Construction Magazine November 2018 | Page 147

NORTH AMERICA
Securing the anchor bolts to the upper template ring
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“ There has been a paradigm shift , moving from the gravity spread foundation to the tensionless pier foundation because it saves cost ”

— Blair Loftis , VP and National Director , Power Generation & Transmission , Terracon
managers , superintendents , foremen , and team leaders to conduct constructability reviews and spend a day or two discussing what portions of our design give the construction folk troubles in the field ,” says Loftis . “ I want to know every complaint that every craftsman , supervisor , project manager and foreman has about these foundations .”
“ We then take that back and see if we can implement a design solution to enhance constructability efficiency . If we can revise the design to make the
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