This phase, completed in December 2014, used 100-ton
Linkbelt and APE 150 vibratory hammer for installing the flat
sheet.
Phase 3
With a bulkhead in place, the pile driving and drilling for the pier
can begin.
“The pier is about 300 feet along the shoreline and extends
100 feet offshore. Underpinning that footprint are three rows of
pipe pile. The first row are 36-inch by one-inch walls, the second
row 30-inch by one-inch walls and the third 36-inch by one-inch
walls,” said Martin.
The first row of piles is partially supported by the bulk-
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A 150-foot by 50-foot crane barge was used to transport
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