The use of a hydraulic excavator or backhoe-loader as a demolition machine with interchangeable tools is a relatively recent development in the 180-year history of mechanized excavating and ...

On December 8, 2011, the massive eight-hammer vibratory pile driver hammer dubbed the "Octakong" drove the last of 120, 72-ft.-diameter steel piles into place in front of a crowd of over 200 people ...

DRIVEN Big diesel rig installs 24-in. square concrete piles. A contractor driving about 1,000 foundation piles for Washington, D.C.’s new Woodrow Wilson Bridge project has convinced the Virginia Dept.

Reconstructing and widening 2.5 miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, building piers for the 14-span I-95 flyover ramp, replacing three mainline bridges, constructing a four-span bridge and repairing ...

IHC Hydrohammer, part of IHC Merwede, has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting to design and manufacture the S-2500 piling hammer, which is the largest ever built by the company. IHC ...