September 2021
The Danbro Difference and the IDEAL Advantage: Expertise and Experience for all Stakeholders
Danbro Distributors, an industry leader since 1997, represents the IDEAL Group and their superior line of deep-foundation products: helicals, grouted helical micropiles, and STELCOR drilled-in displacement micropiles. The Danbro difference reflects our work ethic and commitment to our installation partners to provide them with every advantage in this increasingly competitive business. The attached short story provides concrete examples of how “The Danbro Difference” in concert with “The IDEAL Advantage” pays off for owners, GCs, industry professionals, and our installers. Danbro delivers… products, service, and support!
JH Botts Updates and Perfects 14J & 18J Rebar Threading Capabilities
Over the past few years, J.H. Botts has upgraded its machinery and processes to perfect rebar threading capabilities. J.H. Botts is one of the few domestic manufacturers that can roll thread ASTM A615 GR75 14J & 18J rebar. We can produce 14J & 18J anchor bolts up to 60’ in length. In 2020, we implemented various LEAN processes allowing us to manufacture high quality products without compromising lead time needs. All the upgrades we have implemented over the past few years significantly improved our established reliability, making us a very capable business partner for new and existing customers. 
National Piling Products Now Distributing the New INTRIC D-12 Grout Plant
National Piling Products now distributes the INTRIC line and continues its mission to be customer focused and solution driven by expanding its product offering to include a larger D-12 model Grout Plant. Delivering 60 GPM capability up to 1800 PSI, it provides the additional capacities needed for larger micropiles and grouting projects. The D-12 has 150-gallon storage tank and 60-gallon mixing tank capacities. INTRIC Grout Plants mix colloidally and high sheer providing efficient speed to mix cement and the ability for additional materials. The data can also be recorded and logged for volume of daily use or per pile volumes.
Steele Foundation Overcomes Multiple
Deep Foundation Challenges in DC
Steele Foundation provided innovative and time-saving deep foundation solutions in transforming the former headquarters of Martha’s Table in Washington, DC into Collection 14, a large-scale, mixed-use property at 14th and W Streets, N.W. The general contractor selected Steele because of our history of successful complex projects. The developer desired to retain historic street-facing building façades to preserve the character of the neighborhood. The façade underpinning at the perimeter of four existing structures required hand-dug concrete pits, while the structural shoring for each building demanded basement construction and lateral bracing. By using restricted-access drilling equipment to install micropiles to support a steel framing grid for the existing, two-story concrete frame spanning the site, Steele saved months on the schedule.
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