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LONG FOUNDATION DRILLING A ROLLER COASTER RIDE

BY PHIL PAOLELLI, LONG FOUNDATION DRILLING CO.

It happened the same as it had before: a sudden, unexpected phone call, this time in March of 2018, with the voice on the other end advising that Southside Constructors was reassembling their covert construction squad for a top-secret project on the North Carolina/South Carolina border. Mission code name: Project Snake Bite. This meant it was time to return to Carowinds and have some fun!






Long Foundation Drill Has Created a Strong Presence in theSoutheastern U.S.

By Peggy Hagerty Duffy, P.E., ADSC Technical Advisor

If the story of Long Foundation Drilling Company were made into a movie, the promo poster would show a large chunk of limestone with a roller cone rock bit and a pair of child size 6 cowboy boots on top. The stars of the movie would be an ensemble cast of veterans, a tightly knit group of professionals who mastered their craft together. The film would be billed as a Howard Hughes Production, because that is where the story began...




Long Foundation’s Hard Rock Experience Beneficial for Project

By Peggy Hagerty Duffy, P.E., ADSC Technical Advisor

Reality TV relies on drama and conflict for success. Drama and conflict in con- struction create not revenues and promotion, but added cost to the owner, loss of prof- its for the contractor, and poor publicity for all involved. Many projects have challenges that produce the potential for job problems and drama worthy of its own “Keeping up with the Kardashians” reality TV series, but numerous other complicated projects never travel down that road. These are the successful projects no one hears about be- cause everyone involved is...happy. Long Foundation Drilling Co., ADSC Contractor Member, Hermitage, Tennessee, recently completed such a project.




Foundation Drilling. ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling

By: Bruce Long and Lisa Mansfield

Drilled shaft construction has never been considered one of the most glamorous sectors of the construction industry. When I have been asked about our work in the past, I have often commented that the drilled shaft contractor comes in and does the dirty work, then the other contractors come in and get all the glory. Our projects are performed many time under less then ideal circumstances.

 

 

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