Project Spotlight

Memphis, TN - The Memphis VA Medical Center

Cutting a Building Down to Size

Since Memphis, Tennessee, is located on the New Madrid Fault Line, many of the city’s bridges and buildings are being built or renovated to meet certain earthquake specifications. The Memphis Veteran’s Administration Medical Center is one of these buildings, and officials determined that they needed to reduce the height of the building by six stories in order to strengthen the structure’s integrity. A new building was constructed in a separate area to replace the space lost by the renovation.

September 2003, Volume 12, Number 3 - Reprinted with permission of the CSDA from Concrete Openings Magazine.

Nashville, TN - Tennessee Valley Authority

Concrete Cutting Techniques

To compete with other suppliers of electricity, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has in recent years cut operating costs by nearly $800 million a year, reduced its workforce by more than half, increased the generating capacity of its plants, stopped building nuclear plants and developed a plan to meet the energy needs of the Tennessee Valley through the year 2020.

March 2003, Volume 12, Number 1 - Reprinted with permission of the CSDA from Concrete Openings Magazine.

Salina, KS - Water Tower Demolition

Wall Saw Fells Relic from the Past

Standpipe water towers are becoming fewer and further between, and some exist today only to remind us of our past, but not serve the purpose for which they were intended.

December 2002, Volume II, Number 4 - Reprinted with permission of the CSDA from Concrete Openings Magazine.