Costa Fortuna in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Post Date: August 15, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Reported From: APE Southeast (FL)
Reported From: APE Southeast (FL)
Costa Fortuna in Sao Paulo, Brazil has purchased a new 200T Vibro and 700 Power unit with an 8 ft Caisson Beam and (2) 200 Caisson clamps and a 200 Sheet clamp. This Equipment will be used in Belem, Brazil on a Massive Power line Project. Costa Fortuna is a repeat APE customer and we wish them all the best in the future. For Sales in the Caribbean, Central or South America please contact:
Jim Casavant 1-863-660-8716 Cell 24/7 or jimc@apevibro.com
Archer-Western Uses APE Vibros for Job in Norfolk Virginia
Post Date: August 12, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Reported From: APE Mid-Atlantic (VA)
Reported From: APE Mid-Atlantic (VA)
Archer-Western was contracted to update the existing water / sewage treatment plant at the “Norfolk International Marine Terminal” they knew they would need some large vibratory hammers as well as some very specialized ones for this project due to the soil conditions and the vibration requirements for the sheet pile installation. APE Mid-Atlantic had the equipment and game plan to tackle this difficult task. Jimmy Deemer / APE branch Manager contacted the on site Project manager, Andy Curl and they decided to use the APE 200-6 Vibratory hammer for the outer wall of the large coffer cell, and an APE 250VM (Variable Moment) for the vibration sensitive area’s around existing structures. Both hammers performed flawlessly installing the 60′ – 80′ sheet pile. Even the seasoned pilebucks who had never been around a variable moment hammer couldn’t believe that such a big hammer could drive such a long sheet pile in tough soils with no noticeable vibration and structure damage ! Amazing ! If you have a tough upcoming job, or one that is in a vibration sensitive area call your local APE branch. APE has all of the one of a kind equipment that the competition doesn’t even know about. APE has all of the solutions for all of your work…………………………Go APE !
Walsh/PCL and APE in Connecticut
Post Date: August 12, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Reported From: APE Northeast (NJ)
Reported From: APE Northeast (NJ)
The Walsh/PCL Joint Venture in Connecticut on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge replacement project came to APE with a dilemma. They needed to install a work trestle using 24″ open ended pipe piles, some of which have to be driven underneath the existing bridge structure.
APE came up with a system that includes an APE Tandem 150 vibro that allows the piles to extend thru a centerhole clamp and above the height of the hammer to maximize headroom. Then the piles are impacted in to capacity with an APE D62-42 diesel hammer in a specially built short section of leads.
BIG in California
Post Date: August 12, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Reported From: APE Western (CA)
Reported From: APE Western (CA)
Nehemiah Construction of Northern California knows what it takes to drive BIG pile… That’s why they called on Steve Cress of APE, the largest piledriving equipment manufacture in the world! With the massive power of the APE model D180-42 diesel hammer and the special application bottom drive system, Nehemiah Construction is able to drive their 8 foot diameter pipe pile160 feet into California’s toughtest soil conditions on Highway 99 in Nicolaus, CA; halfway between Sacramento and Yuba City. As the pile drove deeper the driving got tougher; but it was no match for the MIGHTY APE D180!! As Roger Brown the Construction Manager of Nehemiah said… “We had reservations that the pile would reach tip elevation without major complications but because of APE and Steve Cress and his knowledge of the driving system inovations, our piledriving was made simple”. This is what makes team work sucessful… people who use Steve’s 25 years of knowledge and practical application with confindence! That’s what gets the job done ….the American APE way!!
Written by BN
