Archive for April, 2010

High Performance Pile Connections

April 22, 2010
By Erik Soderberg
High Performance Pile Connections

  A damaged pier at McNear’s Beach Park in Marin, California, was repaired by replacing portions with new structure.  The new structure was designed to meet current seismic design criteria.  This required a high performance pile-to-pile cap connection.   The high performance connection was designed using a fiber reinforced bearing pad, isolating the sides of the...
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Two Liftech Presentations at the PORTS 2010 Conference

April 20, 2010
By SAK
Two Liftech Presentations at the PORTS 2010 Conference

Anna Dix will present at the PORTS 2010 Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, next week. The presentation on “Contain Crane Recycling: Upgrades and Relocation” will be presented on April 28, 2010, from 10:30 to 12 during the Port Infrastructure: Novel Approaches session. The presentation on “Extreme Loading of Wharf Crane Girders” will be presented on April 27,...
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