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Jack Hayes, from Liberia to Loadtest. Biographical article published in the Fall 2011 issue of Deep Foundations Institute....
LOADTEST - Announces 36,067 Ton (320.9 MN) Static Load Test of Single Foundation Caisson--A New World Record GAINESVILLE, FL – June 17, 2010 – LOADTEST, Inc. announces a new World Record static load test of a single foundation caisson on...
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...
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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Named in honor of the pioneering aviator, the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge, spanning the Missouri River near her birthplace in Atchison, KS, was built in 1938....
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,...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
Year Location Load 2010 New Mississippi River Bridge, St. Louis, Missouri 36,067 tons (321 MN) 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,...
