APE´s Soccer Team: The Fury of the APE

David Vo had the great idea idea of starting up an Indoor Soccer Team and signed up the team for a soccer tournament here in Kent, Washington. Some of the Superstars playing on the team are: Poncho, Ben, David, Evan, Josh, Dan, Jacob, and Franki. Although they did not win the first two games, the team is growing stronger by gaining confidence, technique, and experience on every game. All the other teams have lots of experience and APE's team is already putting up a tough fight. Soon enough the APE team will be taking home some trophies. Keep it up fellows...

Auger Update

We would like to make sure you knew that we have made changes to the 5050 and the 55AT to allow the use of the Western Rubber & Mfg. rotary joint. This is the same rotary joint that APE has been using with a lot of success for many years. These swivels have been a great update for the high quality line of augers that J&M have been making for many years.

Save the Salmon, Vibrate a Pile

BUILDING THE WORLD'S LARGEST DIESEL HAMMERS

In May of 1997 APE began building diesel hammers in China. We teamed up with SEMW (Shanghai Engineering Machine Works). SEMW had been manufacturing diesel hammers since 1962 and specifically Delmag hammers since 1983. In May of 1997 Delmag Germany filed for Bankruptcy which put SEMW in a bad situation. They were making the diesel hammers but Delmag was directing the sales both in and outside of China. When Delmag’s staff left China it was APE that arrived to fill in the gap. This is when the revolution started. What revolution you say? In May of 1997 the largest diesel hammer was the Delmag D100. The D100 has a ten metric ton ram. The “D” stands for diesel and the “100” stands for ten metric tons. When you read “D30” the “D” stands for “diesel” and the “30” stands for 3 metric tons. The D100 was not large enough to compete with the monster hydraulic hammers being made by Menck and IHC. Nearly every big bridge job in both the USA and China was accomplished using Menck or IHC hydraulic hammers. When the San Francisco Bay bridge replacement project arrived, the hammer requirements forced American contractors to go to either Menck in Germany IHC in Holland. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. APE wanted this work so we started thinking bigger. APE started developing larger diesel hammers. We pushed for the development of the D125 and then the D138 and then the D160 and D180. Today we are building the D300. This is the world’s largest diesel hammer. The

Local 2404, Geared Up and in Full Swing In Their New Facility

Darryl, Dan and Ray Heaton are geared up and coming to full swing in their new, top of the line facility on Annacis Island in Delta, BC. Two times a year I have the honor and great privilege to spend a day with the Local 2404 trainees and journeymen. This day’s topic was a discussion about driver/extractors and diesel hammer systems. The basic workings and operation including technical information needed in the choosing of the right equipment for the job. Every time I have this opportunity I leave very proud of both the attendance, interest piledriving and the excellent class participation. I am always amazed at the constructive questions that are asked. I know the Ray, Darryl and the rest of the group there have created an engaging atmosphere that will bring safety and knowledge to the industry. These people are the next generation of pile bucks and bridge workers and what they bring to the industry is what people like me who live eat sleep and dream piledriving like to see. I want to offer a personal thanks to Ray, Dan and Darryl for the exemplary cooperation and patience for fitting my busy schedule into theirs. I would never miss an opportunity join you guys in furthering the knowledge and art of piledriving for those who want to learn. You guys have a remarkable organization!

APE in Pittsburgh PA with Mascaro Construction

Mascaro Construction, Pittsburgh's premier general contractor, was awarded the David Lawrence Convention Center Riverside Park job, which included driving steel sheeting, beams and pipe piles. In the past, Mascaro would sub out any pile driving work. But project manager Brad McKibben and Superintendent Bob Yeckel thought this would be the perfect job to self-perform. APE Northeast got the call, providing an APE 200 vibro equipped with a caisson beam, caisson clamps, and a caisson to clamp adapter. This adapter facilitates a fast swap out from a sheet clamp to a dual caisson clamp setup. LU 2235 Pile Driving foreman Bob Kerns was impressed with this set-up. APE NE would like to thank all at Mascaro Construction for trusting APE to provide their pile equipment needs on their first self-performing pile job. Stay tuned-APE will be providing Mascaro Construction with diesel hammers on another job within a few short days. We look forward to a long, mutually rewarding relationship.

