Articles by Brian Fraley

JJA trades diesel hammer for Junttan rig on Navy Yard Project

JJA trades diesel hammer for Junttan rig on Navy Yard Project

The story of how a US contractor switched from a diesel hammer to a Junttan piling rig

Piling

20 SEP 2023
Uncommon MSE wall failure calls for unique geotechnical solutions

Uncommon MSE wall failure calls for unique geotechnical solutions

Constantly changing conditions caused the need for flexible project planning and new ideas on site

Installing 240ft drilled shafts with a barge-mounted Bauer drill rig

Installing 240ft drilled shafts with a barge-mounted Bauer drill rig

How to overcome the challenges of drilling deep, large diameter pile shafts from a barge on a river

Piling

03 JUN 2022
ECA expands into Western Canada

ECA expands into Western Canada

Western Canada sales territory awarded to ECA by Bauer Maschinen and Bauer Equipment America

Piling

19 MAY 2022
Junttan unveils world

Junttan unveils world's first electric pile driving rig

In an industry sector first, Junttan has launched a battery electric-powered pile driving rig

Piling

21 OCT 2021
UMA goes deep to anchor Georgia pump station

UMA goes deep to anchor Georgia pump station

A confined working space was one of the problems UMA had to overcome on a recent soil nailing job

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Driving micropile production safety

Driving micropile production safety

How Technical Foundations doubled its micropiles install rate with a KLEMM rod handling attachment

Piling

24 AUG 2021
UMA preserves vital retaining wall structures for US bridge demolition

UMA preserves vital retaining wall structures for US bridge demolition

Examining how UMA Geotechnical employed duplex drilling on a challenging anchoring project

ECA brings Bauer MC 96/Berminghammer to North America

ECA brings Bauer MC 96/Berminghammer to North America

Bauer's MC 96 duty-cycle crane paired with hanging Berminghammer lead assembly now an option at ECA

Piling

07 MAY 2021
UMA supports South Carolina  manufacturer

UMA supports South Carolina manufacturer's expansion with micropiles

How one contractor faces up to the challenges of an ever changing micropiling job

Piling

24 FEB 2021
UMA to break NCDOT record for largest square footage of soil nail wall

UMA to break NCDOT record for largest square footage of soil nail wall

A US contractor is on track to construct roughly 115,610sqft of soil nail wall along Interstate 26

ECA to offer Olinpump in Eastern US and Canada

ECA to offer Olinpump in Eastern US and Canada

ECA to distribute the entire line of Olinpump concrete, shotcrete, and grout pumps