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Construction
North America
USA
Hydro- & Marine
Structures

DYWIDAG Tie Rods create better Access:

New Pier on Akutan

mong its other operations,

Trident Seafoods, the
largest seafood producer
in North America, also operates a
seafood plant on Akutan Island in
the Aleutians, a chain of islands
that belongs to Alaska. Since the
island only has a very small amount
of infrastructure, Trident Seafoods
has its own dock for the fishing
boats that supply its plant.
In order to expand the docking
capacity of the facility, a new quay
wall was built at the east dock.
To construct the new quay wall, a
305m long sheet pile wall was built
that was tied back with DYWIDAG Tie
Rods into load-bearing soil.
To tie back the sheet pile wall, DSI
USA supplied a total of 170 57mm
double corrosion protection (DCP)
DYWIDAG Tie Rods in lengths
between 21 and 40m. In addition,
11 43mm DCP DYWIDAG Tie Rods
in lengths between 13 and 16m were
supplied.
All tie rods featured cover caps
on both ends and were supplied to
the job site with accessories such as
couplers, nuts and ducts.

Owner Trident Seafoods Inc., USA

General Contractor Western Marine Construction, Inc., USA
Consulting Engineers Northern Geotechnical Engineering, Inc., USA
DSI Unit DYWIDAG-Systems International USA, Inc., BU Geotechnics, USA
DSI Scope Production, supply
DYWIDAG Products 170 57mm DYWIDAG Tie Rods,
11 43mm DYWIDAG Tie Rods