ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES’ “BRIDGE-IN-A-BACKPACK”

International Sales Magazine MAY - JUNE 2011

LOSING
EVERYTHING:
HOW ARABI
SLING BEGAN
AGAIN
SKY HIGH AMBITIONS:
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When your reputation is on the hook...

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This issue features the incredible story of Arabi Sling and Upcoming Events
their journey to discover priorities, both personally and
professionally, after the devastation suffered following International Bridge Conference
Hurricane Katrina’s unexpected impact on their Louisiana June 5 - 8
business and home. Pittsburgh, PA
Also, during the first week in May, I had the opportunity www.eswp.com
to visit with many friends and supporters of the Wire Rope
Exchange in Houston for the 2011 Offshore Technology IADC World Drilling
Conference. I witnessed expansive exhibit halls and record June 14 - 16
attendance levels (the largest conference since 1982.) But what Bella Centre, Copenhagen
really amazed me with this year’s OTC was the constant and www.iadc.org
audible buzz of business being made and new relationships
being built. Companies and individuals from across the globe EMO Hannover
September 19 - 24
to just down the road from Reliant Park in Houston came together to introduce products, seek
Hannover, Germany
new business, and catch up with clients. It was especially impressionable to me as I can relate
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to the value placed in having a venue that facilitates industry growth.
Finally, I have some exciting news to share. The Wire Rope Exchange has been a valued AWRF General Meeting & PIE
member within the Rigging Industry for nearly thirty years. Started by my Father as a way to October 2-5, 2011
move overstock inventory, it has continued to evolve and now serves as an international sales Kansas City, MO
magazine reaching thousands of companies. This month, I am proud to announce that I am www.awrf.org
the new Owner of the Wire Rope Exchange and will also continue to serve as Editor. I hope to
build upon the idea that my Father first started and firmly believe that the Exchange is unique OTC Brazil
as the one industry source that offers a true marketplace and connection for like-minded October 4-6, 2011
companies to conduct business. I’ve been excited to introduce several new features over the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
past few years ranging from new feature sections, updated logo design, new digital resources www.otcbrasil.org
and pertinent events and content. I want to thank all of you for your support and for noticing
the ‘little things’ as they improve – it is appreciated and helpful and continuing to provide you ICUEE 2011
with the best marketplace possible. While we have made great strides, this is just the beginning October 4-6, 2011
and I’m looking forward to introducing many new changes and improvements in the coming Louisville, KY
months as well – the best is yet to come! www.icuee.com

Deep Offshore Technology International

October 11-13, 2011
New Orleans, LA
Melissa Hood, Editor | Wire Rope Exchange
www.deepoffshoretechnology.com
PO Box 159323, Nashville, TN 37215
E-mail: wireropeexchange@gmail.com WSTDA
October 18-20, 2011
Hotel Monaco Baltimore
COMING SOON The fully redesigned Wire Rope Exchange website, We’re Always On Line. www.wstda.com

Great Crane Photo Contest

Wire Rope Exchange has joined with Crane Blogger to announce the second annual “Great Crane Photo Contest.” Crane
Blogger, a blog dedicated to the crane industry, unveiled the first annual contest in 2010, highlighting some of the “coolest,”
“wildest” and most interesting photos rising from the crane industry. The contest continues this year with an additional new
category, “Best Modified Crane.”

If you are interested in participating, submit your best pictures for your chance to win an article Wire Rope Exchange and
Crane Hot Line along with one of 10 Liebherr crane models. Email your best photos (Categories: Wildest Crane Project,
Coolest Tower Crane, Coolest Mobile Crane) to craneblogger@gmail.com with a two-sentence description. For more
information on the contest or to vote, visit www.craneblogger.com. Voting begins June 13th and ends on June 24th 2011.
Winners will be announced June 30th.

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27 What is a Bridge-
in-a-backpack?

Finding their way

back, Arabi Sling
“Out on a limb,” tourists and Rigging after

21
enjoy the Singapore Skyline HurricaneKatrina.

