Projects

Projects

Microtunneling

Columbia Water Supply

Washington

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Columbia Water Supply

Microtunneling

Delco Raw Water Pump Station

Ohio

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Delco Raw Water Pump Station

Microtunneling

Schweitzer Pump House Wet Well & Intake Piping

Minnesota

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Schweitzer Pump House Wet Well & Intake Piping

Michels worked with an East Coast utility company to transform a 240-acre site on top of a closed coal mine into a 230kV electrical substation. Michels constructed 240 7-inch micropiles with rock sockets and drilled 190 shafts with rock sockets.

Power Foundations

Pennsylvania substation

Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania substation

Michels worked from barges to drill shafts to 60 inches in diameter and 17 to 22 feet deep while rebuilding a transmission line toppled by Hurricane Irma.

Emergency Response

Line 4 Rebuild

Florida

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Line 4 Rebuild

Michels installed 27 concrete caisson foundations ranging from 7 to 10 feet in diameter and up to 64 feet in depth and 73 direct embed excavations 5 feet in diameter and up to 36 feet in depth to support Michels' construction of a transmission line.

Power Foundations

Parnell to Williamsburg Transmission Line

Iowa

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Parnell to Williamsburg Transmission Line

Michels trenchlessly installed 1,500 feet of 24-inch natural gas pipeline under a highway, creek and pond in a residential neighborhood.

Horizontal Directional Drilling

North Branch Pipe Replacement

Minnesota

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North Branch Pipe Replacement

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

Michels was part of an integrated joint venture responsible for executive management field supervision and engineering on the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority's University Link Light Rail Extension Project.

Earth Retention Systems

University Link Light Rail U230

Washington

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University Link Light Rail U230

Michels was the prime contractor for the construction of the DePere to Suamico, portion of USH 41 from Orange Lane to Glory Road.

Aggregates

US Highway 41 Mainline DePere

Wisconsin

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US Highway 41 Mainline DePere

Michels constructed a deep foundation package for the renovation of and addition to a four-story structure to create the Domestic Violence Courthouse for Cook County in Chicago's South Loop.

Deep Foundations

Domestic Violence Courthouse

Illinois

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Domestic Violence Courthouse

Michels installed 53 caissons in Massachusetts.

Deep Foundations

Cabot Tap Line Rebuild

Massachusetts

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Cabot Tap Line Rebuild

Michels performed subgrade preparation and paving.

Grading & Excavations

Sugarloaf Substation

New York

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Sugarloaf Substation

Michels performed multiple operations while reconstructing a road for Oneida Nations.

Road Building

Site One Reconstruction

Wisconsin

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Site One Reconstruction

Michels was selected as the foundations contractor for a caissons and earth retention system project.

Deep Foundations

State and Huron

Illinois

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State and Huron

This Michels project consists of building 38 miles of transmission line as well as rebuilding nine miles of existing line in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Foundations

New England East-West Solutions

Massachusetts and Rhode Island

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New England East-West Solutions

Michels repaired the ground support systems along approximately 160 feet of wharf wall located southwest of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Headquarters parking lot.

Aggregates

MMSD Wharf Wall

Wisconsin

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MMSD Wharf Wall

Michels constructed a temporary earth retention system, excavated the work area, and installed 218 micro piles under Milwaukee City Hall.

Earth Retention Systems

Milwaukee City Hall Foundation Restoration

Wisconsin

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Milwaukee City Hall Foundation Restoration

Michels worked in close proximity to live freight and pedestrian rail traffic and overhead rail signal lines to construct a temporary pedestrian train platform across the street from Silver Cross Field in Joliet, IL.

Ground Improvement

Joliet Train Platform

Illinois

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Joliet Train Platform

Michels performed inbound and outbound structure construction.

Earth Retention Systems

Lake Shore Drive

Illinois

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Lake Shore Drive

Michels designed and installed a foundation system to repair the quickly failing Madison Street Bridge House, which was sitting on deteriorating wood piles that caused the building to settle and lean to the southeast.

Foundations

Madison Street Bridge House

Illinois

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Madison Street Bridge House

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 Corporation completed a deep foundations package for a rail bridge to carry the Rock Island Metra tracks over tracks used by Amtrak and freight trains, eliminating at grade crossings.

Earth Retention Systems

Metra Flyover Bridge

Illinois

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Metra Flyover Bridge

Michels performed site preparation for a new storm water detention basin.

