Manhattan, KS is known as “The Little Apple”, but a runway project at the Manhattan airport was not so little. Pavers, Inc. out of Salina, KS recently built a section of runway that was 3,250’ long. There were three transverse joints that required 3/4″ x 20” bars to be drilled and epoxied. According Neal Saskowksi with Pavers, they had both an E-Z Drill Model 210-3 SRA and Model 210B-2 SRA on the job. They were able to drill 8,775 holes
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“If the project were to go beyond May 1, we’d be looking at a $500,000 per day penalty,” said Steve White, Equipment Manager for ACME Concrete Paving, Inc. “That’s a huge hit for any company, so it definitely adds a little stress to the ballgame. We’re running two shifts and have close to 100 of our people out here.” Based out of Spokane, Wash., ACME has previously completed several projects in the Las Vegas area. The company teamed up with
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In the United Kingdom, just south of the M25 junction 18 at Rickmansworth, Herfordshire, the 260 meter-long Berry Lane Viaduct was in need of widening, in part, due to increase traffic loads in relation to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Part of the project for the consortium of Skanska, Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Projects SA involved the drilling of hundreds of various diameter and depths into the exposed sloping edges of the existing bridge deck and pier heads. Colin
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