Not really, if you know how to do it, and you have the right equipment. But how do you tear out a 20’ x 20’ x 5’ concrete footing without the use of a conventional wrecking ball or hydraulic hoe ram? This was the question facing Flintco, Inc., a contractor who was building the new Oklahoma State University Interdisciplinary Science and Research Building. The footing was poured to accommodate the use of an overhead crane used in the construction of
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For years, the hand-held drill was a necessary evil on any concrete patching job. “Evil” because its use consisted of slow, backbreaking work, bending or kneeling down struggling to hold the drill in place while boring out multiple holes for concrete dowels. Read the article from July 2009 issue of Modern Contractor Solutions.
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With states, counties and cities combining to let hundreds of highway, road and street contracts every year-and with the Midwest climate essentially forcing most of this work to occur during the summer months-motorists are bound to feel the slowing effects of construction on various roadways multiple times daily. The challenge for contractors bidding these jobs then becomes not only finding a way to complete work quickly, but also to do it in a way that somehow minimizes the disruption to
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