Dewatering

North 30th Street Wet Weather Relief

Wisconsin

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North 30th Street Wet Weather Relief

Michels performed the environmental restoration of 155 acres within Jackson Park in Chicago.

Dewatering

Jackson Park Restoration

Illinois

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Jackson Park Restoration

The HZ Wind project in Iowa is a project consisting of Wind turbines on 70m and 80m tower sections.

Electrical Installation

HZ Windfarm Iowa

Iowa

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HZ Windfarm Iowa

Michels installed drilled shafts into the Fox River to facilitate replacement of a three span truss-swing railroad bridge.

Foundations

Fox River Bridge

Wisconsin

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Fox River Bridge

Michels removed the Wright and MacArthur Woods dams on the Des Plaines River, and stabilized and restored the associated banks

Bypass Pumping

Des Plaines Dam Removal

Illinois

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Des Plaines Dam Removal

Michels performed a dam removal and river restoration project on the Kalamazoo River in Ceresco, Michigan.

Marine Construction

Ceresco Dam Removal and Restoration

Michigan

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Ceresco Dam Removal and Restoration

Michels was the prime contractor for the reconstruction of King Court and construction of Beechtree Lane.

Grading & Excavations

Beechtree Lane/ King Court

Wisconsin

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Beechtree Lane/ King Court

Michels was the prime contractor for the major reconstruction of STH 67, Summit Avenue located in Oconomowoc, WI.

Aggregates

State Highway 67 Oconomowoc

Wisconsin

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State Highway 67 Oconomowoc

Michels excavated more than 166,000 lineal feet of 3-4 foot deep trenches for 16 solar farm sites at various locations throughout Minnesota.

Grading & Excavations

Aurora Solar

Minnesota

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Aurora Solar

Michels built 3.8 miles of 230kV triple-bundle transmission line to connect the Lackawanna substation to a new substation.

Electrical Installation

Lackawanna Transmission Line

Pennsylvania

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Lackawanna Transmission Line

Michels performed extensive work to turn an 18-acre open field into a site suitable for construction of a large warehouse, parking lot and a storm water pond.

Aggregates

Alliance Laundry Systems Distribution

Wisconsin

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Alliance Laundry Systems Distribution

Michels performed a project consisting of the removal of the Alderwood Dam Bridge including the primary and secondary spillways, removal of organic muck lake bottom soils, and removal of the existing asphalt roadway.

Dewatering

Alderwood Dam Bridge

Wisconsin

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Alderwood Dam Bridge

Michels rehabilitated a deteriorated culvert beneath the coal pile of an active power plant. Joint repairs on the culvert were completed prior to the application of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) wrap to reinforced and strengthened the existing culvert structure.

Bypass Pumping

84" Wabash Culvert Repair

Indiana

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84" Wabash Culvert Repair

Michels furnished and installed hundreds of soldier piles, permanent grouted anchors and 85,000 square feet of lagging for permanent earth retention along the Zoo Interchange.

Aggregates

Zoo Interchange Phase I

Wisconsin

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Zoo Interchange Phase I

Michels was the concrete paving subcontractor for the construction of the Highway 26 Janesville - Fort Atkinson Road Interchange Project.

Aggregates

State Highway 26

Wisconsin

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State Highway 26

Michels managed construction of the Airport Spur project as part of a joint venture.

Airport

Airport Spur Mainline

Wisconsin

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Airport Spur Mainline

Michels installed three quarters of a mile of concrete paving on North Hawley Road from West Valley Forge Drive to West Vliet Street.

Paving

North Hawley Road

Wisconsin

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North Hawley Road

Michels was construction manager for a project which included construction of the 38th Street ventilation facility, trail track tunnels and cross passages, Grand Central Terminal interlocking caverns, portions of the Grand Central Terminal main station caverns, escalator shaft interfaces and access tunnels.

Tunneling

Manhattan South Structures

New York

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Manhattan South Structures

Michels is part of an integrated joint venture, responsible for the executive management, areas of field supervision, and heading engineer positions on the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority's Northgate Link Extension Project.

Electrical Installation

North Gate Extension Light Rail N125

Washington

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North Gate Extension Light Rail N125

Michels set up a portable recycle crushing plant at Mitchell International Airport to convert a decommissioned runway into base material for a new one.

