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Helical Pier Systems News Release

Helical Pier Systems Ltd. (HPS), is proud to report that it recently completed the world’s first Osterberg cell (O-cell) load test of a Helical Pile. The test was completed in a mere 4 hours by a team of engineers assembled...

Hawaii's Overwhelming Over-Pour

Hawaiian subsurface conditions are highly variable and can often vary appreciably from one side of a small construction site to the other. Deep foundation designs in such variable ground conditions require at a minimum a thorough understanding of the subsurface...

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News Articles about Loadtest and O-cell Technology

Year Publication Title 2009 Piling Industry Canada Magazine Formula for Savings 2009 ADSC - Drilling Magazine Quest for Quality, Part III 2008 ADSC - Drilling Magazine Quest for Quality, Part II 2008 ADSC - Drilling Magazine Quest for Quality,...

Loadtest honored with DFI - Ben C. Gerwick Award

August 28, 2009, Hawthorne, NJ: Deep Foundations Institute’s Marine Foundations Committee announces the selection of the Osterberg Load Cell as the recipient of the 2009 Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in Design and Construction of Marine Foundations...

Incheon Bridge Press Release

European Foundation article FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Loadtest, Inc. sets World Record 278 MN (31,350 Ton) Static Load Test Gainesville, FL – Loadtest, Inc. announces a new world record static load test, achieving 31,350 tons (278 MN) on a single 118-inch...

Current World Record O-cell Test

WORLD RECORD 31,350 TON LOAD TEST! In March 2005, a new world record for deep foundation load testing of 279 MN was set in Incheon, Korea on the Incheon 2nd Link Bridge - Causeway project. This mega-structure will link the...

Apalachicola Florida - 1997

On February 18, 1997 a new World Load Testing Record was set by LOADTEST, Inc. at the Florida Department of Transportation’s State Route 20 bridge over the Apalachicola River, near Blountstown, Florida. A total load of 15,000 tons (135 MN)...

Tucson, AZ - 2001

On January 30, 2001 a new world record for deep foundation load testing of 16875 tons (150.1 MN) was set by Loadtest, Inc. in Tucson Arizona at the I-10/I-19 Interchange project, exceeding Loadtest's 1997 world record by 2,000 tons (17.8...

Pomeroy - Mason Ohio River Bridge - 2003

On August 27, 2003 a new world record for deep foundation load testing of 18,400 tons (163 MN) was set by Loadtest in Meigs County, West Virginia on the Pomeroy-Mason Ohio River Bridge project, exceeding a previous Loadtest world record...

Load Tests exceeding 15,000 tons

Year Location Load 2005 Incheon 2nd Link, Incheon Korea 31,350 tons (279 MN) 2005 Incheon 2nd Link, Incheon Korea 26,526 tons (236 MN) 2005 Incheon 2nd Link, Incheon Korea 18,658 tons (166 MN) 2003 Pomeroy OH - Mason WV,...

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