Owner: Maine Turnpike Authority Partner: Reed & Reed Type: Highway Construction Location: York, Maine Project Description: H.B. Fleming is constructing 28 rock-socketed, drilled-shaft foundations to support the new toll gantries and overhead signage. Challenge: The project requires drilling hard rock at multiple locations in multiple phases. Solution: To minimize drilling durations at each location and…
Owner: Maine Veterans Homes Partner: Cianbro/VJS Construction Services Type: Commercial Building Location: Augusta, Maine Project Description: H.B. Fleming provided foundation engineering for the construction of new memory care, long-term care, and assisted living facilities, and a new community center. Challenge: Design-build a deep foundation installation as a more cost-effective alternative to pile driving. Solution: We installed…
Owner: Brookfield Renewable Partners Partner: Bancroft Contracting Corp. Location: Waterville, Maine Project Overview: Designed and Installed a cellular cofferdam to assist the construction of a new fish passage. The cofferdam consisted of five major cells with a diameter of 29’ and four minor cells with a diameter of 21’. All nine cells were backfilled with +/- 5500 cu.yds…
Owner: Maine Turnpike Authority Partner: Cianbro Location: Portland, Maine Project Overview: Designed and installed four cofferdams for the I-95 widening project over the Stroudwater River. Installed new bearing piles for the pier footings after the cofferdams were installed.
Owner: Town of Falmouth Partner: Apex Construction Location: Falmouth, Maine Project Overview: Designed and installed a cofferdam to support an excavation depth of +/- 24’, which included +/- 15’ in bedrock. The cofferdam supported the excavation with internal bracing and pin pile drilled into ledge.
Owner: Maine Department of Transportation Partner: Shaw Brothers Construction Location: South Portland, Maine Project Description: Installed (+/- 230) 36” & 42” diameter drilled shafts for new sound wall.
Owner: Pyramid Network Solutions Location: Portland, Maine Project Overview: Drilled three, 42” diameter shafts, 30’ deep, with 2’ rock sockets into ledge.
Owner: Custom Float Services Location: Portland, Maine Project Overview: Drove (34) HP12x53 & 20” diameter pipe piles for new pier and abutment footings to replace a failing bulkhead. Installed (23) HP10x42 piles for scour protection.
Owner: IDEXX Laboratories Partner: PC Construction Location: Westbrook, Maine Project Overview: Drove (239) HP12x53 & HP10x42 piles to support the new building expansion pile cap & grade beam foundation. Utilized our RTG 19T rig to initially install the piles to bedrock. Drove all bearing piles to their ultimate capacities with a diesel impact hammer.
Owner: Four Homeowners Location: Saco, Maine Project Overview: Acquired State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection Coastal Sand Dune permit(s) per chapter 355: Coastal Sand Dune Rules and Town of Saco permits. Completed replacement of an existing 630’ wooden sea wall with a steel sheet pile sea wall. Before After Before After Before After
Owner: Bateman Partners Partner: Allied/Cook Type: Excavation Support & Pile Driving Location: Portland, Maine Project Description: For this massive, 2.5-acre urban development project, H.B. Fleming designed and installed 17 cofferdams, 500 H-Piles, and seven rock anchors. Challenge: The site was underlain by notoriously unpredictable, soft Presumpscot clay, and the deepest cut had to be 30…