Malibu Gets a Road to Last  

The County of Los Angeles decided to repair the road to survive the elements, and to save money. August Construction installed the beams and sheets for Padilla Paving, the general contractor.

XPS Steel Sheet Piling: Going to depths that synthetics only dream of!  

The XPS system (X-treme Performance Steel) revolutionary system is a marriage of high strength steel sheet piles and marine coating technology developed from the shipbuilding industry. This coating system chemically bonds to the steel to provide the aesthetic benefits with corrosion and abrasion resistance.

ArcelorMittal enters Egyptian market  

Luxembourg, 6 February 2008 - ArcelorMittal today announces that it has been awarded a license from the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Egypt's Ministry of Trade and Industry to construct a steel plant in Egypt.

Europe: converging technologies and standards  

The Management Summary of the final report on the INS-project Effectiveness and efficiency of European standardization processes and structures – Scenarios for the future landscape of European standardization is ready for download here.

Study on Convergence of Technologies (461.6 KB)

MIT to focus on new building standards  

MIT to focus on new building standards: ``Cities have to be part of the solution,'' said Murray [Hubert, past president of the Boston Society of Architect and a key organizer of the two-day ``Mass Impact'' symposium], who said that while urban areas cover only 2 percent of the Earth's surface, they accommodate 50 percent of the world's population and consume 75 percent of its resources.

Best Practices Guide from NASSPA  

Download the NASSPA Best Practices Steel Sheet Piling Installation Guide [PDF]. NASSPA is dedicated to the promotion of hot rolled steel sheet piling. NASSPA’s
members represent the major producers of hot rolled steel sheet piling that supply the North American
market. Visit their site here: nasspa.com

Manual for Sheet Pile Cofferdams  

Manual for the design of sheet pile cellular cofferdams by US Army Corps of Engineers. The rules are set forth in ER 1110-2-2901. The manual is intended to provide guidance for the design of these structures:

cofferdams

Larssen 704 sheet piling section  

Following the Larssen 703 section, the Larssen 704 section has now been successfully launched on the market as a second section of the 700 mm wide Larssen section series. The initial application took place almost simultaneously with the building projects

• Extension of the flood protection in Illerzell/Germany as a cut-off wall
• Construction of a bulkhead on the Ermidas railway line to Funcheira in Portugal
• Building of various foundation ditches in Venice, Campagna and Silea in Italy

ArcelorMittal enters Egyptian market  

Luxembourg, 6 February 2008 - ArcelorMittal today announces that it has been awarded a license from the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Egypt's Ministry of Trade and Industry to construct a steel plant in Egypt.

The license was auctioned in a competitive bidding process and ArcelorMittal's winning bid was L.E. 340 million (approximately USD 60 million).

Under the terms of the license, the plant will produce 1.6 million tons of steel using DRI technology, and 1.4 million tons of billets through the Electric Arc Furnace Route.

Construction of the plant, which will be located close to the Northern Red Sea Coast, is expected to start in 2009
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New wall to be erected. Location: Datuk Keramat, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

 

sheet piling being executed.