McLean Contracting runs out of room, Head room that is !
Reported From: APE Mid-Atlantic (VA)
When “McLean Contracting” began work on the new 98 million dollar Battlefield Blvd. interchange in Chesapeake Virginia they knew there was one area of piledriving that had some of them scratching their heads. This was a very low head room area for the south abutment piles that had high tension power lines over head and a live rail road track below, not your normal field conditions. McLeans project staff contacted APE Mid-Atlantic branch to see what solution we could work out. We all decided that the APE 7.5 low head room hammer mounted in a 20′ section of leads with a stab section on the bottom would do the trick ! Mind you that they had only 40′ of over head clearence, so the 12″ OD pipe piles had to be driven in 12 foot lengths. McLean configured their crane with the least amount of boom as possible and placed and drove the 1st 12′ sections of pile with out a hitch. They have spliced and driven the 2nd sections with no problems what so ever. APE / J&M wishes McLean a safe and productive project. Contact your nearest APE / J&M branch for all of your low head room applications.
