by David Heilman | May 8, 2020 | Flood Control, Retaining Walls
The Buffalo Bayou watershed flows through Harris & Fort Bend counties in Texas. The slow moving Buffalo Bayou river has been a major source of flooding in the Houston area. During Hurrican Harvey, Buffalo Bayou crested with a record 39′ at the Shepherd Drive...
by David Heilman | Apr 30, 2020 | Transportation Projects, Retaining Walls
In 2015, the Missouri DOT installed Maintainable Weep Hole Filters along a pre-cast retaining wall which ran along the exit ramp from I-44 at Berry St. The enormous wall held up the express way. The wallwas showing signs of stress due to the build up of hydrostatic...
by David Heilman | Apr 30, 2020 | Transportation Projects, Retaining Walls
Like other large cities, many of Chicago’s area roadways run below grade with long retaining walls along the expressway and at entrance and exit ramps. In the fall of 2018, Illinois Department of Transportation inspectors noticed something unusual at the...
by David Heilman | Apr 17, 2020 | Seawalls & Coastal Protection, Drainage Solutions, Retaining Walls
Seacoast Marine Construction Builds Sea Wall on Hudson River in New York Seacoast Marine Construction utilized weep hole components when creating a seawall at Yonkers, New York for Avalon Bay. The project consisted of sixteen 4″ weep hole components,...
by David Heilman | Mar 9, 2020 | Seawalls & Coastal Protection, Box Culvert Projects, DOT & Infrastructure Projects, Drainage Solutions, Product Information, Retaining Walls, Transportation Projects
New Sustainable Weep Hole Product Available Today! Jet Filter System is excited to announce an effective and new product to the market, the 3″ diameter SS Weep Hole Component is now available for purchase. Talk to Jet Filter about your project today. The...
by David Heilman | Feb 18, 2020 | Retaining Walls
The National Concrete Masonry Association Creates a Third Edition for State of The Practice Design of Retaining Walls Previous National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) manuals have had limited information regarding the effect of water on wall stability. The NCMA...
