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Innovation in Ingleside

Colwell et al., 2010

Document ID
9584454507242276332
Author
Colwell A
Hearn Jr D
Ocker C
Publication year
Publication venue
Civil Engineering Magazine Archive

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One of the largest such facilities along the Gulf Coast, a recently completed graving dock in Ingleside, Texas, made it possible to construct a massive hull for an oil and gas platform destined for the Gulf of Mexico. Tight scheduling and the sheer size of the facility presented …
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Classifications

    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
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    • E02B3/04—Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours
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    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/02—Sheet piles or sheet pile bulkheads
    • E02D5/03—Prefabricated parts, e.g. composite sheet piles
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