Commercial Construction Equipment
August 9, 2010
Taking on an industrial construction project is in fact a serious thing for contractors as it acts as both an image for business and means of satisfying demands for facilities and space. Obviously, one will not take this very aspect of business lightly. Selecting the right commercial construction firm is a definite way to ensure that business’s image is created appealingly and more importantly professionally. One needs to choose a firm that exhibits efficiency in the areas of customer cooperation, planning and proper execution. This will certainly help one make sure that the whole process runs smoothly, without a glitch.
Key Commercial Construction Equipment
Equipment for commercial construction may range from very heavy and large to portable and light, and each serves a unique purpose. Below are some of the most common types of construction equipment that are used for a wide variety of commercial construction projects.
• Pile Driving Equipment : The best place to start is with the equipment that drives the piles for building or bridge support. Structures from skyscrapers to parking garages must have huge support columns driven deep into the ground to safely support any load bearing building. This is highly specialized equipment. To learn more about how pile driving equipment visit our website.
• Crane: There are many types of cranes; each specialized to perform in specific conditions. Cranes are designed primarily to lift large loads. In the ..... read more
Micropile Drill Rigs
August 9, 2010
Drill rigs have become a common sight on commercial construction job sites due to their versatility. Because construction sites offer unlimited variations of challenges, manufactures of drill rigs have developed technically advance machines that provide site managers and subcontractors with multiple options to facilitate speedy solutions when time is of the essence.
Unlike projects that are located on wide open spaces, renovation construction project managers must take into consideration a multitude of existing variables. Renovation challenges may include jobsites with limited access, limited overhead space, confined spaces, and the need for businesses (both onsite and adjacent) to be minimally impacted. For these reasons, a variety of options are available for use.
Project manager are sometimes challenged with the need to provide additional foundational support to existing structures. These situations result in the need for creative solutions. In most cases the existing structures pose limitations that can be resolved with traditional drill rigs.
Many manufacturers have addressed this need with low overhead drilling rigs. Some of these rigs require as little as six feet of overhead clearance to drill micropiles. To add to their allure, most of these machines also utilize rubber tracks instead of traditional steel tracks. This allows operators to enter into buildings without damaging the existing slab.
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Pile Driver Usefulness Through History
July 23, 2010
In today’s massive commercial construction projects, pile drivers and proper pile driving techniques are critical to the establishment of a sound and reliable foundation. Although modern technology has produced fascinatingly efficient machines to insert a variety of pile types into the earth, pile driving techniques and methods have been around for thousands of years.
Likely since the dawn of time man has desired a way to make life easier through the construction of objects designed to overcome natural barriers. Builders of modern marvels such as the Burj Dubai (now the tallest structure in the world) have had the fortune of leveraging the experience and intelligence of architects, designers, and contractors that came before them.
A construction feat that often bewilders individuals that do not work in the construction field is the ability of construction crews to establish foundations for bridges and other structures in water. One of the most fascinating examples of man’s ingenuity is the formation of a cofferdam for foundation development in water.
A cofferdam is essentially a damn that holds back water while construction crews develop the foundation of the structure to be built; bridge foundations are an example. Cofferdams are not new to construction; however, the machines by which they are constructed have changed over the centuries. One of the earliest uses of cofferdams dates back to around 103 A.D.
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Micropile Processes
July 16, 2010
Utilizing the micropile process in the formation of proper foundational support establishment in the field of commercial construction has become a dependable manner for construction firms to ensure consistent structural integrity.
Micropiles (often referred to as minipiles, root piles, pipe piles, and needle piles) have become a viable alternative when challenges arise on a jobsite that restrict the use of conventional pile driving techniques for traditional deep foundation system applications. Micropiles are drilled and grouted piles capable of handling weight loads up to 500 tons, depending upon the type of micropile utilized.
Often micropiles are the only alternative when physical limitations do not allow the use of massive pile driving rigs or vibratory driver/extractor systems. Examples of limitations include a job site being too close to an existing structure or an underground cavity; such as a river. Crews working in congested areas in metropolitan settings also present challenges that do not permit overhead clearance; which is necessary for standard piling driving techniques.
Typical minipiles are a combination of steel reinforcement and grout (a cement based product that cures to an extremely hard end state, allowing it to withstand pressure not allowable by typical concrete products). The relationship of the elements creates a structurally sound bond with amazing resilience
Micropiles have proven to be the application of choice when existing buildings ..... read more
Pile Driver Versatility
July 9, 2010
Pile driving techniques have never been more numerous than they are today. The construction boom of the new millennium brought forth an unbelievable need for crews to work smarter and more efficiently than they likely had seen in the previous 20 years. Due to the utility and technological advancements in pile driving machinery, engineers and architects were “breaking new ground” in the development of foundations. This is also due in large part to the abilities and intelligence that has been gained over the years by the workmen who guide and operate these astonishing machines.
Pile drivers have been around since the Roman Empire, when Caesar used a rudimentary version of them to build bridges across the Rhine River; which allowed him to create a perception that Rome’s power was superior and any invasion by outside forces would likely be highly unsuccessful. The evolution of modern day pile driving machinery has been advanced in parallel with the development of “tools” than have made the simple process much more efficient and effective. A few of these beneficial inventions include the steam engine, the internal combustion machine, and the highly refined workings of hydraulics.
Engineers now have at their command, the knowledge that most any structure can become a reality as long as they adhere to the principles of engineering for their basis. There is almost no limit to the projects that can be created, regardless of its size or ..... read more
How Pile Drivers Work
June 25, 2010
The pile driver incudes a mechanical device utilized to drive the piles into the soil to offer foundational support for the buildings or other structures.
