www.InnovativePiering.com Sheet Pile Cofferdams Project: Kelley Construction MPL #11041 Engineer: Netemeyer Engineering Associates, Inc. Location: Patoka Station, Illinois With increased product capacity, the petroleum operator at Patoka Station needed to increase the fire protection readiness by constructing 2 new water drafting pits. This way, in the event of a fire, water could quickly be drawn out of the small, ‘man-made’ lake and used for fire suppression. TM Piering innovative TM Piering innovativeTM Piering innovative T he largest challenge of the project however, was the firm soils that the sheet piles needed to be driven in to. Required driven depths of each sheet was at least 4-6’ of embedment. The ‘firm’ and ‘very hard’ clays proved to be incredibly challenging

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