en-us http://www.advancedconstructiontechniques.com/ Specialized contracting services for the Civil and Geotechnical Engineering industry Copyright 2008 Advanced Construction Techniques Ltd. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:26:12 EST Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:26:12 EST Outrageous Creations! Content Manager In order to lower the existing railway line through the City of Reno, several structures required underpinning of the foundations. In order to facilitate the underpinning process, ACT was contracted to perform alluvium grouting......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100039 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:02:37 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100039 The objective of the project was to stabilize ground prior to hand mining activities for the lowering of a combined concrete arch and round corrugated metal tunnel. To accomplish this stabilization a number of grouting techniques were used, including, contact grouting, compensation grouting, and a combination permeation/fracture grouting......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100038 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:00:51 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100038 The project was designed and constructed to provide ground stabilization prior to construction a new high-speed rail line. To accomplish the ground improvement, compaction grouting of the existing soils was the specified treatment. ACT was awarded the contract for the compaction grouting by LAL Construction......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100037 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:58:10 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100037 ACT has completed several penstock rehabilitation projects for Ontario Power Generation (formerly Ontario Hydro) including several penstock relining projects at the Des Joachims Generating Station......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100036 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:52:39 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100036 Since construction of the United States Postal Service sorting facility in Clarksburg, WV, the building has experienced ongoing differential settlement. As a result, damage occurred within the building. The damage was limited to cosmetic items such as cracks in the drywall, misaligned door frames, and cracks in the floor. To mitigate the ongoing settlement, a frac grouting program was specified as.....more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100035 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:50:24 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100035 Upon installation of bridge caissons, a karst formation was discovered in the underlying rock. To develop the required structural support in the caissons, a mini pile support system was specified. Six newly constructed bridge caissons were affected by this situation......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100034 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:48:31 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100034 The site located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee was one of the former waste disposal areas for nuclear, toxic and hazardous wastes. Shallow waste trenches were excavated in the rock and contained the wastes. Groundwater migrating through the waste trenches would inevitably transport radioactive isotopes to the nearby waterways. The removal action project initiated was designed to encapsulate the wastes w.....more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100033 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:27:08 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100033 The Washington Aqueduct is a 100 year old historic brick/stone masonry rubble raw water conduit. The repair specified for the aqueduct was relining utilizing reinforced shotcrete. ACT utilized several customized pieces of equipment to complete the project including the following: a fully automated mobile shotcrete batch plant to proportion, batch and convey shotcrete into the aqueduct, an automat.....more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100032 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:18:03 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100032 ACT was the Prequalified Specialty Contractor awarded the sewer rehabilitation contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District. The rehabilitation specified to stabilize the 10 ft x 10 ft horseshoe shape concrete sewer consisted of consolidation grouting of voids behind the sewer and minor concrete repairs. To facilitate the void grouting, chemical grout rings were installed every .....more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100031 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:16:04 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100031 ACT was the Prequalified Specialty Contractor awarded the sewer rehabilitation contract by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. The rehabilitation specified to stabilize the 10 ft x 10 ft horseshoe shape concrete sewer consisted of consolidation grouting of voids behind the sewer and shotcrete repairs to delaminated areas......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100030 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:13:54 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100030 ACT was awarded the major crack repair program, instituted by the City of Winnipeg to repair the inside of the 85 year old unreinforced concrete Aqueduct. The aqueduct extends from the City of Winnipeg to Shoal Lake approximately 100 km away and is the sole source of water for the City of Winnipeg......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100029 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:08:24 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100029 onstruction of the tunnel began in the summer of 1928, at approximately the same time on both sides of the river. The completion of the tunnel was an engineering feat unparalleled at the time, which combined three different tunneling methods. On each side of the river, a cut and cover method was used on the sections from where the open cut trenches end to the harbor line. Earth was dug away by muc.....more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100028 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:06:18 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100028 The Detroit River Rail Tunnel is one of the oldest sunken twin tube tunnels in North America. The tunnel is used to transport goods vial rail car beneath the Detroit River to and from Canada and the United States. The tunnel enlargement project was required to allow double stacked rail cars to pass through the tunnel. The work was performed in the northbound tube from Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, .....more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100027 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:57:37 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100027 The contract awarded to ACT by the City of Milwaukee was for the structural lining of 1,650 feet of a 100 year old brick sewer. Prior to shotcrete application, the brick surface of the sewer was cleaned with a 7000 psi water blaster to remove all dirt and debris. A sewage by-pass system was installed allowing the sewer to remain in operation and enable our work to be completed in the dry......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100026 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:55:31 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100026 The 3,300 foot Big Savage Tunnel is part of the Allegheny Highlands Trail in Pennsylvania. The trail follows the former Western Maryland Railroad right-of-way through Somerset County, PA. This trail is part of the Great Allegheny Passage, a 152 mile bicycle and walking trail that will eventually connect Pittsburgh with the C&O Canal in Cumberland, Maryland......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100025 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:52:55 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100025 Specialty Grouting Subcontractor awarded the contract for the installation of a 1,000 foot long single line grout curtain. The grout curtain forms a water seepage barrier in the rock foundation below the location of dam spillway built under a separate contract. The work included percussion drilling of grout holes in rock, borehole washing, water testing, and production grouting......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100024 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:49:12 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100024 ACT was awarded 3 separate contracts to install grout curtains at the St. Mary's Dam in Lethbridge, Alberta. ACT was the Prime Contractor for one of the contracts and a Prequalified Grouting Subcontractor for two of these contracts. We have constructed a total of 3,000 lineal feet of 3 row grout curtain for these contracts......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100023 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:46:04 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100023 The Penn Forest Dam is one of the largest RCC dams in the United States. As part of the construction for the RCC replacement dam, foundation grouting was the specified treatment to mitigate water seepage in the rock foundation below the new RCC dam......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100022 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:43:26 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100022 Seepage Remediation ACT was awarded the grout curtain contract through a Best Value Selection process (RFP) by the US Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District. The goal of the project was to reduce water seepage through the rock foundation of the dam to a value of 3 Lugeons by installing a 3 line grout curtain.....more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100021 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:39:54 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100021 Chicagoland Underflow Plan (CUP) Chicago and 51 other municipalities in Cook County have combined sewer systems. This means when rain falls, storm runoff drains into a combined sewer where it mixes with the sewerage flow from homes and industry. The net result is one massive quantity of dirty water......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100020 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:35:53 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100020 Dam Foundation Remediation - Pre-Treatment of the Foundation Grout Curtain Extensive observations, monitoring, and investigations indicated that the settlement at the Mississinewa Dam was the result of karstic foundation defects and solution features in the limestone foundation......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100019 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:32:53 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100019 Seepage Control Cutoff Wall Specialty Grouting Contractor responsible for the design and installation of an emergency grout curtain in soil and rock for a hydroelectric dam, which had experienced sinkhole formations and piping failure of the earthen abutment......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100018 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:29:49 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100018 Grout Curtain Specialty Grouting Subcontractor responsible for the installation of a 1,100 foot long single row grout curtain. The grout curtain forms a water seepage barrier in the rock foundation below a RCC Dam constructed concurrent with the foundation grouting......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100017 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:27:00 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100017 Foundation Drilling and Grouting - Sinkhole Repair.....more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100016 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:22:41 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100016 The Diavik Diamonds Project is located in the Northwest Territories (NWT) of Canada, approximately 300 kilometers northeast of the capital city of Yellowknife. The Diavik Project is centered on a large 20 square kilometer island, informally called East Island, in Lac de Gras......more http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100015 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 03:26:42 EST http://clients.outrageouscreations.biz/act/projectshow.asp?int_id=100015