14
on top of the world’s longest
public cantilever

Photo courtesy of Marina Bay Sands

MAY/JUNE 2011
Volume 26 | Issue 3

[Cover Story] [In this issue]

14 | Raising Hope 4 | Editor’s Note
Many have gone through a challenging situation but few can relate 9 | Industry News
to losing a business and a home all in one day. We share the story
66 | WRE Update | PROJECT
of Arabi Sling, a rigging company located in Arabi, Louisiana, who
was devastated in the wake of Katrina, but has battled back against 69 | Advertiser’s Index
all odds to bring their company and homes back to life. 70 | Rigger’s Corner

[WRE Catalog Guide] ON THE COVER:

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Hercules SLR Grows
IMP Group International Inc. is stepping
away from the marine products and service
company that entrepreneur Ken Rowe
launched his business empire with about 40
years ago.
Hercules SLR Inc., a privately held
firm located in Dartmouth’s Burnside Park,
confirmed Friday that it has purchased all the
assets of IMP Marine Division.
“We look forward to leveraging the
strengths of both companies in order to grow,”
said Hercules president Chris Giannou.
Hercules is a marine engineering and
services business that operates throughout
Atlantic Canada. The company also operates
in Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada.
Details of the transaction, which closed
on March 31, were not released.
IMP Group indicated only that the
transaction had occurred.
As part of the purchase deal, Giannou
said Hercules agreed to offer employment to
all active employees of IMP Marine. He said
all IMP Marine Division employees accepted
the job offer. It was unclear exactly how
many employees were involved.
“We plan to continue to operate all 10
(IMP Marine) locations,” said Giannou.
Hercules SLR was formerly known as
Bridgeport Wire Rope & Chain. Hercules
SLR has 11 shops throughout 6 provinces.
With over 200 employees, Hercules SLR
specializes in marine equipment and
apparatus for securing, lifting and rigging.
IMP Group International Inc. employs
about 3,500 people in a variety of sectors
including aerospace, aviation, airline,
healthcare, information technology,
hospitality and property development.
Rowe is listed as the company’s executive
chairman while Stephen Plummer is listed as
president and chief executive officer.
HALO and Gaylin Merge
Late 2010, by merger of two great forces,
Halo, LLC of Louisiana, Gaylin (USA)
PTE, Ltd. of Singapore, the formation of
Halo Wire Rope, LLC is official. Halo,
LLC is a supplier of wire rope and rigging
hardware to the marine industry, and offers
testing, inspection, and training services to
keep “LIFE FIRST”.
Gaylin International is a 36 year old
company that is now lead by its Managing
Director/ CEO, Desmond Teo. He and
the Teo family have steadily grown Gaylin
through a basic philosophy of enhanced
capabilities, product innovation, and strong
relationships with customers and suppliers.
With a great friendship and unwavering
mutual respect, it was only a matter of
time before Ken Ragusa and Desmond Teo
figured out a way to better this industry
for the future. “Gaylin is currently the
premier rigging shop in the world with great
strength, experience, a strong reputation and
capabilities that are unmatched. Halo, LLC
has lead the way in setting new industry
standards in order to bring workers back home
safely to their families. We are now combining
our experience and beliefs to improve this
industry worldwide,” says Ken Ragusa, Halo
Wire Rope, LLC, President / CEO.
Together they will form HALO Wire
Rope, LLC. While HALO Wire Rope LLC
is strategically located in Houma and Port
Fourchon Louisiana, it plans to expand
facilities worldwide in the near future. It is the
mission of HALO Wire Rope LLC, to bring
its message of “LIFE FIRST”, global and
make its mark on the Oil and Gas industry.
HALO Wire Rope, LLC has fully
operational rigging shops with an
unprecedented inventory of small and large
diameter wire ropes up to 6” in diameter
and rigging hardware of all sizes and pull-
testing capabilities to 3 million pounds.
Halo Wire Rope, LLC is here to fulfill
the oil and gas industry’s rigging needs no
matter how large or small.
InterMoor Celebrates Grand Opening of New
Morgan City Facility
InterMoor Inc., an Acteon company,
celebrated
the grand
opening of its
new state‐of‐
the‐art facility
in Morgan
City, La. on
March 24 with a ribbon cutting ceremony
and reception that included tours of the
facility.Tim Matte, Mayor of Morgan City,
Mac Wade, Morgan City Port Commis-
sioner, and Louisiana Economic Develop-
ment Association (LEDA) representative,
Don Pearson all served as keynote speakers
at the ceremony that attracted more than
300 guests.
“The opening of this facility was a long
time coming – nearly 14 months,” said
President Tom Fulton. “But the hard work
was well worth it as we have already landed
fabrication projects that would not have been
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possible in the old facility.”
The choice to keep InterMoor offices in
Louisiana will allow the company to retain
more than 200 jobs and facilitate future
growth. LEDA estimates that the facility will
generate more than $49 million in new state
tax revenues and more than $35 million in
local tax revenues over a 15‐year period.
The 24 acre facility houses the offices of