Waterfront Marine Drives Miles & Miles of Piles

"Waterfront Marine" a Virginia based contractor has begun driving piles on one of the largest piledriving jobs the East Coast has ever seen. "AREVA" & "Northrop Gruman" have paired up to construct a 363.4 Million dollar state of the art facility to manufacture critical nuclear components for the ship building industry here in Newport News VA. This will consist of a 333,000 square foot building that will sit on aprox. 7,500 / each 14" prestressed concrete piles. These piles will vary in length from 59' to 100' When it came time to size & choose piledriving equipment Waterfront made 1 phone call ........... to APE Mid-Atlantic here in Virginia Beach VA. Waterfront Marine & the boys from APe put their heads togeather and decided the APE D-30-42 diesel impact hammer would be the tool of choice. We paired them with an APE Model 20 drill / auger for pre-drilling down through the trash on the top. APE's entire staff from their engineering to their service staff are the best in the business said Bill Hall on site project manager. They are available 24 / 7 should a problem arise. Bill is directing the job from onsite cordnating equipment, pile delivery, and scheduling personel as well as saftey. Supporting the job from the office are Ken & Randy Sutton as well as Sammy Burnham filling in for Bill Hall and doing his job as well. Waterfront currently has 3 fixed leader rigs driving long days. They cut back from 4 rigs to 3 a while ago still getting good production. We wish Waterfront Ma

GLF buys APE Equipment

GLF Construction recently purchased a Used APE 300 Vibro with a 630 Power unit and a APE Model 50 Drill with a APE 350 Power unit for the Port Galeota project in Trinidad. This is the second purchase by GLF for their continuing business in Trinidad. Project Manager Andy Sosa and Construction Manager Rick Alexander are looking forward to getting started after a year delay. I will be going down for the start up when the Barge arrives. Good luck GLF and thank you for purchasing APE equipment. Jim Casavant American Piledriving Equipment Regional Sales Manager 1-863-660-8716 cell anytime 1-863-815-5543 fax anytime jimc@apevibro.com jcasavant@earthlink.net

JAB Energy Solutions teams with APE for the right solution!

JAB Energy Solutions go with A.P.E. in the Gulf of Mexico
When the old way of doing things becomes too difficult and expensive Johnny and Brent Boudreaux of JAB Energy Solutions started to rethink the way knocked over wells are P & A’d (plugged and abandoned) in the Gulf Of Mexico. The current procedures call for massive amounts of excavation on the sea floor of the gulf. Typically, this is done by using large jets and divers to move the mud in order to make access to the knocked over well which is usually bent below the seafloor. The safety issues along with the time and expense of this part of the process is a huge variable when working in deep water and dealing with unknown soil types. To attack this problem JAB designed and fabricated a special reusable can that is 20 ft. in diameter and 40 ft long. This “can” can be driven and used as a coffer dam greatly reducing the area needing excavation allowing for safe access to the well. JAB also built an APE specially designed oversized quad beams 22 ft. in length that weighs over 40,000 lbs, the beams bolt to the bottom of an APE Model 600 vibro ( Super Kong).
The first job for this equipment was done during the week of July 4, 2009. The job took place in 200 ft of water and the soils consisted of stiff clay. The can was driven approx 20 ft into the sea floor and the drive time for this was approximately seven minutes.
Brent Boudreaux, Managing Partner of JAB, had this to say, “APE took on this challenging never

The Great Sheet Wall of Bethel Island

“FCI Constructors and the great sheet wall of Bethel Island” There is an art to driving a straight sheet wall and that art takes years to learn. You can’t just look at it and make it stand straight, you have to work it. It takes patience and you got to go slow and easy. As soon as you get in a hurry things start going south in a hurry. Just ask Richard Foster with FCI Constructors! Richard has been driving sheet pile since he was kid, and that was a long time ago! He grew up in the piledriving industry and learned from hard work and determination! To see him work on a sheet wall is like seeing poetry in motion. Richard makes it look easy! “I like to start a sheet wall with the vibro and get myself a good running start” says Richard, “and when I have a nice start and the driving gets hard and I have to pick up the impact hammer, I know I will have a good finish”. The lesson of the day is this: when driving a sheet pile wall you should always have two things, a good crane operator and a seasoned front end man, like Richard Foster!

