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order for a crane to install the floodwall. However, as an alternate
design, Sealevel presented the owner and engineer with the option
of mechanically dredging four access canals, five to six feet depths,
in order to allow total barge access to the site.
Once the project was complete, Sealevel would then place the
dredged material from the access canals back in its original location,
filling in the canals and ultimately preserving Louisiana’s
coastal wetlands. This method would allow all material and equipment
to be transported by barge.
“With the acceptance of this mechanical dredging alternative,
we were able to provide the owner with a $500,000 credit to the
project,” said Lane. “This method also allowed for six weeks to be
cut from the project schedule.
“40,000 cubic yards of material was hydraulically dredged
within the navigational limits of the canal. The dredged material
was then placed in a future levee right of way, saving the owner
$800,000 in material costs for that future project. Sealevel applied
for and acquired a United States Army Corp of Engineers permit to
allow for the hydraulic dredging and material disposal.”
Types of piles used
All the piles for this project were driven by Sealevel Construction.
“We first drove two 84 in. by 200 ft. and six 72 in. by 180 ft. steel
pipe piles using a Terex HC 275 crane with a DEMAC D62 hammer
and swinging leads,” said Lane. “We also drove two 48 in. × 190 ft.
steel pipe piles with the same Terex HC 275, but with a BSP CX-85
hydraulic pile hammer and swinging leads.”
The team then drove sixty-three 48 in. by 175 ft, and 36 in. by 175
ft. plumb steel pipe piles and sixty-three 36 in. by 185 ft. battered
steel pipe piles with a Terex HC 275 and a Terex HC 230 using the
BSP CX- 85 hydraulic pile hammer with a swinging lead.
“The 209 pairs of sheet piles were driven next,” he said. “With
lengths of 81 ft. and 76 ft., the sheet piles were installed using
the Terex HC 275 and Terex HC 230 with an ICE® 28D vibratory
hammer.”
Lastly, 65 timber piles were installed with 65 ft. lengths and 100
timber piles with 75 ft. lengths using a Linkbelt 518 with a Vulcan
01 hammer and swinging leads.
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