administrative, maintenance, operations and
fabrication employees. Amenities include
more than 30,000‐sq‐ft of fabrication space;
mooring storage capabilities; a 12,000‐sq‐ft
multi‐purpose building for administrative
and operations employees; a 7,500‐sq‐ft wire
doping area to inspect, protect and prepare
wire rope for offshore jobs; and a state‐of‐
the‐art 20,000‐sq‐ft
blasting and painting facility. Equipment
includes a high‐tech CNC cutting machine,
mooring equipment; and a 300‐ton crane to
enhance docking services.
InterMoor is the leading global mooring,
foundations and subsea services company,
providing innovative solutions for rig
moves, mooring services and offshore
operations including engineering and
design, survey and positioning, fabrication
and subsea installation.
Unitex Group U.S.A. Announce Grand Opening of
New Facility
Unitex Group U.S.A. recently held its official
grand opening at their new facility in Pied-
mont, SC. Unitex Group U.S.A. is a mem-
ber of the Unitex Group, an international
manufacturing, marketing and distributor
of lifting products.
Jim Posa, CEO of Unitex Group U.S.A.,
commented of their grand opening, “We
believe the North American lifting industry
is poised for continued growth and Unitex
Group, as an international organization, was
looking for an area in the U.S. that had a
supportive community and state as well as a
skilled workforce for its first manufacturing
operations in the U.S. We are looking
forward to growing our business well beyond
the initial five-year projections as we bring in
new technologies and develop new markets
beyond the synthetic lifting areas.”
Unitex U.S.A. provides solutions to
the lifting industry with superior customer
service and a unique product line consisting
of nylon / polyester webbing and finished
products, Their products also includes round
slings, web slings, tie-downs, protective
sleeves, and their unique finished products
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such as specialty SuperTechlonTM and high-
performance ULTRALIFTTM round slings
and Unifixx one-way lashings.
Coming soon, Unitex U.S.A. will be
supplying and manufacturing more products
from the worldwide portfolio of the Unitex
Group. To learn more about Unitex U.S.A.
product line, visit their new website at
www.unitexusa.net.
The Next Generation for the Wire Rope Exchange
What started out in 1985 as a simple idea to
create a newsletter that would promote and
serve the wire rope industry has, in recent
years, evolved to become a leading resource
for news, information, corporate profiles and
mass merchandising across a multitude of
related industries.
In May of this year, The Wire Rope
Exchange (WRE) will reach yet another
milestone under the guiding hand and vision
of its new owner, Melissa Hood.
In its infancy, the WRE established a new
outlet for multiple distributors to promote
and sell their products to a specifically
targeted market. From its roots as a printed
publication distributed bimonthly, eight
years later in 1993, the WRE became the
first online marketplace for wire companies
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opening a new buy/sell Internet venue
for the rigging industry. The online store,
wireropeexchange.com, quickly became an
opportune resource where distributors could
24/7 list, connect and move excess inventory.
WRE founder, Pat Poe, has a vast
experience in the lifting industry dating
back to 1979 when he started Cumberland
Sales Company (CSC) in Nashville, TN.
From its early start in the wire rope industry,
CSC has grown to become more than an
industrial wire and hardware company to
today manufacturing a top rated equipment
line featuring the popular winding machines
including the tough load-built take-up
machines from the TU5000 to the TU
60,000. For Poe, his creation of the WRE
was a natural spin-off for CSC.
In 2006, Poe’s daughter, Melissa Hood
assumed the reins as editor of the WRE.
The original focus of the newsletter was
to provide and promote a marketplace
for overstocked products. With a degree
in communications from Wake Forest
University, Hood quickly expanded the
popular international sales magazine’s
circulation and distribution beyond the wire
rope and fabrication field into the related
rigging, lifting, load securing and fitting
industries worldwide. The Magazine has
grown to become the number-one-desk-
top resource for not only products but also
the latest industry news, business profiles,
innovation and safety announcements,
company postings and trade show updates.
In May, Hood will complete the
purchase of the Wire Rope Exchange from
Poe. Her future plans for WRE include a
new Wire Rope Exchange website offering
additional resources along with the ability to
market products and services and interface
companies in the wire, crane and rigging
industry. The magazine will also undergo a
facelift with a new logo and a more modern
appearance.
According to Hood, “I am proud of this
opportunity to follow in my father’s footsteps
and carry on his legacy of ‘promoting the
industry to sell within the industry’”.
DNV 2.7-3 Certification Issued For IWOCS Reel
Drop Test
Radoil, Inc. an ISO 9001:2008 design
and manufacturing company is pleased to
announce that it has received DNV 2.7-3
Certification for the successful Drop Test
that was completed on a newly designed
IWOCSreel.

