ICE Drivers Rebuilding New Orleans One Pile at a Time
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Nearly four years after Hurricane Katrina, the rebuilding of New Orleans canals and levees are about 50% complete. The task of faced by the Army Corps of Engineers is daunting in the scope of work required to help lessen the risk of the damage caused by Katrina. Rebuilding the canal structure of New Orleans is the largest design build project in the Corps history. This effort has been aptly named Task Force Hope, when it is finished it will have taken 6 years and the repair/replacement of 220 miles of levees and floodwalls, new flood gates and pump stations at the mouths of 3 outfall canals, and strengthening of existing walls and levees.
International Construction Company (I.C.E.is a part of this rebuilding process and is proud to be at the forefront of Task Force Hope. As the world’s leading supplier of pile driving equipment for bridges, canals and structure foundations, they are experts in the design, manufacture and application of pile driving equipment. I.C.E. has been manufacturing pile driving equipment since 1974, giving them experience in different and difficult situations. I.C.E. equipment has been used in the work done at 2 of the 3 outfall canals for sheet pile installation and structural requirements of the flood gates and pumping stations.
I.C.E. representatives are working with numerous, well respected, and award winning customers; Boh Brothers Construction, M. R. Pittman, Gulf South Piling & Construction, Cajun Construction, Continental Construction, Richard Goettle Construction, Shavers-Whittle Construction, Centaur Construction, and Hills Brothers. I.C.E. wants to be sure they are there to assist clients and ensure that I.C.E. pile driving equipment is meeting the needs of these demanding jobs. To help then, I.C.E. engineers work with clients to insure that high quality advice and experience is always availablbe to our clients.
I.C.E. is proud to be a part of the reconstruction of New Orleans.
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