Cabot Tap Line Rebuild

Location Massachusetts
Timeline2015-2016
Construction
MethodsCaissons

Scope

Michels installed 53 caissons that ranged in diameter from 5 to 7 feet and up to 40 feet in depth in hard rock conditions, and also installed 13 direct embed excavations 3.5 feet in diameter up to 12 feet deep.

Michels installed 53 caissons in Massachusetts.
Michels installed 53 caissons in Massachusetts.

Projects

Michels built caissons and installed H-pipes for the Torrence Avenue Bridge along the Grand Calumet River.

Deep Foundations

IDOT Torrence Avenue

Illinois

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IDOT Torrence Avenue

Michels installed 400 LF of sheet piling and 992 pipe piles to support construction in downtown Milwaukee.

Deep Foundations

Fiserv Forum

Wisconsin

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Fiserv Forum

Michels built 458 secant piles and 100 caissons in 90 days for a 10-story, 600,000-square-foot building on the site of the new McDonald's corporate headquarters.

Deep Foundations

110 N Carpenter

Illinois

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110 N Carpenter

Michels installed 36 transmission line caisson foundations that were between 6-7 feet in diameter and 30 feet deep in hard rock conditions.

Deep Foundations

W175 Transmission Line

Massachusetts

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W175 Transmission Line

Deep Foundations

Yesler Terrace

Washington

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Yesler Terrace

Michels constructed secant compression ring launch and receiving shafts for a microtunneling project. The launch shaft was comprised of 46 intersecting 1-meter-diameter secant piles drilled to a depth of 54 feet. The receiving shaft was comprised of 38 intersecting 1-meter-diameter piles drilled to a depth of 52 feet.

Deep Foundations

Conduit 16 launch and receiving shafts

Colorado

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Conduit 16 launch and receiving shafts