A classical kind of pile driver is a huge weight that is placed between the guides so that it has the ability to slide down and up freely within one single line. It's placed on a pile. This weight is increased, which might include the utilization of manual labour, diesel, steam or hydraulics. While the weight gets to its highest part it's then smashed and released onto the pile so it can drive it within the ground.
Pile driving equipment that was ancient utilized animal or manual labor in order to lift huge weights, typically by ways of pulleys, in order to drop weights onto the pile's end. Pile driving equipment these days, utilizes several ways to guide the pile and increase the weight.
Modern diesel pile hammers that are really huge two-stroke engines. The weight includes the piston, and the device that links to the tip of the pile includes a cylinder. The pile driving is begun by having weight increased through auxiliary means — typically a crane's cable that holds the pile drivers — that draws air within the cylinder. Weights are dropped, utilizing quick-releases. The weight of a piston compress the air, then heats them to the ignition point of diesel fuel. The diesel fuel is injected/added within a cylinder. This blend will ignite and transfer the energy of the weight that is falling to ..... read more
5 Common Applications for Drill Rigs
June 5, 2010
Drill rigs offer construction crews a wide variety of benefits that prove to be ideal solutions when challenges result in the inability to incorporate crane driven piling driving machinery. In a typical arrangement, crane driven piling equipment is the choice of project managers. Crane driven vibratory extractor/driver machines offer significant benefits due to their massive size and energy created. Project managers are often faced with unique situations that restrict the use of these massive behemoths, and must turn to alternative solutions when these situations arise.
#5 Limited Adjacent Space: Construction site managers often are challenged to construct projects in a busy and densely populated area; such as metropolitan areas. Given a choice, most project managers would choose a development site in a rural or urban setting where vast amounts of land are at a maximum. Building construction requires ample space for a variety of needs. In obvious need for space is the machinery that is required to prepare the site foundation. Cranes that allow crews the advantages of moving large amounts of heavy material with minimal effort are highly desired, but in the erection of a structure that is bordered by existing buildings this may not be possible. The ability of drill rigs to nimbly maneuver onto and around a job site make them an ideal alternative.
#4 Noise Threshold Limits: Building owners typically wish for new structures to be erected in the most efficient and ..... read more
Danbury Route 7 Expansion
May 21, 2010
Due to the complexities of working over wetlands, JF White Construction will be utilizing a vibratory pile driving process during the reconstruction efforts of Route 7 in Danbury, CT. A vibratory pile driver/ extractor affords the ability to install the mechanisms necessary for the infrastructure while reducing the impact on the surrounding wetlands through its clever design.
On January 22nd, 2009 State Representative John Frey of Ridgefield, CT announced that the contracts for the widening project for the Phase Two Ridgefield – Danbury stretch had been signed. For motorists in the area the announcement was nearly cause for celebration as many local travelers had stated that the road was long overdue for an improvement project, considering its heavy use. The completed project should alleviate existing problems and provide a more efficient and safer roadway.
Connecticut Department of Transportation officials had performed considerable studies over the years in an effort to fully understand traffic flow challenges. Analyses led them to make suggestions on how to improve the driving experience while also taking into consideration the surrounding impact that the roadway improvements would have on the environment. The Department of Environmental Protection was heavily involved in the activities and the project has been planned to minimize the impacts of the construction efforts on the affected wetlands. The project will meet current highway design and safety ..... read more
Benfits of Vibratory Pile Drivers
May 14, 2010
The use of pile drivers by construction firms covers a wide variety of applications. The multiple product lines that are made up from these machines have become the backbone for the herculean projects that are increasingly populating our skylines. Interestingly, other machines in the vertical that are crucial to the development of new construction perform tasks that are mostly unnoticeable and unseen.
Typical pile driving machinery is noticeable, both visually and audibly; however, much advancement has been incorporated to improve their performance and quell their audacious sounds. The advent of the vibratory pile driver (and extractor) was a revolutionary step forward in the development of foundation construction. Unlike typical pile drivers that used force from a “hammer” type action to drive the piles into the earth, the vibratory pile driver/extractor uses eccentric weights as its force. The weights are powered by hydraulic motors and are designed to rotate thereby creating significant amounts of vibration. The machine is often held in place with a crane and attached to the piles to be driven. When the machine is in action the vibration extends through the pile and into the earth. The action of the intense vibrations results in the earth becoming almost “liquefied.” This allows the pile to be inserted into the ground with the aid of gravity and downward pressure. In ideal conditions the machine can drive piles at an alarming rate; often ..... read more
Various Uses for Pile Drivers
April 24, 2010
Various Uses for Pile Drivers
Commercial pile drivers are leverage by construction firms to cover a wide variety of applications. The various product lines that are available have resulted in these machines becoming an intricate part of project planning stages for the foundation construction industry. Due to their versatility and nearly unlimited application ability, pile driving equipment now affords architects new opportunities in design.
When thinking about pile driving equipment, loud and dirty machines typically come to mind. These visual images are likely the result of years of hearing “hammering” sounds when passing by large commercial construction sites. The manufacturers of pile driving equipment have been very busy over the last few years enhancing their existing piling stalwarts, and developing new and creative ways to support structures while minimizing the collateral effects that are noticeable during their operations. These machines are large in nature and are often attached to a large crane to be fully effective.
An invention that has benefited both the construction crews and those in the immediate area of a large construction project is the vibratory pile driver/extractor. This machine is heavily utilized in areas where noise tolerances are very low; such as near hospitals or recording studios. The pile driver leverages eccentric weights to create a vibration that inserts the pile into the ground without the need of direct force ..... read more
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