Problems identified:
- The attenuators were located in a building that spanned from the main building by 10 meters high and 30 meters in depth
- The current room temperature at ceiling height was 170 degrees Fahrenheit – it took 24 hours to make the room temperature acceptable to work in
- To turn off the plant in order to bring down the room temperature was in the region of £170,000 per day downturn
- The plant had a five day window slot to complete the task – with no contingencies!
We resolved this major issue by applying all our experience in Industrial Machine Moving and using are Heavy Lifting Equipment.
We advised the main contractor to make jetty’s for the old and new attenuators to be placed on once they had been removed.We then set about the task, to unbolt the attenuators and winch them out of the current location onto the jett using our equipment. We then had heavy lift systems and specialised cranes that lifted them off the building top and onto the ground. To replace the new Attenuators we applied the same approach and once on the jetty we bolted them back together.
The result was that we completed the task on time and in budget – The following photographs were captured during the operation: