HZ 880M king piles that are used in this
rehabilitation project. The HZ wall was
then tied back to a deadman wall of
W24x306 wide flange beams using threeinch
Grade 150 epoxy-coated threaded
bars and double channel walers, all of
which were produced by Nucor Skyline
in the United States. The king piles and
sheet piles used in the wall were brought
to the Port of Davisville via ship. These
were unloaded at the pier and held at
the site until they were ready to be driven.
LM Heavy Civil Construction (LMH)
was formally awarded the contract for
this portion of the project, which is subsequently
being finished by Manafort/
Transit Inc. LMH created a template,
allowing them to drive the king pile wall
without issue. Using an APE 260 vibratory
hammer, LMH was able to complete
the driving of the king piles ahead of
schedule due to the cooperative soil conditions
at the pier. An ECA D3032 impact
hammer was also used to drive assorted
deck support piles.
The second phase of construction at
the Port of Davisville, currently in progress,
is building a pier off the east face
of Pier 2. The addition of this space will
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The governor of Rhode Island proposed
a $90-million investment in the continued
success at Quonset’s Port of Davisville. The
investment will modernize the port and
ensure momentum and future job growth
at this key economic asset.
To accommodate larger ships and
allow the automobile carriers to dock
directly in front of Pier 2, the front face
of the pier had to be dredged. Before this
could happen, however, the entire pier
needed to be fortified with steel sheeting
and tie backs. Pier 2 is an earth filled cofferdam
cell structure, built in 1956, with a
design life of 50 years.
The expansion at Pier 2 at the Port
of Davisville will happen in three phases
and the team at Quonset Development
Corporation partnered with GZA
Engineering, the RT Group and Nucor
Skyline to design and install a bulkhead
wall to create more waterfront space at the
wharf. The first phase was the construction
of a new steel king pile wall to the
north, south, and east faces of the pier. The
wall consisted of HZ 880M A king piles and
AZ 26-700 intermediary piles.
Nucor Skyline partnered with
ArcelorMittal for the production of the
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