Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Lumahai Soil Nail Wall

 AIS is working for Earthworks Pacific of Lihue to build two soil nail walls on the Kuhio Highway above Lumahai Beach, west of Hanalei, Kauai.  Here our Spyder excavator is drilling soil nail holes below the road.

Lumahai Beach is where Mitzi Gaynor "washed that man right out of her hair" in South Pacific.

 Our crew spends time working on the road, not so much time on the beach.  We have to keep one lane of the Kuhio Highway (State Route 560) open for traffic, which makes for a narrow work zone.










Our man Kevin Wiesman can load more equipment and materials on a Morooka than anyone!  The Morooka tracked dump vehicles are almost as handy and versatile as our Spyder excavators.