ECP Partner Spotlight: Chris Hill Construction Winner of the 2021 Project of the Year
2021 Project of the Year Winner Installs a Boardwalk Though Beautiful Nature Preserve
ECP would like to congratulate the 2021 Project of the Year Winner Chris Hill Construction! How does one install an elevated concrete boardwalk through a beautiful nature preserve while weaving around large cypress and oak trees all while protecting the environment? You work with Chris Hill Construction! This company has played an important part in the development and construction of many of the areas roads, buildings and infrastructure, servicing primarily the Memphis metro area and surrounding states including Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
The Project
The end result of this project was a beautifully installed, elevated boardwalk that winds though the Wolf River Conservancy in Tennessee. Full of thriving cypress and oak trees, this was quite a challenge. Hill Construction completed this formidable project using ECP products. Here are some of the specifics:
- Used 450 ECP 2-7/8” piles TAF-288-8410-12
- 450 custom pile caps designed by ECP engineers
- 2.5 miles of helical piles
- 2700 linear feet of boardwalk held up by helical piles
- Project weight totaling over 2 million pounds on ECP piers
- 40 piers on approach
- ECP’s Piers helping support the 270’ Cable Stay bridge.
ECP engineers received some wonderful praise for the products utilized in this project:
“ECP’s Custom designed pile caps made this project possible”
Craig C.
“ECP Helical piers were a perfect solution to protect the environment”
Chris H.
Chris Hill Construction provides the following services:
- Bridges and Highways
- Sewer and Water Plants
- Railroad Facilities
- Industrial Plants
- Municipal & Utility Construction
- Boardwalks
ECP would like to salute Chris Hill Construction for a wonderful job well done. To learn more about Chris Hill Construction visit their website. Their hard work and dedication to quality workmanship makes us proud to have them as an ECP partner, and they have certainly earned the ECP 2021 Project of the Year!