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SOME MAJOR PROJECTS USING THE KIE-LOCK
SPLICE:
- Hawaii DOT, Oahu – Keehi Interchange and H-3 Highway 1979-91, over
5000 splices 16 ½" octagonal and 20" sq. used in 3 segment 270 ft. and 5
segment 170 ft. piles (1981-84). Second major project.
- Hawaii DOT, Kauai – Pier 3, 600 – 20" octagonal splices for 200 ft., 2
segment piles.
- Naaru Tower, Honolulu – 800 – 16 ½" octagonal for high capacity 11 strand
piles.
- Hawaii Convention Center – 16 ½" octagonal splices for tension piles.
- Syracuse NY, Sewage Treatment Plant – 10,000 – 14" sq. splices (1976-77). First major
project.
- City of San Francisco, MUNI-Metro Turnback – 18" sq. high capacity
splices.
- City of San Francisco, SFIA Expansion – Boarding Area G and Rental Car
Garage, 14" sq. splices for high combined moment and tension seismic design
loading.
- San Francisco, Mission Bay Project ─ 65 ft. 16" sq. top segments to 100 ft. 14" sq. bottoms.
- Foster City,
CA 350 –
16” sq. for water storage tank.
- San Rafael, CA 460 – 16" sq. for commercial office building.
- Port of Oakland, Container Pier 57/58 ─ 24" octagonal splices.
- New Chesapeake Bay Bridge – 14" sq. splices for batter piles.
- Florida DOT, Flagler Beach Bridge: 550 – 18" sq. splices (1994).
- Florida DOT, numerous bridge
widening projects – 18" sq. splices.
- Florida DOT, I-4, SR39, & SR540 – 18" & 30" sq. splices.
- Florida DOT & OOCEA ─ numerous bridge projects – 24" sq. splices.
- City of Tallahassee, Blairstone ─ 24" sq. splices.
- City of Sanabel, FL, Sanabel Bridges 900 ─ 30" sq. splices.
- Orlando Airport ─ 24" sq. splices for Cross-Field Taxiway Bridges.
- Port Authority, Port Arthur, TX: 140 – 16" sq. splices for
new wharf.
- Houston, TX, 300 ─ 18" sq. splices for LNG tanks.
- Boundary Health Center, Winnipeg, Canada: 500 – 16" oct. splices.
- MassDOT (CA/T), S.
Boston Bypass Road: 300 – 14" sq. splices.
- MassDOT (CA/T), Logan Airport Ramps/Viaducts: 650 – 16" sq. splices.
- MassDOT (CA/T), CO9A4, CO7D2 350 ─ 16" & 60 ─ 12" splices.
- MBTA, Boston, South Station: 75 ─ 14" sq. splices.
- Mass Port Authority, Logan West Parking Garage: 150 ─ 14" sq.
splices.
- Mass Port Authority, Logan Airport Roadways: 260 ─ 16" sq. splices.
- Mass Port Authority, Logan Terminal A: 200 ─ 14" sq. splices (2002)
- Logan Airport Hilton Hotel, Boston: 575 – 14" sq. splices.
- Constitution Square, Boston: 12" sq. for 8 strand piles.
- Biosquare II, & Stilling St. Garages, Boston: 470 – 14" sq. splices.
- LA DOTD – 16”, 24”, 30" and 36” splices for highway LA 1.
- LA DOTD – 36" splices for Amite River & Caminada Bay Bridges (2009, 2010)
- US Navy Wharfs, Diego Gracia, Pearl Harbor, 20" & 24" Piles.
- CalTrans, I-238, 14" Batter Piles.
- FDOT - Max Brewer Bridge Replacement -- 36" Sq. High Capacity Splices (2009)

San Francisco MUNI-Metro Turn-around used 18" sq.
Sure-Lock Splices
SOME INTERESTING PROJECTS IN 2008 & 2009:
LARGEST and STRONGEST MECHANICAL SPLICE IN THE WORLD
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36" Sq. TOP SEGMENT LOWERED TO 1st SEGMENT |
36" Sq. PILES SPLICED and READY to DRIVE |
FDOT MAX BREWER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT,
Titusville, Florida Intercoastal Waterway
DESIGN-BUILD BY THE LANE CONSTRUCTION CORP.
36" Sq. w/28-.6 strand voided piles with full moment and tension capacities req'd for splice: T= 1625 K, M= 1844 K-ft.
TOP PHOTO shows bottom segment with Female splice
end driven to 115 ft. and top pile segment being lowered
into place.
TOP RIGHT PHOTO shows complete splice with 4 lock bars
inserted. Boxes at top and bottm of splice are Electronic Data Collector connections.
BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO shows two test piles spliced and ready to be driven to specified depths. |
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36" Sq. TEST PILES CONNECTED |
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| HIGHEST CAPACITY 14" Sq. SPLICE IN THE WORLD |
14" Sq. Piles with Tension Capacity of 480 K and Moment Capacity of 150 K-ft.
For San Francisco Mission Bay Project piles cast by Kie-Con. |
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| 1500 - 24" Sq. SPLICES FOR LA DOTD LA1 CAUSEWAY |
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24" SQ. FEMALE SPLICE HALF (BOTTOM SEGMENT) |
24" SQ. FEMALE SPLICE DETAIL |
| 24" Sq. Voided Piles with 20-1/2' Dia. Strands cast by Boykin Bros., Baton Rouge, LA over a period of 1 year. |
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| SPLICES FOR 16" SQ. x 14" SQ. PILES |
Innovative Pile Design for Chevron Refinery Upgrade
Splices join 16" Sq. top segments with high moment capacity with 14" Sq. bottom segments to bearing.
See photo section for previous project photos of this cost effective pile design solution. |
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