1150 Eastlake

As the burgeoning economy gobbles up real estate, available buildable land for new high-rise construction becomes more and more scarce and each new deep hole seems to provide it’s own set of challenges through tighter works sites, asymmetrical geometry and tougher topography. The 1150 Eastlake project was no different. Prior to excavation, JR Hayes imported over 9,000 tons of recycled concrete to buttress the slope supporting the adjacent I-5 bridge, creating an elevation differential of nearly 20’ from the top of the cut to the loadout below.

From the moment JR Hayes pioneered the use of conveyors for deep-hole excavation 30 some years ago, they begin methodically building a fleet of conveyors with the intentional goal of being able to provide the exact conveyor configuration needed for any basement in the Great Seattle area. But sometimes it’s not just the basement configuration that poses the challenge, but the access to the site itself. When site constraints limited the crane size and setup, JR Hayes’ operations team developed a two-crane pick plan that flawlessly lowered the 130’ long conveyor into the pit without disruption to the steady flow of 70,000 CY of excavation spoils exiting the basement and out of the City.

When your deep-hole project requires experience, innovation and active problem solving, look no further than the JR Hayes earthmoving experts.