It can also be easier to find work when a pier is highly visible
to the public. A project Pilecap recently completed was
Seattle’s Pier 86 in Washington state. “The pier there, the
public can see it,” said Huckabee. “Anytime the public can go
on the pier and see visible damage, people get a little more
worried and authorities are more open to a decent maintenance
schedule.”
The Seattle project is clearly a feather in the Pilecap team’s
cap. “We cleaned 36 piles, jacketed two of them and saved
them quite a bit of money.”
Despite the challenges, Pilecap seems to be poised for
some major growth.
Pilecap will be scaling operations by renting out their
machines to end users. They can provide the necessary training
to an operator in as little as five days.
They are also in the process of formalizing an arrangement
with a Turkish distributor that will handle Russia, the
Middle East, and Africa. While “every part of the system is
patented,” Huckabee says they do worry if international
laws will be respected, and what sorts of recourse will be
available to them if someone decides to reverse engineer
their technology.
“We’re working with a huge team of lawyers, but it’ll still
keep you up at night,” said Huckabee. On the other hand,
the firm Pilecap has licensed to use and distribute their pile
cleaning technology is currently bidding on six separate projects
around the world that collectively represent thousands
of pilings.
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