Talking About ICE Equipment

Talking About ICE Equipment

"We felt it was worthwhile to purchase this hammer (ICE 275 HIH) because of the heavy ram and short stroke. In fact, the ram/stroke relationship makes it ideal for driving pre-stressed concrete piles...the 275 started right up, runs fine and we are very pleased with the way it has operated...we think it's the hammer of the future.

George Bosmajian, Chief Engineer
McLean Contracting
Equipment: ICE 275 Hydraulic Impact Hammer
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"Our timeline is essentially about two years, but with the efficiency of the 416L, we were able to drive 90 percent of the sheet piles in the first season, and that made the city very happy... it gave them an increased level of flood protection they didn't expect...we initially leased the 416L, but we had such good luck with it we just went ahead and bought it."

Chris Sattler, Project Engineer
Frontier Construction Co. Inc.
Equipment: ICE 416L Vibratory Driver/Extractor
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"We leased the ICE equipment because we recognize the need for pre-drilling up front, not only on this job but other jobs where we need to boost efficiency...the equipment held up good in a difficult situation and we are very pleased with ICE's response and cooperation in helping us get through the problems we did have."

Mike Stevens, Senior Project Manager
Hayward Baker, Inc.
Equipment: ICE 3030 Drill Mast/ICE 35 AT Auger
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"We're driving in an extremely rocky, obstruction-filled area so it's half in and half out of the water...in January we faced two straight weeks of temperatures of 40 below zero and wind chills of up to 60 below...but there was no downtime, zero...throughout it all the ICE 115s have done their job."

Geoff Lake, Manager Marine Construction Division
Boston Towing & Transportation Co.
Equipment: ICE 115 Hydraulic Impact Hammers
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"We're working about 40 to 45 feet from houses...any vibration from pile driving or sheet removal is limited to 0.25 inches per second reading on the vibration monitors around all the structures...none of the other hammers we looked at could meet those specifications."

Henry Lipsey, Project Superintendent
River Road Construction
Equipment: ICE 14RF (Resonant Free) Vibratory Driver/Extractor
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"One of the greatest challenges of the job was the soft soil...it's easy to cause tensile cracking in the pile when you don't have any resistance from the soil...The ICE 160 gave us the ability to instantaneously adjust stroke and height."

Brian O'Reilly, Project Manager
Angelo Iafrate Construction
Equipment: ICE 160 Hydraulic Impact Hammer
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For further information about these jobs or any ICE equipment, please contact your local salesperson, call ICE at 888 ICEUSA1 or 704 821-8200, send a fax to 704 821-8201, or send an e-mail message to info@iceusa.com.

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