Installing a 20-foot-square cast-in-place concrete foundation for a pump station at the bottom of a 24-foot-deep excavation in metropolitan Indianapolis presented more than a few problems for Bowen Engineering Corp. of Fishers, Ind.

CAT 330 and 345 hydraulic excavators team up during installation of the PRO-TEC Slide Rail System. First and foremost was the location. The 30-foot-6-inch by 34-foot-6-inch-long and 24-foot-deep pit that was excavated to accommodate the poured concrete bed was sandwiched tightly between E. Westfield Avenue on the west side and a levee walling off the White River on the east with little operating room and no room at all to slope in any direction. Read the rest of this entry »