Wins Rigging Job of the Year
The turbine pedestal for U.S. Steel's newly completed Gary
Works energy facility measures 35 feet from the ground to the top of its poured
concrete slab.
The task: to lift 2 massive components of the 165 megawatt generating
station, each weighing in excess of 125 tons, up and over the pedestal in a
single lift, then to transfer the equipment down the length of the pedestal and
onto their final locations.
The challenge: to make the lift with only an inch to spare on both sides
of the larger of the 2 components.
The result: Rigging Job of the Year as awarded by the
Specialized
Carriers & Rigging Association.
The plan, as envisioned by Atlas Industrial Contractors, was to construct elevated tracks extending outward from one end of the pedestal, and to employ a gantry system as a kind of rolling platform. To support the elevated tracks, Atlas made use of 2 of its 4 existing lift towers, each rated at 100 tons capacity. For the gantry system Atlas used its 800-ton capacity hydraulic gantries. Once installed, Atlas also performed full mechanical and electrical contracting to power the facility.
Completed on schedule, within budget and accident free, U.S. Steel's new co-generation facility is just one more example of the superior performance we call The Atlas Touch.