Soldier Piling and Lagging

Soldier pile walls are among the most cost-effective retention approaches for projects requiring less than about 15 vertical feet of retention in dewatered or dry soil conditions. They consist of steel H piles usually driven or drilled into the soil with wood lagging attached to the face of the piles.

Eli Lilly - Larossa

Project Location: Downtown Indianapolis, IN

Owner: Eli Lilly
Architect/Engineer: TLF Inc.
Completion Year: 2017

Overview

Eli Lilly needed a Cut Wall installed adjacent to the existing CSX Railroad to facilitate a Parking Lot Expansion for their Campus.  Eli Lilly pre-qualified 4 General Contractors to bid on the project.  Those General Contractors were tasked with utilizing Eli Lilly Approved Subcontractors to bid and complete the job.  All 4 GC’s reached out to Beaty for Cut Wall Design-Build services.  The Bidding Documents for the project included a partially designed Cut Wall System.  During the bidding process, Beaty was able to identify several Cost Reduction options.  These options were presented within our Bid Proposal.  Ultimately, Beaty was the successful Cut Wall contractor.  Several of the Cost Reduction Options were selected by the Owner resulting in a ~25% cost reduction to the Cut Wall Scope.

Hyatt Place - Hyatt House & Garage

Project Location: Downtown Indianapolis, IN
Owner: Indy Penn Center Hotel Owner, LLC
Architect/Engineer: RATIO Architects, Inc.
Completion Year:  2018

Overview

Beaty was brought on board during Design Development Phase by Wilhelm Construction (General Contractor) to assist in determining the best Earth Retention solution for a proposed 20’+ deep excavation in downtown Indianapolis. Beaty Construction worked with Wilhelm to identify the best earth retention system to satisfy an accelerated construction schedule as well as minimize vibration impacts to the existing adjacent structures in downtown Indianapolis.

The Ardmore

Project Location: Downtown Indianapolis, IN
Owner: GP Deylen, LLC
Architect/Engineer: Blackline/CE Solutions
Completion Year: 2019

Overview

Beaty was brought on board during the Design Development Phase by Shiel Sexton (General Contractor) to assist in determining the best Earth Retention solution for their 20’ deep excavation in downtown Indianapolis based on site constraints, soil conditions, and budget.  Beaty worked with Shiel Sexton for 3 months in the preconstruction phase and ultimately completed the design and installation of the System for the project.