by Jay Silver | Dec 23, 2020 | Residential Blog Posts, Deep Foundations, Featured Projects, Helical Piers, Residential Projects
The project is a residential luxury pool in need of pre-construction helical piers for the main pool, wading pool, pool deck area, and pavilion. Challenge • Soil conditions Solution Helicon worked alongside the geotechnical design team to develop a pre-construction...by Jay Silver | Dec 4, 2020 | Residential Blog Posts, Compaction Grout, Featured Projects, Ground Improvement, Residential Projects
The project is a residential condominium complex that was in need of foundation stabilization. The Geotechnical Engineer of Record recommended a solution of pressure pier underpinning to safely and permanently transfer the weight of the structure onto solid bedrock or...by Jay Silver | Sep 10, 2020 | Residential Blog Posts, Compaction Grout, Featured Projects, Ground Improvement, Residential Projects
The project is a residential condominium complex that experienced sinkhole activity. The Geotechnical Engineer of Record recommended a solution of low mobility and high mobility compaction grout and underpinning to improve the load bearing capacity of the existing...by Jay Silver | Sep 2, 2020 | Commercial Blog Posts, Commercial Projects, Featured Projects, Ground Improvement, Permeation Grout
The permeation grout project is at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL. This project consisted of ground improvement for a heavily loaded slap stand structure that will be constructed along the transfer aisle between Highbays 3 & 4 in the Vehicle...by Jay Silver | Aug 10, 2020 | Commercial Blog Posts, Commercial Projects, Featured Projects, Vibro Stone Columns
Vibro stone columns offer general contractors in the State of Florida, a more sustainable and economical alternative for solid commercial deep foundations as opposed to deep and piling foundation solutions. They are designed with complex engineering techniques and...by Jay Silver | Aug 4, 2020 | Commercial Blog Posts, Commercial Projects, Compaction Grout, Featured Projects, Ground Improvement
The compaction grout project is a nuclear power plant located in Crystal River, FL. This project consisted of the design and construction of a new Wastewater Treatment (WWT) system for flue gas desulfurization (FDG) blowdown water prior to disposal into the existing...