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New Orleans Oil Spill 2009
New Orleans Oil Spill 2009 Within twenty-four hours of the BP oil spill Northwest had equipment bound for barges in New Orleans. Northwest designed and built a special “wand” to placing on the end a 36 meter boom. Water was then pumped through the boom. The pumped water was used for the first two years […]
Las Vegas Underwater World Record 2012
Las Vegas Underwater World Record 2012 Northwest was offered the opportunity to team with Maxon Industries in 2012 on the project known affectionately as the “Big Straw” in Las Vegas. This was an extremely logistically challenging and complex placement. A raw water intake structure, basically a concrete-and-steel funnel 100 feet (30.5m) tall and weighing 1,200 tons (1,088 metric […]
TNC The One Billion Dollar Bridge 2007
TNC The One Billion Dollar Bridge 2007 When it came to build the new Tacoma Narrows bridge in 2005 TNC Contractors called on Northwest Concrete Pumps and Equipment. Northwest designed and supplied the equipment necessary-to preform the task. The job involved placing concrete 4000 feet off shore, vertical drop of 200 feet another 100 feet across a floating […]
INTEL Oregon 2012
INTEL Oregon 2012 The INTEL project in Oregon occurred in 2011-2012. This was an extremely fast track project requiring intense equipment utilization. Northwest provided , four forty meter Putzmeister placing booms, two Putzmeister 14000 trailer pumps, two ballasted cross-frames, four 16 cell forty meter truck mounted boom pumps, 3000 feet of pipeline, 4 four 61 meter boom […]
Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder Project 2008
Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder Project 2008 When Manson Construction of Seattle was awarded the water portion of the Oregon Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder project they called on Northwest for equipment and expertise. Northwest engineered and had a special bracket manufactured to hold the 32 meter placing boom atop of the anchors. The anchors consisted of a 26 prefabricated […]