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Projects
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. < Read More> September 2003, Volume 12, Number 3 - Reprinted with permission of the CSDA from Concrete Openings Magazine.
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.<Read More> March 2003, Volume 12, Number 1 - Reprinted with permission of the CSDA from Concrete Openings Magazine.
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...click above for the full story! <Read More> December 2002, Volume II, Number 4 - Reprinted with permission of the CSDA from Concrete Openings Magazine.
