INFRASTRUCTURE

Pacific Pile & Marine's Antarctic Palmer Station project

Drilling for foundation piles on land and from a barge in Arctic conditions threw up numerous challenges, which Pacific Pile & Marine more than overcame, completing the project ahead of schedule and under budget.

 Working on the Palmer Station project Pacific Pile drilled on land and from a barge simultaneously, allowing it to finish ahead of schedule

Working on the Palmer Station project Pacific Pile drilled on land and from a barge simultaneously, allowing it to finish ahead of schedule

Palmer Station is located on Anvers Island, on the Antarctic peninsula, and has an average temperature during the year of -3C. Anvers Island is one of the primary research locations for the National Science...

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