Airport

Mitchell International Airport

Wisconsin

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Mitchell International Airport

Michels managed the construction of the Mitchell Interchange reconstruction mega project as part of a joint venture.

Paving

Mitchell Interchange

Wisconsin

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Mitchell Interchange

Michels is preforming work in a joint venture with Halmar International for the removal of an existing drawbridge and replacement with a permanent bridge that has twice the clearance for marine traffic.

Ground Improvement

Mill Basin Bridge

New York

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Mill Basin Bridge

Michels is the Prime Contractor for the construction of the STH 94-142 Interchange project.

Aggregates

Interstate Highway 94

Wisconsin

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Interstate Highway 94

Michels used a specialized tool mounted to a track hoe to install 960,000 lineal feet of wick drain on the Highway 41-441 corridor expansion project.

Highway 41-441 Corridor

Wisconsin

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Highway 41-441 Corridor

Michels performed heavy civil earthwork, concrete installation and storm sewer construction for two crossovers linking a taxiway with a runway.

Airport

Dane County Airport Reconfiguration

Wisconsin

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Dane County Airport Reconfiguration

Michels Corporation constructed an expanded airport apron.

Airport

Appleton International Airport

Wisconsin

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Appleton International Airport

Michels used microtunneling to build a 485-foot-long, 6-foot diameter tunnel under a major four-lane highway.

Tunneling

Mary Hill Bypass

Canada

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Mary Hill Bypass

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

Foundations

Sports Arena

Wisconsin

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Sports Arena

Michels replaced a deteriorated articulated concrete pad with 8-inch thick cast-in-place concrete panels.

Marine Construction

Pershing Park Boat Launch

Wisconsin

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Pershing Park Boat Launch

Michels constructed a 1,200-foot slurry trench near the riverward toe of a levee at the south end of the Bois de Sioux Golf Course.

Grading & Excavations

Wahpeton Slurry Trench

North Dakota

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Wahpeton Slurry Trench

Michels was the prime contractor, and managed and constructed the piping and mechanical scopes and pump installation.

Stations

Facility Construction

Texas

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Facility Construction

Michels' system took the weight of Colman Hall at the slope and put it onto 18 micropiles that extended 60 feet below grade.

Earth Retention Systems

Colman Hall

Wisconsin

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Colman Hall

Michels installed 64 micropiles to construct a deep foundation system for an existing parking garage.

Foundations

Parking Garage

Wisconsin

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Parking Garage

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 worked in close proximity to live freight and pedestrian rail traffic and overhead rail signal lines to construct a temporary pedestrian train platform.

Foundations

Train Platform

Illinois

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Train Platform

Michels designed and installed an Earth Retention System (ERS) for a new pedestrian tunnel that was bored under three live Metra and Union Pacific rail lines.

Foundations

Metra Lombard Station

Illinois

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Metra Lombard Station

Michels installed 17 miles of electric and signal cables, conduits and splice boxes along Amtrak rail lines from Trenton to North Brunswick, NJ.

Rail Plowing

Railway Improvement Project

New Jersey

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Railway Improvement Project

Michels designed and installed steel containment casing at both ends of the crossing.

Fiber Optic Networks

Potomac River Innerducts

Virginia

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Potomac River Innerducts

Michels performed the installation and conversion of 300-miles of electric overhead to underground.

Fiber Optic Networks

System Modernization Reliability

Wisconsin

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System Modernization Reliability

Michels installed a 4,000-foot land-to-land and a 1,600-foot water-to-land installation of 16-inch pipe.

Horizontal Directional Drilling

Salem Lateral

Massachusetts

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Salem Lateral

Michels completed a record setting horizontal directional drill (HDD) installation of an 18-inch diameter steel gas pipeline of 12,459 feet.

Horizontal Directional Drilling

Houston Ship Channel

Texas

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Houston Ship Channel

Michels performed the environmental restoration of 155 acres within a Chicago park.

Environmental Remediation

Jackson Park Restoration

Illinois

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Jackson Park Restoration

Michels designed and built an Earth Retention System to provide global stability for a recreational and ski hill that had been experiencing multiple slope failures.

Earth Retention Systems

Mont Du Lac

Wisconsin

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Mont Du Lac

Michels used the Direct Pipe methodology to install a 48-inch gas pipeline under the Rio Grande and the border between the United States and Mexico.