The DNV Drop Test involved loading
the 120”W x 227”L x 138.5”H reel frame
with 62,619 pounds (28,403.5 kg) of weight
and dropping it 2.75 inches onto one corner.
The frame’s load path welds were mag-particle
and ultrasound tested pre and post drop
for any failures and the frame dimensions
were re-inspected to make sure no structural
damage or distortion had occurred. The test
was performed in front of DNV and customer
inspectors and passed successfully.
As deepwater drilling and production
work has become more sophisticated and
expensive Radoil has become one of the
world’s primary suppliers of deepwater
reels. For working rigs in 12,000 feet of
water 150 miles from the nearest land, tools
and equipment must be as dependable as
possible. Radoil designs, constructs and tests
its equipment to the highest standards.
Radoil has had a longstanding
relationship with DNV and has several
products that have received DNV Type
Approval. Our IWOCS, MUX and Hotline
reels are built and tested to be very sturdy
and reliable they also include several patented
features that make them the preferred reels.
Spare parts kits are available so the reels
can be readily maintained in the field. Per
customer request, Radoil will design reels
that can be operated locally at the reel, or
from a remote control panel or both. Control
panels can be configured to operate as many
reels from one station as requested.
Radoil, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is
based in Houston, Texas. As of January 14,
2010, the company operates as a subsidiary
of Tulsa Power, Inc.
Bridon to Open State-of-the-Art Facility in UK
International wire & rope manufacturer
Bridon will be bringing a state-of-the-art fac-
tory to Tyneside, UK.
Jon Templeman, the Chief Executive of
the Bridon Group, announced the decision
alongside Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
late April, at Bridon’s nearby Willington
Quay facility.
The Neptune Energy Park, based on the
river Tyne in Newcastle, was chosen as the
final location for the plant due to the strong
existing skills-base in the area, ongoing
lower logistical costs, and a significant grant
from the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) in
the UK. Subject to standard due diligence
conducted by the RGF, the facility is planned
to be operational from October 2012
The factory will produce multi-strand
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ropes that are
the largest and
most complex
in the world,
with piece
weights of up
to 600 tons.
The ropes
will be used
in projects in
some of the
most difficult transportation, waste and recycling.
environments in the world. Trail King has been responsible for
The new facility will enable Bridon to numerous innovations. Among the most
manufacture innovative next generation notable of these was the development of
specialist ropes, to meet increasingly what many at the time considered the best
demanding challenges within the energy, hydraulic detachable gooseneck in the
mining and industrial sectors. The facility is industry – a system that made hooking
set to advance the company’s position as a up and unhooking a simple, one-person
global technology leader. “60-second connection.”
When presenting the award, SC&RA
Thomsen Honored and SC&RA Elects Slate of Chairman Bill Stramer characterized
Officers for 2011-2012 Gordon Thomsen as an innovative pioneer
Gordon Thomsen was named the 11th and a consumate salesman, known for
recipient of SC&RA’s Gold Achievement saying, “Nothing happens until someone
Award during closing night ceremonies at the sells something.
Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association “Our winner, while growing his
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del Coronado, San Diego,
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and the SC&RA Foundation through
active participation,” said Stramer. “He
has contributed time, sponsorships,
energy, passion, humor and, perhaps
most importantly, he has influenced and
inspired many of us in this room in many
positive ways.”
Thomsen and his family remained active
in the company after selling it to Carlisle
Companies, Inc., in 1995. The company was
purchased by CC Industries, Inc., the holding
and management firm of Henry Crown and
Company, in 2010. Many long-time Trail
King employees continue to work within the
company, operating with the same sense of
pride and quality commitment that Gordon
Thomsen instilled in them years back.
Among the other honors Thomsen
has earned over the years are Small
Business Person of the Year, Small Business
Administration’s Exporter of the Year and
South Dakotan of the Year. His son, Jerry,
served as SC&RA President in 2005-2006.
Also During the Specialized Carriers
& Rigging Association (SC&RA) Annual
Conference, David Lowry, Bennett
International Group, McDonough, Ga. was
elected as President.
Samson And SWOS Work With Technip to De-
velop a Synthetic Heavy Lift Sling Solution
Samson high-performance synthetic slings
helped Technip install subsea hardware at
Petrobras’ Cascade & Chinook project.
Installing two pumping stations and
two manifolds at Petrobras’s Cascade and
Chinook fields in the Gulf of Mexico at
depths in excess of 2,500m was accomplished
with a “wet handshake” and the assistance
of Samson’s AmSteel-Blue fabricated into
lifting slings for the operation. Technip
was the contractor, and Deep Blue was the
installation vessel used during the deepwater
installation. The project is among the
deepest subsea installations in the Gulf
of Mexico, and marks the first use of an
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FPSO in U.S. waters. While formulating
installation procedures, Southwest Ocean
Services (SWOS) and Samson’s offshore
technical sales team were in contact with the
operations and installation team at Technip,
who intended to use the wet handshake
technique to transfer loads from Deep Blue’s
overboard crane to the A&R winch in the
moonpool to the seafloor. Since the handshake
was to be accomplished with ROV’s, the use
of wire rope slings would have presented many
rigging and handling issues due to the weight
and stiffness of the wire.
SWOS worked with Technip’s design
team to develop a synthetic solution, not
only for the sling, but also for the custom
chafing gear and the project specific ROV
handling slings.
Samson’s AmSteel-Blue, a high-strength,
lightweight Dyneema fiber rope was used to
fabricate the slings. AmSteel-Blue is as strong
as wire ropes the same size, yet is neutrally
buoyant or slightly positive in seawater,
making handling by ROV a simple matter
requiring a minimum of power.
Southwest Ocean Services, a Samson
master distributor located in Houston,
Texas, fabricated the slings to Technip’s
specifications from existing stock. The
3.625-in. (88-mm) diameter AmSteel-Blue
was spliced into grommets 50m in length.
Both eyes of each sling were fitted with
Samson’s DC Gard high-performance chafe
gear, equipped with two small-diameter
ROV handling grommets made from .5-in.
Samson Quik-Splice, and a polypropylene
rod inserted into the eye section of each small
grommet. This resulted in a rigid eye section
with positive buoyancy perfect for capture by
the manipulation arms of an ROV. At total
of 16 slings rated at 190-metric-ton working
loads were fabricated and tested for the
installation of four hardware packages and
four suction piles.
At the time of the installation, the subsea
hardware arrived via barge, with each of the
hardware packages and suction piles pre-
fitted with two high-performance synthetic
slings. Deep Blue’s 400-metric-ton outboard
crane was used to lift the hardware packages
using one of the two attached slings. The
hardware was lowered to 100m, where an
ROV captured a special grommet attached to
the second lifting sling and ferried the eye of
the sling to the hook of Deep Blue’s moonpool
A&R winch. With the load transferred to
the A&R winch, the sling was freed from the
hook of the outboard crane and the hardware
lowered to the seafloor for installation. The
wet handshake was complete.
Kito Corporation Assists Japan
Japanese crane manufacturer Kito Corpora-
tion is donating JPY20m to a relief fund for
victims of the earthquake that devastated
northeast of Japan last month.
Employees of the firm, who were all
fortunately unharmed, have also contributed
to the JPY20m sum.
The donation will be used by the
Japanese Red Cross Society to fund relief
efforts by charity organisations at work in
the country.
Kito Corporation expects the disaster
to have a minimal effect on its business
performance this year, despite disruption
caused by the rolling energy blackouts imposed
by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry in the aftermath of the tragedy.
The company reports that operations at
its headquarters and main production facility
in Yamanashi are largely unaffected.
OTC Reaches Highest Attendance and Largest
Exhibition Since 1982
Attendance at the 2011 Offshore Technology
Conference (OTC) reached a 29-year high of
78,150, up 8% from last year, as offshore en-
ergy industry experts from around the world
came together at the world’s largest event for
offshore resources development. OTC was
held 2-5 May at Reliant Park in Houston.
Attendance surpassed the 2010 total of
72,025, and the sold-out exhibition was the
largest since 1982 at 603,000 square feet,
up from 568,000 square feet in 2010. New
this year was the OTC Parkway spanning
from Reliant Center to Reliant Arena, which
increased the outdoor exhibition space.
The event had 2,520 companies from 40
countries, including 306 new exhibitors in
2011, and added exhibitors from Egypt,
Hong Kong, Indonesia and the Philippines.
“The outstanding attendance underscores
that OTC is the show to attend, and
reflects the economic recovery as well as
the importance of global offshore resource
development in meeting world energy
demand. This is an industry that rises to
and meets incredible challenges, and the
best minds from around the world come
together at OTC to share our knowledge,
to learn about technological advances and
innovative approaches, to solve problems
and to discuss important issues that affect
the entire planet,” said Susan Cunningham,