APE 200-6 Drives 5-Foot Cans In Perkin, IL

Dozens of APE 200 Vibratory Pile Driver/Extractors Rushed to UAE

MASSIVE FAILURES OF OUR COMPETITION'S MACHINES PROMPTS APE BUILD UP IN UAE

APE Austria has begun a massive shipment of new APE Model 200 vibratory pile driver/extractors to the UAE. This is in response to recent electronic and overheating of our competition's so-called new units in hot weather conditions. APE machines are will known for their simplicity and ability to handle both the hot Saudi Arabian sun and the cold of Alaska. The secret is our unique kidney loop cooling circuit which can be reversed in cold weather.

APE units come with massive heat exchangers and a special kidney loop oil cooling system that keeps the machine running even in 125 degree temperatures. APE developed a simple electrical system to mate with the advanced Tier III CAT engines. We avoided adding fancy touch screen panels that are subject to code failures that shut the unit down and require re-programming to get started again. APE machines are simple yet advanced. Our hydraulic gauges are old school simple yet our CAT Electronics are fuel efficient.

Our power units feature a built-in spare hydraulic tank, CAT Tier III engine, Super Heavy Duty radiator and oil cooler, kidney loop oil system, all stainless steel control panels, tachometer in the remote pendant (found only on APE machines) tool box with spare jaws and hoses and tools to do all the maintenance work and a 5 year warranty.

The APE 200 has the world's greatest lifting capacity, heavy metal eccentrics, h

APE China's First Model 200-6 with 1050 Power Unit

APE China recently successfully produced it's first 1050HP Power unit engine to operate an APE 200-6 modified hammer. In China many customers are using a technique to drive concrete piles by pulling down on the top of the upper suppressor housing using a winch that is hooked to the bottom of their rig. This is the 3rd modified rig we have used in China. The purpose is to drive a near 8" thick can through the ground which eventually will be filled with concrete, then extracted out of the ground. It takes about 1 hour to drive a 100 foot pile, install re-bar, pump concrete, then extract using an APE model 200. APE hammers can easily do 10 piles per day during the day time while our electric hammer competitor can only do a max of 4. To see a video of this process in action see our videos section on www.apevibro.cn website.

APE Holland present at BAUMA 2010

APE Holland will be present at the BAUMA exhibition in Munich, Germany this year with its sister company Hillcon Piling Equipment. We will be showing a range of our vibratory drivers/extractors, diesel hammers and power units.
Hillcon will be showing the newest piling rig, the Hillcon HCX900GLS, a hydraulic piling rig with integrated leader system of 51 meter (167 ft). More information about the Hillcon equipment can be found on www.hillcon.eu.

BAUMA is the largest International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Construction vehicles and construction equipment,
Bauma features more than a half million square meters (5,382,131 sq ft) of exhibition space, making it by far the largest and certainly the most impressive exhibition ever. No other industry event features a wider range of products and services. No other exhibition is more international. This is where all of the market’s leading manufacturers and key players are represented. This is where innovations are presented for all sectors.

Come Meet APE Russia at CTT 2010 in Moscow

Vladimir Nifontov - General Manager. phone/fax number +7-495-603-5345 Mobile +7-985-921-8750 or +7-495-921-8750 E-mail: vladnif@hotmail.com or vladnif@df.ru Konstantin Kurbatov - Technical Director. phone/fax number +7-495-689-1923. Mobile +7-916-678-2841. E-mail: banknote3000@hotmail.com or welcome@banknote2000.ru CTT 2010 Show - #1 Annual Construction Show in Russia is being held on June 1st to the 5th in Moscow. Please come visit us at our booth 3-318.1, for information check out the website: CTT 2010 Website Link

New Sales Representitive for APE Mexico

Franki Segura es el nuevo Gerente de Ventas para APE México. Franki operará desde la fábrica principal en Seattle, Washington por los próximos seis (6 meses) hasta que venda suficientes equipos como para abrir una Sucursal en México. Franki se encargará de suplir todos los requerimientos de partes, servicio, y equipos de fundaciones vitales para cumplir con el Plan Nacional de Construccion que el Presidente de Mexico, Felipe Calderón puso en marcha en Julio 2007. Gracias a que John White (Presidente de APE), reconoce la importancia del mercado Mexicano, el website y muy pronto el catalogo de ventas estarán disponibles en Español y Portuguese. Para contactar a Franki Segura por favor visite el siguiente link y website: http://www.apevibro.com/ver2/locations.asp