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 RIGGING JOB OF THE YEAR
The Rigging Job of the Year Competition is
designed to honor and give special recognition to members that perform
outstanding achievements in solving problems encountered in rigging.
Winners are selected in three categories: under $150,000 (U.S.), between
$150,000-$750,000 (U.S.), and over $750,000 (U.S.). Details about Job of
the Year Winners appear in SC&RA's official magazine, American
Cranes & Transport and International Cranes and Specialized
Transport, as well as other publications serving the industry.
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Over
$750,000
Barnhart, Memphis, Tenn., for providing a heavy lift
system, custom rigging solutions and engineered rigging to
perform
the replacement of a reactor vessel closure head in a
nuclear
power plant. Tight clearance, seismic design requirements
and
critical path schedule all added to the complexities of the
job.
$150,000 to $750,000
Crane Rental Corporation, Orlando, Fla., for the
installation of
a 150-foot, 240,000-pound coal conveyer over the water intake canal at
Tampa
Electric’s Big Bend power plant during the fall of 2009. The project
featured
the use of a 700-ton barge-mounted gantry system to set the conveyor
system in
place.
Under
$150,000
Barnhart, Memphis, Tenn., for the expeditious
replacement of a damaged bridge section in Shreveport, La.,
during
one weekend in June 2009. Barnhart used 60-ton assist crane
to
dress out its Goldhofer transport system with 10 foot
pyramid
stands and large header beams in the lay down area to
remove the
estimated 260,000 pound section—measuring 86-feet
long,17-feet
6-inches wide and 15-feet high. |