2011 OTC chairman.
This year’s event offered one of the
strongest technical programs ever with
speakers from every major global producing
area. A primary focus of the conference
was the impact on deepwater drilling of the
Macondo accident in the Gulf of Mexico,
with 11 sessions presenting government and
energy leaders discussing the lessons learned to
take forward across the globe. OTC’s Spotlight
on New Technology program highlighted
15 innovative technologies that are already
making the industry more effective.
OTC continues to grow with two new
conferences being held in 2011. The OTC
Arctic Technology Conference was held
in February in Houston, focusing on both
offshore and onshore technology for Arctic
exploration and development. OTC Brasil,
focusing on global deepwater projects with
a special emphasis on Brazil, will be held in
Rio de Janeiro in October, and is attracting
strong exhibitor interest.
The 2012 OTC takes place 30 April-3
May 2012 at Reliant Park.
URS Energy and Construction Named Nation’s
Safest Construction Company in 2010
URS Energy and Construction of Boise,
Idaho was named the nation’s safest construc-
tion company in 2010 by the Associated
General Contractors of America. The associa-
tion, which oversees the Construction Safety
Excellence Awards, an annual ranking of
construction safety programs, noted that 38
other companies were selected as winners for
the quality of their safety programs.
“For the construction industry, protecting
employees is a top priority,” said Ted
Aadland, the association’s past president and
the CEO of Portland, Oregon-based Aadland
Evans Constructors, Inc. “Completed
projects don’t mean anything if worker safety
is compromised.”
Aadland said URS Energy and
Construction was selected as this year’s
Grand Prize winner because of its strong
commitment to safety. He noted that the
company was dedicated to the development
and implementation of premier safety and
[INDUSTRY NEWS]
loss prevention programs. The company
presented outstanding leadership in safety
and occupation health management, risk
control, safety training, work site hazard
identification and control, and safety
program innovation, Aadland added.
Aadland noted that there are multiple
winners because the awards are distributed
for a number of categories, based on the
size of the company, the amount of work
performed and the type of work performed.
He added that the Construction Safety
Excellence Award winners are selected
by a panel of five independent safety
professionals within the government,
corporate and insurance industries. Final
judging for the awards program took place
during last week’s annual convention for the
contractors’ association. y
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Hope rAiSing

( A fAmily – and a fAmily business –

endure Hurricane Katrina.
written by Joe nolAn
)
ArAbi Sling & rigging CompAny, inC. traces its beginnings to the
garage behind the home of louis H. Flores Jr. and maxine Flores in Arabi,
louisiana. Arabi is situated on the East bank of the mississippi river in St.
bernard parish, next to the lower 9th Ward in new orleans.

Weeks after Hurricane Katrina,
Arabi Sling and Rigging was finally
able to begin sorting through the
mess left behind from the storm.
Louis had worked in the wire and rigging business since the age of
fifteen, and when he started his company in 1972, he was already
employed as a supervisor with a local firm. For the next six years he
grew his business one client at a time, coming home from a long day’s
work, sitting down for a meal and then excusing himself to the garage
where he would fill the latest orders and working well into the night.
With the help of his wife and kids, the work was finished on time
each day and the company grew.
By 1978, Arabi Sling & Rigging was beginning to push beyond
the confines of the Flores family’s overcrowded garage. A move
needed to be made and the company found a new home when it
opened for business at 6609 N. Robertson. This cavernous space
was a far cry from the tiny garage and it was clear that Arabi Sling &
Rigging had arrived. However, by 1985, the once-tiny company had
outgrown that warehouse space and a second, connected building
was added. The added structure brought the company’s workspace
to nearly 9000 square feet. During this time the business continued
to grow and the addition of a round sling machine kept Arabi Sling

