DuroTerra Dialogue: Micropiles Made Simple
Micropiles Made Simple. Micropiles fill a niche in geotechnical construction to address sites with challenges including vibration concerns, overhead clearance restrictions and heavily-obstructed conditions. But you often hear words like complicated, expensive, slow, messy, dangerous associated with micropile installations. Did you know that Ductile Iron Piles (DIPs) are being used […]
DuroTerra Dialogue: Don’t get hung up on helical piles
Don’t get hung up on helical piles! Helical piles are used for underpinning of existing structures and for new construction of boardwalks and lightly loaded buildings. Like any piling system, there can be limitations that impact the overall benefit. We often hear these concerns from design professionals and contractors on projects utilizing […]
Ductile Iron Piles Featured at GEOQuebec 2015
DuroTerra’s Regional Partner, GeoSolv Design/Build, recently exhibited at GEOQuebec 2015, the 68th Canadian Geotechnical Conference taking place September 20-23, 2015 in Quebec City. This year’s theme was Challenges from North to South, reflecting the diversity of complex challenges that the geotechnical community need to address to support sustainable economic development. […]
End-Bearing Ductile Iron Piles Prove To Be Economical Solution For Fenway Park Neighborhood Project
Construction is underway at a new, five-story apartment complex situated in Boston’s historic Fenway Park neighborhood. DuroTerra’s End-Bearing Ductile Iron Piles were installed by Helical Drilling to successfully support heavy building loads with minimal vibration. Ductile Iron Piles were carefully evaluated against conventional pile technologies and proved to be the […]
TECHNICAL PAPER ACCEPTED BY DEEP FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTE AND TO BE PUBLISHED AT THE 39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON DEEP FOUNDATIONS
CAMBRIDGE, MA – OCTOBER 1, 2014 – “An Alternative Pile Technology” {link to paper on technical info page} co-authored by Rimas Veitas (DuroTerra) and Erich Steinlechner (Tiroler Rohre) was accepted by Deep Foundations Institute and will be presented and published at the 39th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations. The technical […]
DuroTerra LLC Named Official Distributor of Ductile Iron Piles in North America
BRAINTREE, MA – June 2, 2014 – DuroTerra LLC has partnered with Tiroler Rohre GmbH (TRM) to become the exclusive distributor of Ductile Iron Pile (DIP) products in North America. TRM, the manufacturer of Ductile Iron Piles, is one of Europe’s largest suppliers of ductile cast iron pipeline systems. DuroTerra […]
DUCTILE IRON PILE PRODUCTS FEATURED AT DEEP FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTE’S SUPERPILE 2014 CONFERENCE
CAMBRIDGE, MA – June 18, 2014 – Ductile Iron Pile products will be discussed within the technical program at Deep Foundation Institute’s SuperPile 2014 Conference. Rimas Veitas, P.E. will present “Ductile Iron Piles in New England” on Friday, June 20th at 10:45am. The presentation will provide an in-depth overview of […]
