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Why Builders Are Turning to Helical Piles for Residential Construction

In today's residential and multifamily construction market, builders face increasing pressure to control costs, accelerate schedules, and build on sites that would have been considered unbuildable jus...

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Behavior of Square-Round Shaft Combination Helical Piles and Anchors

Historically, most helical anchors and piles have been fabricated with helices attached to either a solid square or open pipe central shaft (Square-Shaft (SS) or Round-Shaft (RS)). This is generally h...

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Helical Piles Help Rebuild Storm-Damaged Boardwalks in Remote Alaska

A powerful tropical cyclone, Typhoon Halong developed near Iwo Jima, Japan on October 3, 2025. Four days later, after transitioning into an extratropical cyclone, the storm hit western Alaska, deliver...

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Inside the ground beneath Bologna’s Two Towers: 3D model pinpoints 570 kPa stress peak under leaning Garisenda

University of Bologna researchers have combined a century of site investigations with a 3D finite element model to map the current stress state beneath the Garisenda and Asinelli towers – the geotechn...

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Faster Foundation Installation for Modern Railroad Infrastructure

Railroads have always depended on reliable infrastructure to keep people, products, and economies moving. As signaling systems, communication networks, crossing equipment, and monitoring technologies...

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Helical Piles Support Piping Plover Conservation at Ogunquit Beach

Eggs laid by the endangered piping plover are a creamy light brown with small dark specs on them, perfectly camouflaged in the sands of Ogunquit Beach, Maine. With each egg measuring just over an inch...

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Hot-dip galvanized steel foundations demonstrate corrosion resistance over decades of field service

Evaluations of hot-dip galvanized Chance® Instant Foundations installed in the early 1980s have confirmed continued structural performance after more than four decades in service. The foundations util...

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First-of-its-kind public Nevada data center halted over review concerns

Approval for a planned 167 MW data center near Boulder City, Nevada, has been temporarily halted after a federal appeals board found that the environmental review used to authorize the project was lik...

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Behind the Controls: Learning Helical Pile Installation

When talking about heavy equipment, whether it be a skid steer or an excavator, most people correlate those machines with digging or moving earth. Most do not understand that a skid steer, backhoe, or...

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Geotechnical investigations begin for The Bight Bridge replacement

Geotechnical investigations have started for the planned replacement of The Bight Bridge at Wingham, marking an important step in restoring and future-proofing the Manning River crossing. The works in...

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