When you begin a construction project that calls for drilled shafts or casing sizes, Pittsburgh Pipe provides all of the various types of casing and drilling shafts that strengthen your building’s foundation elements. Let’s look at the different types of casing and drill shafts to see how they work for different types of construction projects.
Applications for Different Types of Casing and Drilled Shafts
Construction contractors use steel casing to support and protect a project’s foundation elements and the cables and utility lines around them. However, certain casing and shafts work better for some projects than they do for others. Casing and shaft applications include:
- Caissons/Vertical Casing/Drilled Shaft Casing: This type of casing has three different names, but they all refer to the same thing. These casings support structures with large lateral and axial loads. Once these casings are put in place within their drilled shaft foundations, they’re surrounded by concrete. When you put caissons in your project’s foundation, you reduce the need for large amounts of piles and concrete caps, which reduces project costs.
- Split Steel Casing: Split casings or conduits protect cables and utility lines from the environments around them. These casings work best in projects that involve working near utility lines. For example, you can put them around utility lines that need protection because they can’t be relocated. You can also use split steel casings to protect cables and utility lines during road work or bridge expansion projects.
- End Seals and Casing Spacers: These pipe fittings protect your project’s casings from corrosion. End seals made of EPDM rubber protect the casings’ ends from leaking and corroding when they’re placed around water or sewer carrier pipe located beneath roads and highways. Casing spacers separate inner pipes within carrier pipe systems to reduce corrosion and damage.
Pittsburgh Pipe manufactures, fabricates, and distributes all these casings and fittings, along with many other types of casings, fittings, and pipes. Our in-house manufacturing and fabrication services mean we can offer the casings and piping you need as quickly and effectively as possible.
The Importance of Casing Selection
Why does your casing choice matter so much? Because the right drilled shaft, casing, and fabricated system results in a successfully completed project.
Why Choose Casings From Pittsburgh Pipe?
Pittsburgh Pipe has manufactured, fabricated, and distributed pipe for more than 40 years. Since our founding in 1977, we have successfully supplied many different projects with casing, piping, piling, and fittings. We manufacture and deliver piping for common commercial uses and specialty markets, so we have become expert suppliers of piping and other components to the underground utility construction industry. From the moment you reach out to us, we work with you to develop the right materials for your project.
The Right Casings, Right On Time
Once you know which casing you need for your project, reach out to us today. The moment you place your order, we’ll begin manufacturing and fabricating customized casings that meet your project requirements. We bring our expertise to your construction project so it runs smoothly and boosts your company’s overall performance.
