Editor: Debbie Reaney
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest, most destructive, and strongest hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season. It completely devastated the Northeast region, particularly New York City, its suburbs, and Long Island. Sandy's impacts included the flooding of the New York City Subway system, of many suburban communities, and of all road tunnels entering Manhattan except the Lincoln Tunnel. Forty-Four individuals lost their lives and $19 Million in dam ... Read more
20 Years with ICE®
-Kris Young-
Kris Young is celebrating 20 years as a Service Technician with International Construction Equipment®. Born in Rising Sun, Indiana, he attended school to become a race car mechanic, starting his career with the Ford Motor Company at a dealership. Kris found himself branching out into the construction industry when he started as a Service Technician with the ICE® drilling family in November of 2001. Jumping headfirst int ... Read more
Rhodeworks Initiative
Editor: Ashley Steele
In a study, Rhode Island ranked last in existing bridge conditions. Around 2016, the governor at the time started the "Rhodeworks" initiative to replace and secure deficient bridges throughout the state before they crumbled. The I-95 Viaduct is one of those bridges which will become safer and sturdier when the redesign and structural reinforcements work is completed.
The I-95 viaduct in Providence, Rhode Island is being r ... Read more
ICE® Comacchio Drill Rig creates mobilization improvements in historic stadium
Editor: Ashley Steele
Back in 1934, the Williams Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC was built to accommodate 17,400 spectators. The home of the University of South Carolina, Gamecocks, has been expanding ever since its conception and now accommodates more than 80,000 football fans on game day. Thanks to the most recent additions, this stadium will not only have more seating and food areas, but the new ele ... Read more
What do the Blue Stone Dam and remote-control drilling have in common?
Editor: Ashley Steele
For over 20 years, the 1949 Blue Stone Dam has been an extensive repair project due to a 1998 Dam Safety Assurance (DSA) Report showing that this dam was hydrologically deficient. The construction project to repair this deficiency broke ground in 2001 and is currently in phase 5 of this renovation.
Located in West Virginia approximately one and a half miles upstream from the city of Hint ... Read more
$800 million Georgia DOT interchange construction in Atlanta
Since February of 2017, Atlanta's major interstate I-285 has been under major reconstruction through the Georgia Department of Transportation. The 5-phase project lifecycle was designed to reduce traffic congestion and enhance safety within one of the nation's most deadly roads, the I-285/SR 400 Interchange in Metro Atlanta.
More than 2 million pedestrians use the roadway that circles the city of Atlanta daily. In 2013 data f ... Read more
ICE provides Tecniwell that will stabilize dangerous rock formation over I-40
In recent years interstate I-40, which runs east to west through eight states and 2,500 miles (about the width of the United States), has seen many accidents and even fatalities due to the nature around it. An enormous rockslide in October of 2009 near the NC TN border line shut down I-40 for months causing major roadway damage and pedestrian danger. The debris removal, infrastructure repairs, and underlyi ... Read more
Comacchio MC8DHT
Editor: Ashley Steele
One in every five bridges of the over5,800 in South Dakota are considered "structurally deficient". The Wasta Rail Bridge in Wasta, South Dakota is no stranger to repair as this unique bridge was relocated by frugal railroad companies dating back to the 1920s.
This unique structure was fused with additional truss bridges from the local area, giving it an exceedingly rare design. History alone has mandated repairing and not replacing the ... Read more
Hurricane Ida Damage was Catastrophic
Editor: Ashley Steele
Hurricane Ida caused a record $66 billion (about $200 per person in the USA) worth of damage to the northeast of the United States. It was the second most damaging hurricane to make landfall in the USA, just behind the damage caused to the gulf by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. To this day, portions of the Northeast are still working to recover from Ida's trail of destruction from the&n ... Read more
ICE ® Comacchio Rig aids in saving our environment
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has the responsibility of evaluating physical and environmental risks presented by former manufactured gas plants (aka MGP). Testing was done on soil and groundwater at the vacant K-Babylon site to determine contamination levels post usage. The results required immediate expertise to ... Read more
