast Contractors tests out the new APE X13
Post Date: November 11, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Reported From: APE Headquarters (WA)
Reported From: APE Headquarters (WA)
West Coast Contractors rented the X13 Impact Hammer in replacement of their ICE 40-S diesel hammer to drive 120-foot spliced 12” pipes for the foundation of a chromite plant in Coos Bay, Oregon. The X13 is a revolutionary design incorporating a diesel hammer-like ram into an enclosed hydraulic impact hammer housing. The idea is to use air compression from the piston to pre-load the pile cap and essentially reduce the chance of breaking the pile top while capitalizing on the energy efficiency of a hydraulic impact hammer as opposed to a traditional diesel hammer. The X13 eventually failed, but it proved its worth when replaced with a J&M 115 hydraulic impact hammer, which immediately began bending the tops of the pipe piles. The prototype hammer soon returned to the Kent shop to be repaired, but it left the West Coast crew with a glimpse of the future of the pile driving industry.