Direct Pipe

Rio Grande border crossing

Texas

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Rio Grande border crossing

Michels used Direct Pipe methodology to complete two installations on a pipeline project in Texas.

Direct Pipe

Sweeny Midstream Spread D

Texas

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Sweeny Midstream Spread D

Michels installed 7,000 feet of 2-inch conduit in a utility tunnel system in Minnesota.

Fiber Optic Networks

Cell phone network upgrade

Minnesota

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Cell phone network upgrade

Michels installs a 39-inch cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) liner to rehabilitate a sewer line.

Pipe Rehabilitation

1-MN-341 Interceptor Rehabilitation

Minnesota

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1-MN-341 Interceptor Rehabilitation

Michels engineered, procured and constructed a 230kV/115kV subtation in upstate New York.

Substations

Eastover Road Substation EPC

New York

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Eastover Road Substation EPC

Mainline Pipeline

Flanagan South Pipeline

IL & MO

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Flanagan South Pipeline

Michels constructed 80 miles of 10" steel mainline pipeline.

Mainline Pipeline

Vantage Pipeline Project

North Dakota

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Vantage Pipeline Project

Michels installs a gas service to a local resident.

Gas Distribution

Distribution Blanket & Maintenance Contract

Minnesota

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Distribution Blanket & Maintenance Contract

Michels responds to your emergency needs with speed and efficiency.

Maintenance & Emergency Repairs

Emergency Repair

Nebraska

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Emergency Repair

Michels has the resources internally to self-perform the entire station construction project - mechanical, electrical, civil and painting.

Stations

Line 210 A, B & C Relocation at Cordelia Station

California

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Line 210 A, B & C Relocation at Cordelia Station

Michels installed 55 miles of 345-kV double and single circuit conductor lines.

Transmission Lines

WETT Segments 2 & 6 345kV Transmission Line

Texas

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WETT Segments 2 & 6 345kV Transmission Line

Michels installed approximately 250 miles of high voltage 345-kV AC transmission line.

Transmission Lines

Center-Grand Forks 345 kV Transmission Line

Minnesota and North Dakota

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Center-Grand Forks 345 kV Transmission Line

Michels constructed a 24.6-megawatt wind farm is located northeast of Healy, Alaska. Eva Creek is the largest wind farm in the state.

Wind Power

Eva Creek Wind Farm

Alaska

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Eva Creek Wind Farm

Michels was part of a joint adventure that constructed a 5-mile long, 15-foot diameter tunnel under San Francisco Bay.

Tunneling

Bay Tunnel

California

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Bay Tunnel

Michels constructed 21 miles of 52' wide rural freeway concrete paving.

Paving

U.S. Highway 41 Mainline Constuction

Wisconsin

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U.S. Highway 41 Mainline Constuction

Michels remediated a 5,400-linear foot dock wall to facilitate environmental dredging of the Menominee River at TYCO Fire Products, a manufacturing facility adjacent to the southern shore of the Menominee River.

Foundations

Tyco Dockwall

Wisconsin

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Tyco Dockwall

Michels installed caissons on a small site along the in downtown Chicago. The caissons ranged in diameter from 4 to 6 feet and were drilled to an average depth of 90 feet.

Deep Foundations

River Point Plaza

Illinois

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River Point Plaza

Michels rebuilt a 250-foot wakefield timber dockwall that was built in the 1930s.

Foundations

Elementis Dock Wall

Wisconsin

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Elementis Dock Wall

Michels built 4.3 miles of stone dike ranging from 4 to 8 feet high on the Green Bay lake bed to reconstruct the Cat Islands Chain.

USACE/Government Projects

Cat Islands

Wisconsin

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Cat Islands

Michels completed the dam removal and river restoration.

Environmental Remediation

Dam Removal and River Restoration

Michigan

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Dam Removal and River Restoration

Michels used direct pipe to install a 48-inch gas pipe under the Rio Grande River.

Spur Pipeline

Texas

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Spur Pipeline

Michels used cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) liners to rehabilitate sewer and water lines.

Pipe Rehabilitation

Sewer Relining

Wisconsin

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Sewer Relining

Michels constructed 371-miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline in Texas and Oklahoma.

Mainline Pipeline

Gulf Coast Pipeline Project

Texas and Oklahoma

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Gulf Coast Pipeline Project

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