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

Brian M. Fraley gives GDI an insight into how North American contractor George Harms Construction Company used a barge-mounted Bauer BG 55 rig to install 8ft diameter shafts up to 240ft deep

Harms set up the BG 55, polymer slurry tanks, and all other necessary equipment and materials on custom-designed Flexifloat barges adjacent to the existing bridge

03 June 2022
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