Introducing The ICE® Duplex Clamp Plate
Camp Lejeune Cofferdam
Editor: Allison Braswell
One of the few swing bridges left in North Carolina is being replaced. In 2018, the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune area took a hit during Hurricane Florence, the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the Carolinas. The 67-year-old swing bridge that carries boat traffic in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Camp Lejeune had suffered damage caused by the storm, putting the safe ... Read more
Largest Industrial Project in Arkansas History
ICE® Equipment Takes on Mega Mill
Editor: Allison Braswell
When the $1.3 billion (about $4 per person in the US) Big River Steel "Flex Mill" opened in Osceola, AR in 2017, it was the newest and most advanced flat rolled mill in North America. That was before United States Steel (U.S. Steel) acquired Big River Steel, which paved the way for a revolutionary breakthrough in the steel industry.
In early 2022, U.S. Steel broke g ... Read more
Biggest Infrastructure Project in the Nation
112-Year-Old Train Bridge to be Replaced
Editor: Allison Braswell
Since the construction of Portal Bridge in 1910, it has become the busiest rail line in the entire Western Hemisphere. This swing-style rail bridge that spans the Hackensack River from Kearney to Secaucus, NJ has been working on her last legs. One out of seven times the bridge opens, it fails to close properly. Operational issues like this have been the culprit ... Read more
CSXT Railroad chooses OCCI for Bridge Replacement Project
ICE assists with rail bridge support efforts.
Editor: Debbie Reaney
The CSX Transportation Railroad bridge crossing built in 1927, recently required the replacement of its original timber framework where Lizard Creek meets the Tensaw River in Hurricane, AL because timber doesn't have the life span of the more modern steel and concrete methods of construction. OCCI of Fulton, MO was chosen to do the work due to thei ... Read more
Editor: Debbie Reaney
One of the busiest bridges in the Tampa Bay area is getting a complete overhaul. The Howard Frankland Bridge that connects St. Petersburg and I-275 to Tampa sees 180,000 motorists daily. The original portion of the bridge constructed in the late 1950's will be demolished once the rebuilt northbound bridge is completed. This will be no small feat, as the almost 3-mile-long bridge will grow from its current 4 -lane structure to an 8-lane bridge with two expre ... Read more
