IFCEE 2018
40 Event Photos
PDCA Project of the
Year Awards
50 2018’s New Format
Overview and
entry instructions
55 Contractor Entry
Guidelines
CONTENTS
56 Associate/
Engineering
Affiliate Entry
Guidelines
Feature
58 Shifting Tides
Underwater pile
driving noise
changing in-water
foundation design
Business
63 How an Insurance
Rating Could
Unfairly Cost
Contractors Jobs
A complicated
calculation for
determining workers
compensation
premiums has
evolved into a
do-or-die benchmark
ARTICLES
On the Cover:
Salt Lake City International Airport serves nearly 23 million people every year from facilities designed 50 years ago to
service only half that many travelers. In order to best serve air travelers, the airport is being redeveloped through a massive,
$3.6-billion program. PDCA member Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company of Salt Lake City was awarded
a contract to do the deep foundation work. Read about the project, starting on page 82.
ISSUE 2 2018
Cover photo courtesy of Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company
Top photo by Mark Skalny Photography
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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE
PILE DRIVING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION Issue 2 2018 | Volume 15, No. 2
“A Driven Pile … Is a Tested Pile!”
SALT LAKE CITY
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
EXPANSION
Ralph L. Wadsworth
Construction Company
lays the foundation
IFCEE 2018: Wrapping up a Successful Event
Underwater Pile Noise
High Capacity Timber Piles
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