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"This project was a stepping stone for OCCI, Inc. and Bluegrass to build a relationship for the future. It is OCCI's intention to partner with Bluegrass for years to come! Since completion of this project, OCCI has been awarded a similar project at another lock and has partnered with BBC to complete the concrete demolition. BBC was chosen for this project due to their innovative approach to the demolition as well as their team approach to the entire job which allowed for overall project success."
- Doug Kolb, Project Manager, OCCI, Inc.
Concrete Cutting
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Bluegrass is the world leader in diamond wire sawing.  Our unequaled equipment resources, diamond wire inventory and teams of cutting technicians have been supporting industrial plant outages and shut down contractors for 28 years.

Bluegrass’ diamond wire sawing services allow for segmentation or modification of any concrete structure into any size or shape even if heavily reinforced; rebar, concrete encased steel beams, steel encased concrete or steel embeds.

Cement, steel, refinery, power, nuclear, manufacturing, pulp and paper, we have cut our teeth on critical path projects.  

Our cutting specialists operate with 40 hour hazwoper, 10 hour OSHA, Radworker, in addition to plant or site specific training.  Daily safety meetings incorporating job hazard analysis are mandatory.  Background checked, drug tested and US citizens, committed people are the backbone of our demolition company.

With 40-plus diamond wire saws, 100,000 linear feet of diamond wire, flat saws and wall saws Bluegrass can rapidly mobilize to your site with the required equipment needed to satisfy your demolition challenge.

Combining these equipment resources with extensive pre-project planning Bluegrass can maximize pre-outage opportunities and actual outage performance to assist in accelerating or recovering schedule.  Our small footprint but powerful vibration-free, silent and dust-free equipment enable trades to work closely together in outage area while allowing other plant operations to continue.

By cutting and pinning, where feasible, operating foundations prior to the outage and by setting up individual saws on every critical path foundation, the cutting component of your outage can be compressed freeing up the work area for foundation rig out and rebuild.

Recent Modifications and Removals:

Railroad - abutments, pier caps, pier floorings, columns, beams, and riser blocks.

Power Plants - floor penetrations, ID fan foundations, pulverizer foundations, scrubbers, dog houses, and pump pads.

Pulp and Paper Mills - couch pits, drive line pedestals, head boxes, press sections, pit creations, rewinders, wire pits, and wood yard foundations.

Lock and Dams - floating mooring recesses, lift gates, miter gates, seals, fish flumes, and stop log slots.

Oil Refineries and Pipelines - compressor foundations, feed pumps, motor foundations, pipe stands, sulfur pits, and turnarounds.

Related projects:
DH BLATTNER     ROCKY REACH DAM    

The Bluegrass controlled demolition company has extensive experience producing precision-cutting success with a diamond wire saw doing concrete cutting and metal cutting in a wide range of fields where diamond wire sawing work often can be tricky.