Worldwide Projects: Diamond-Wire Sawing/Cutting/Offshore/Concrete/Metal/Undersea

Nuclear

ENSA Westinghouse Entergy SG Cuts (Spain)
Precision diamond wire sawing mock-up and 2 steam generator shells, 14’ diameter with 7” wall thickness. Cuts had to be coplanar within ½” and no welded attachments allowed on vessel.

Battelle JN-3 D&D (West Jefferson OH) job story
Diamond core drilling and wire sawing of large bioshield walls; slurry collection and water recycle system; rigging attachments. Saved DOE $270,000.

Fluor 233S Bldg D&D (Hanford WA)
Diamond core drilling and wall sawing of two-story structure; very strict airborne controls and water recycle; first ever open-air demo of a plutonium process facility.

SMUD Rancho Seco SG Cuts (CA)
Diamond wire saw cutting of huge steel steam generator vessels in place, including several thousand steel tubes in each slice. Also cut off lower nozzles; completed project on time in spite of difficult access with extremely low usage of cooling water.

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Bridge

Kiewit-General Hood Canal Bridge (Poulsbo WA)
Diamond core drilling and wire sawing large piers, above and below tidewater; containment of slurry and recycle water; fast-track performance on-time.

Palmetto-Tidewater Cooper River Bridge (Charleston SC)
Diamond core drill, wire saw and Brokk demo of 8 longitudinal restraint blocks that were temporary structures supporting the record-breaking, cable stayed bridge.

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Consulting and Operational Support

Sweden (Nuclear) – Wire sawing heat exchangers
Taiwan (Nuclear) – Consulting for D&D wire sawing
Canada (Hydro) – Consulting on dam modifications
Lithuania (Nuclear) – Equipment and training for plant D&D
France (Nuclear) – Consulting on nuclear D&D
Japan (Industrial) – Consulting on diamond drilling heavy floors
Mexico (Industrial) – Consulting on wire sawing pedestals
India (Undersea) – Equip & tech support on deep ROV pipe cuts

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BTC Metal / Undersea

Integra – Multiple Offshore Projects (Gulf of Mexico)
Developed and deployed 18 unique underwater wire saws to sever underwater conductor pipes and platform legs; diver friendly and time saving machines are also ROV adaptable; I-Beam saw is Patent Pending.

SMUD Rancho Seco SG Cuts (CA)
Diamond wire cutting of metal components – see Nuclear at left.

Great Egg Harbor Bridge (Ocean City NJ) job story
The job required precision underwater cutting of 82 pre-stressed concrete cylinder piles.

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Dam

TVA Fontana Dam Slot Cuts (Fontana NC)
Large diameter wire saw cuts made in transverse sections of dam to relieve stress (AAR); wire lengths of 400 linear feet and cuts up to 100 feet deep.

Voith-Dominion Bath Co. Pumped Storage (Warm Springs VA)
Diamond core drill 14 inch diameter x 25 foot deep precision holes for 6 unit, 6 year project; also wire sawing of pads and excavation for new sole plates.

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Heavy Industrial

Cianbro-GNP Paper Mill Shutdown (Millinocket ME)
Diamond core drill and wire saw large foundations and floor sections, running 6 wire saws and multiple drills around the clock; very timely performance.

FMI Gold Mine Operations (Indonesia)
Provided diamond wire equipment, special wires and technical training on multiple occasions for cutting large concrete structures at a 10,000 foot elevation.

Morris Foreman Wastewater Plant (Louisville KY) job story
Sewer removal – it's a dirty job but someone has to do it.

Waste water collection system (Detroit MI) job story (pdf)
Wire sawing opens up waste water facility to increased flow.

Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton OH) job story
Reinforced concrete staircase removal – done quietly to avoid disturbing adjacent patient care and operating rooms.

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