Case Studies
BRIDGES
- Blattner
DH Blattner & Sons, Inc
Railroad Outage: Bridge Pier Modifications
Diamond wire sawing used to cut railroad bridge piers simultaneously in less than one hour.
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Jensen Construction
Lock and Dam Modification for Bridge Construction:
Diamond wire sawing pier shafts.
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Osmose Railroad Services, Inc
Railroad Outage: Bridge Modification
Diamond wire sawing four large pockets in railroad bridge pier retrofit project.
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CHEMICALS
- Lucite
Lucite International, Inc
Chemical Plant Modification:
Diamond wire sawing ends risers from a steel boiler plate.
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Tejas Maintenance, Inc
Refinery Upgrade:
Diamond wire sawing and long hole core drilling for access. Compressor foundation modification and removal.
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HYDRO ELECTRIC
- Dam Retrofit
Crofton Industries
Dam Retrofit: Hatfield
Spillway modifications made by diamond wire cutting.
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Traylor Brothers
Water Intake Structure Modifications:
Diamond wire sawing up to 100 feet underwater.
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Barnard Construction Company, Inc
Dam Modification:
Diamond wire sawing, robotic hammering, and expansive grout for demolition of water intake structure.
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LOCK & DAM
- Clinton Memorial Bridge
Jensen Construction
Lock and Dam Modification for Bridge Construction:
Diamond wire sawing pier shafts.
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Barnard Construction Company, Inc
Dam Modification:
Diamond wire sawing, robotic hammering, and expansive grout for demolition of water intake structure.
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NUCLEAR
- Big Rock Point
BNFL
Nuclear Decommissioning: Bio shield wall surgical segmentation and ion guide tubes removal
Diamond wire sawing over fifteen hundred tons of highly activated and contaminated concrete surrounding the reactor vessel cavity and overdrilled ion guide tubes.
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Bechtel Power Corporation
Nuclear Decommissioning: Connecticut Yankee
Diamond wire sawing concrete and massive steel structures; carbon steel reactor nozzles, safe ends, as well as concrete cutting, heavily reinforced entrance hatch, fuel canal, bio shield, and charging floor.
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Bigge Power Constructors
Nuclear Decommissioning: Lacrosse BWR
Diamond wire sawing opening in containment wall bio shield and metal cutting.
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Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Nuclear Decommissioning: Reactor Head Segmentation
Diamond wire sawing was the solution for The Utility’s need to segment the reactor head to mitigate transport and burial costs.
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Southern California Edison
Nuclear Decommissioning: San Onofre Unit One Sphere Enclosure Building
Controlled demolition of reactor sphere enclosure wall.
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Portland General Electric
Nuclear Decommissioning: Trojan
Diamond wire sawing containment wall opening, bioshield walls, and pressurizer shield walls.
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OIL REFINERIES/PIPELINES
- Refinery Upgrade
Tejas Maintenance, Inc
Refinery Upgrade:
Diamond wire sawing and long hole core drilling for access. Compressor foundation modification and removal.
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PULP AND PAPER MILLS
- International Paper
Quality Plus Services
Paper Mill Woodyard Modifications:
Diamond wire sawing woodyard piers.
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Ronco Machine
Paper Mill Outage: Turnkey Demolition Services
Robotic hammering, diamond wire sawing, metal and concrete coring during mill upgrade.
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RAILROADS
- Blattner
DH Blattner & Sons, Inc
Railroad Outage: Bridge Pier Modifications
Diamond wire sawing used to cut railroad bridge piers simultaneously in less than one hour.
Back to top - Osmose
Osmose Railroad Services, Inc
Railroad Outage: Bridge Modification
Diamond wire sawing four large pockets in railroad bridge pier retrofit project.
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STEEL MILLS
- Nucor, Memphis
Associated Brigham Contractors
Steel Mill Revamp:
Diamond wire sawed in support of steel mill refurbishing.
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Associated Brigham Contractors
Steel Mill Outage Rolling Mill Upgrade:
Used eight robotic hammers to demolish concrete foundations for roll mill upgrade.
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Stevens Painton Corp
Steel Mill Upgrade:
Diamond wire cutting operating floor penetration in steel mill.
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