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10 Years Later: Andrews AFB Runway Repair
Maryland – During the late 1990’s, a significant dip developed in one of the runways at Andrews Air Force Base. Andrews Air Force Base is home to the President’s plane, Air Force One, one of the most...
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320,000 Gallon Tank Stabilization
N. Carolina- Business was booming at the Smithfield Meat Processing facility. In fact, business was so good that Smithfield Foods needed to expand their production capacity. To enable this planned...
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Emergency Outfall Stabilization
Houston, TX – It has been a little over one year since URETEK assisted the USACE in stabilizing Addicks & Barker Reservoir Outlets. In May 2011, it will be two years since the United States Army...
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Sinking Floors Cause Runaway Carts
Customers reported their shopping carts would roll off if they were not holding on the cart… Texas – A Dallas/Ft. Worth Garden Ridge big box store experienced severe settlement inside their facility,...
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Unsportsmanlike: End Zone Tripping
Raleigh, NC – A minor settlement of the north end zone seating at Carter Finley Stadium threatened to trip up Wolfpack fans. North Carolina State University turned to a unique solution offered by...
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Saving Bulkheads from Soil Erosion
Texas – If you own a bayhouse or lakehouse for any period of time, you know you will eventually have to maintain, repair, and (GULP!), replace waterfront bulkhead. Tidal changes, boat wakes (small and...
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Refining Solution: Hazardous Soil
Shutting down a refinery for maintenance is not something you want to hear as a petroleum transportation company. Powering down and restarting operations in addition to revenue loss during shutdown...
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Preserving a Landmark
On September 8, 1863 a Union infantry invasion set to take the cities of Houston and Galveston Texas sailed into Sabine Pass with 27 ships carrying upwards of 5,000 men. Major Richard William “Dick”...
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Don’t Forget About the Railroads
The railroad industry has been a formidable economic power in America for nearly two hundred years. With nearly 95,000 miles of road, Class 1 Carriers are an integral part of the infrastructure of this...
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Leaky Pipe Causes Soggy Fairway
You’ve done all you can to improve your golf game from mechanics to new clubs. You stand on the tee box and smash the prettiest drive of your life and then…plop! No, not the pond, it’s from your golf...
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Infrastructure Report Card – OUCH!
I don’t know about you, receiving a D in school was the result of obvious neglect on my part. I could think of every excuse imaginable but in the end, I was personally responsible for my grades. When...
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Ever Get that Sinkhole Feeling?
It takes planning and good leadership to decide on an effective solution to problems associated with a building asset. Recently, a large wholesale warehouse facility in Cincinnati began to experience...
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Pipe Rupture Causes Hospital Emergency
THE PROBLEM: A water main rupture beneath the patient drop off and pick up ramp caused some large voids beneath the pavement. A section of pavement was broken out to allow access for the plumbing...
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Sinking New Orleans Dealership Gets a Lift
Poor soil compaction from construction resulted in a slow, steady dropping of the automotive service center receiving ramp floor. The floor was on grade at the edges, but the center had dropped four...
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Erosion Control, Lake Pontchartrain
The recreational steps along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain were built in 1929 and the soil beneath the steps has been eroding due to wave action, tidal action, and storms. The voids created...
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Pond Embankment Stabilization
An effluent pond in Southeast Texas was suffering from years of erosion. Recently, an escalation of subsurface water seepage through the pond’s embankment threatened the community’s main water source....
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Durham, NC Culvert Repair | URETEK Infrastructure Solutions
An aging culvert in Durham, North Carolina was in need of rehabilitation. In lieu of replacing the culvert, a creative alternative using URETEK’s Deep Injection® Process was utilized- saving the city...
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St. Louis Manhole Pipe Sealing
St. Louis Manhole Sealing THE CUSTOMER: Metropolitan Sewer District of St. Louis LOCATION: St. Louis, Missouri TYPE: Infrastructure PROJECT DATE: February 2018 THE PROBLEM A St. Louis manhole and...
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