News
Shaft Foundations News
Chance® Introduces GroutForce™ Displacement Pile
- May, 12, 2025
- Pile Foundations Deep Foundations Foundation Design / Construction Shaft Foundations Grouting News On Products & Services
- United States, Missouri, Centralia
- Authored by: Sarah Banks
The GroutForce™ displacement pile (GDP) is a patented foundation solution for loose to dense sand or soft to firm clay which can provide axial capacity of over 500 kip (2224 kN) as well as significan...
Read More
Underground tunnel and Yonge Station project in downtown Toronto
- Apr, 11, 2024
- Groundwater & Seepage Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations Shallow Foundations Shaft Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Toronto
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The C$13 billion Eglinton Crosstown is a new 19km light-rail line that extends Toronto’s public transport system west, adding 25 stations and creating commuter links with the city’s subway and bus ro...
Read More
Drilled shafts and Micropiles Project at Logan International Airport, Massachusetts
- Jan, 27, 2023
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations Shaft Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Massachusetts, Boston
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
As part of Massport’s 4-year Capital Program, a multi-billion-dollar upgrade initiative was launched at Logan, which included the construction of a new elevated roadway connecting Terminals B and C....
Read More
South Shore Water Reclamation Facility Excavation Support Project
- Sep, 26, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Shaft Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Wisconsin, Oak Creek
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The South Shore Water Reclamation Facility on the coast of Long Island, New York, is undergoing a major upgrade to redirect treated effluent away from the Western Bays – where nitrogen-rich effluent...
Read More
High Capacity Grouted Piles Project
- Sep, 05, 2022
- Shaft Foundations Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A YMCA building and pool foundation were designed on grouted micropiles due to a layer of organic clay found approximately 25 ft. below grade. Complex Soil Counts Soil borings are important! Borings...
Read More
Monticello High School Rehabilitation Project
- Sep, 02, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Shaft Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Virginia , Charlottesville
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Built in 1852, the Monticello High School (also known as the Jefferson Academy and Jefferson County High School) was the first brick public school built in Florida. The school was built using slave l...
Read More
Naval Station Mayport Missile Magazine Foundation Project
- Aug, 23, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Shaft Foundations Shallow Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Florida, Jacksonville
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Square shaft helical piles with an added grout column were the ideal foundation to support two missile magazines in one of America's largest Naval bases. Located on the Atlantic coast near Jacksonvil...
Read More
Keller Deep Foundations Project at P&H Inland Grain Terminal
- May, 10, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Shaft Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Dugald
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller designed and constructed a deep foundations solution for a new grain terminal, overcoming the challenges of changing weather conditions. As part of the larger P&H National Grain Asset Net...
Read More
GRL Engineers New Gamma-Gamma Logging Service
- Aug, 22, 2020
- Foundation Design / Construction Shaft Foundations News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
GRL Engineers is now offering Gamma-Gamma Logging Service (GGL) in the United States. Gamma-Gamma Logging is a non-destructive test method used to assess the concrete integrity of drilled shafts thro...
Read More
IoT Advancements in Thermal Integrity Profiling
Thermal Integrity Profiling is a method that has been implemented in drilled shafts and bored piles to offer reliable integrity data for engineers. Shaft excavations have numerous variables to accoun...
Read More