Experienced Geotechnical Contractors helitechccd.com 1-800-246-9721 EARTH SHORING GROUND IMPROVEMENT DEEP FOUNDATIONS VIBRATORY STONE COLUMNS MICROPILES GROUTING PROJECT CASE STUDY Sector: Elementary School, Educational Facility Description In 2011, the entire town of Joplin, Missouri, was left devastated as an EF5 tornado destroyed their town, including their elementary school. The land where an Elementary School was to be constructed was donated by a local hospital. Requirements & Challenges The design requirements for this project were compression loads up to 314 kips, and tension loads up to 118 kips. Based on the loads and sub-surface conditions, Helitech chose an End-bearing Micropile System, comprised of both cased and uncased micropiles. Cased Micropiles w

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