Our track record of successful projects, award-winning installations and satisfied customers is evidence that we can fulfill all of your requirements. We're proud that so many of our customers are repeat customers. Our success is due to an investment in lasting relationships -- with our customers, partners and employees. Ultimately, that's the business we're in -- building partnerships and delivering lasting solutions, from the ground up.
Deep Foundations
CN Railroad Bridge, LaPorte, IN: Nicholson installed micropiles for the replacement of a 1920s wood trestle railroad bridge. Click to view PDF.
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV: This 43-story, 3,700-room hotel and casino required the installation of 536 micropiles to stop the downward movement of its concrete mat. Click to view PDF.
Exton Square Mall, Exton, PA: Difficult ground conditions and tight access requirements were successfully overcome with micropiles. Click to view PDF.
Earth Retention
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences, Baltimore, MD: A 95,000-square-foot anchored diaphragm wall was constructed for this harbor front property. Click to view PDF.
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC: Nicholson constructed a 130,000-square-foot anchored diaphragm wall support of excavation system for the new underground U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Click to view PDF.
Abingdon Heights Condominium, Arlington, VA: Nicholson designed and constructed a unique permanent earth retention system for this eleven-story condominium tower with three levels of underground parking. Click to view PDF.
Chinese Embassy Building, Washington, DC: Nicholson constructed a soil nail and shotcrete support of excavation system for the new Chinese Embassy Building. Click to view PDF.
Ground Treatment
McCook Reservoir, Chicago, IL: Nicholson is constructing a 7,800-linear foot grout curtain around a new surface reservoir under construction for a combined sewer overflow (CSO) system. Click to view PDF.
Michigan Street Pedestrian Tunnel, Grand Rapids, MI: Nicholson completed a chemical grouting program to support the construction of a 105-foot-long pedestrian tunnel. Click to view PDF.
Miamitown Interceptor Sewer, Miamitown, OH: Nicholson designed and constructed a 29-foot-diameter access shaft with two rows of 59 overlapping jet grout columns. Click to view PDF.
Ground Improvement
Choctaw Point Container Terminal, Mobile, AL: To improve the insitu soil properties of a new port container terminal, Nicholson installed stone columns and vibro-compaction points. Click to view PDF.
Mariner Square Drive, Alameda, CA: Nicholson installed 251 stone columns to overcome liquefaction-induced lateral movement following the Loma Prieta earthquake. Click to view PDF.
