Equipment supplier and Caterpillar dealer Empire Southwest is known throughout the region as a supplier of heavy machinery for innovative and unique projects. Last year, the firm began work on their ...

The object is, of course, to sink the caisson until a foundation of hard-pan or bedrock is reached, and this is done by the diggers, or sand hogs, as they are called, who work in the lower chamber and ...

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The caissons are made of reinforced concrete with the rebar lattice constructed on site. The 10-in.-thick tilt-up walls were also poured and tilted on site. All concrete work on the project is being ...