Project Overview
AK Industrial Services provided hydrodemolition services for anomaly removal on drilled shafts in the Taunton River, MA.
Key Challenges
- Close proximity to heavy traffic
- Rules regarding the spawning season of the Atlantic Sturgeon Fish caused work stoppage, delaying the project
- Since anomaly removal was a schedule-critical activity, the postponement necessitated that the owner obtain a waiver for the General Contractor to work in the river during spawning season
- Work over/on the Taunton River – the drilled shaft was in the river
- Cofferdam
Services Performed
- 1 shaft, 3 anomalous zones; Deepest was 90′, approximately 54” diameter
- Max 10,000-psi at 25-gpm
- Steel caisson was still in place
Successful Results
- The AK Industrial Services team was able to use the existing test cores used to test the anomalous areas
- A specialty gooseneck work platform was used to facilitate anomaly removal
- AKIS mobilized and completed the work, to quickly and successfully solve the anomaly issues