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This is the line to get
into Wal-Mart a few A deep layer of mud and debris
days after Katrina was left after the storm.
& Rigging moving forward and continuing to diversify
the offerings it provided to its clientele.
When Louis H. Flores Jr. died in June of 2001, his
wife Maxine and his children who had originally helped
out in the old garage stepped forward to assume the reins
of the company. Today, Louis’ son Louis H. Flores III is
the company’s President, his daughter Nancy Guy is the
Vice President and another daughter Holly Donnelly is
the company’s Secretary.
Having kept their family company moving forward into
the new millennium, the folks at Arabi Sling & Rigging had
every reason to feel proud and to be optimistic about the
future. But, like most of their neighbors, they didn’t know
how badly they’d need both those personality traits in the
days ahead of them. While residents of New Orleans and
the Gulf Coast are used to enduring the arrival of hurricane
season, 2005 proved to be far more challenging than anyone
could ever imagine.
While Arabi Sling and Rigging’s
building was structurally sound,
the interior was ruined and little,
if anything, was salvageable.
On Tuesday, August 23 The National Hurricane Center
in Miami, Florida reported a tropical storm system. The next
day the storm’s winds reached 40 miles an hour and it was
given the name Katrina. By Thursday, it had nearly doubled
its velocity and Katrina was a classified a hurricane. After
coming ashore on the southeastern coast of Florida, the
storm moved into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico
where it picked up strength. Louisiana Governor Kathleen
Blanco declared a state of emergency.
By the early morning of Saturday, August 27 Katrina
had become a Category 3 hurricane with winds that reached
115 miles an hour. “It was certainly very strong and also
very large,” remembers Chris Landsea, a meteorologist at
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who
flew into the hurricane to take readings of the storm. “When
we were flying into it Saturday, its circulation covered the
entire Gulf of Mexico.”
While many folks packed and left immediately,
many others stayed behind. Some refused to leave for
economic reasons, some were stranded without means of
transportation to leave, while others chose to stay with
their homes and possessions - feeling the threat of damage
or loss to their property was worse than the threat of harm
to themselves.
Nancy Guy and her family evacuated to Lake Charles.
When they left they had no idea that they’d be gone for
months on end, and a second storm – Hurricane Rita –
WIRe ROPe eXCHanGe May-June 2011 15
 (
Nancy Guy, Louis Flores III and Holly Donnelly stand with the
Arabi Team in front of their newly restored building.
nancy Guy: “you live somewhere your whole life and
you know everyone around you and everything around
you. you’re established somewhere and then someone
pulls the rug out from under you.”
would hit the gulf before Guy and her family would be
allowed to return to New Orleans.
Holly Donnelly’s husband was out of country and she
was at home with three high school and college-age kids.
Like many people in her neighborhood, they had stayed
until the last minute. “My neighbor called at six in the
morning and said she was going to leave. We had some
stuff packed, and when the boys got up we left. It was
around noon on Sunday.” On the way out of town,
Donnelly also picked up her 95-year-old aunt who was
living in the same neighborhood.
By Sunday, August 28, Katrina’s winds were rotating
near 150 miles an hour. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
issued an evacuation notice and tens of thousands of
residents left the city, assuming they’d be back in a
few days once the winds died and the skies cleared. By
late Sunday evening, thousands of residents who could
16 May-June 2011 WIRe ROPe eXCHanGe
not or would not evacuate, sought shelter in
the Louisiana Superdome.
Many Americans went to bed on Sunday night
assured that all would be relatively well in the Crescent
City. The worst of the storm was projected to miss the
city - and it did; first making landfall in Plaquemines
Parish, but then bouncing past New Orleans to Slidell,
Louisiana to the northeast. The worst of the storm
slammed into Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi, almost
completely destroying both cities.
For New Orleans, what came next wasn’t a natural
disaster, it was a man-made disaster. While studies
at Louisiana State University predicted flooding in
New Orleans, LSU’s storm-surge models assumed
that the city’s defenses would remain intact, buffering
it from the worst of the storm. Following this storm,
flood researchers have suggested that as many as
30 breaches occurred in the levees on Monday, August
29, 2005.
By dawn the west side of the MR-GO levee in St.
Bernard Parish began to crumble. When a surge of water
reached the Industrial Canal at 6:50 A.M. it broke up
and spilled over the levees and floodwalls on both sides,
flooding into the Lower 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish.
In less than an hour, the I-wall and levee on the east side
of the southern end of the Industrial Canal breached,
sending a catastrophic wave of water into the Lower 9th
Ward; flattening houses, tossing cars and killing people
as it swept into neighborhoods in Arabi and the rest of
St. Bernard Parish.
“Katrina was so bad the government wouldn’t let us
back in. It was like a Third World country. There was no
electricity. You couldn’t even hear birds chirping,” explains
Guy through a sadness that is still palpable in her voice six
years after the storm. “Personally, myself, I couldn’t believe it.
When you saw it on TV you didn’t know how bad it was.”
Donnelly, her family and her aunt were staying with
relatives in Baton Rouge when they saw the first images
of the devastation on television. “Everybody was worried
about the little things they’d lost. At the last minute
Louis III with his wife,
Trudy, and children:
Louis IV (oldest),
Madeline (oldest daughter)
and Margo.
before we left, my daughter had picked up a box of
pictures off the wall.”
While the family’s homes and the business remained
under water, they were all forced to keep their lives going as
best they could. Guy’s husband worked for an oil company
that kept their people working and provided transportation
and assistance to their employees after the flood. Donnelly’s
husband worked for a phone company. “My husband
was going back and forth from Baton rouge,” she explains,
“but you still couldn’t go through the neighborhoods. You
couldn’t just go in and out.”
Nancy Guy’s family eventually settled into a trailer on a
friend’s property as they began the clean-up process on their
home and business. Holly and her family and aunt moved
from Baton Rouge to a friend’s house for one month before
buying a new place to call home while they began to sift
through what Katrina had left behind.
“It was like there had been a whirlpool in our house,”
remembers Guy about seeing their home for the first time
after the storm. A harrowing measure of what the house
had gone through came with the discovery that the fall
from a piano (the part that covers the keys) in their first
floor living room had come to rest on the second floor at
the opposite end of the house.
In addition to the water wreckage, the flood water itself
was filled with other hazards. “It was a lot of water and a
lot of chemicals too,” explains Guy. “Everybody’s gasoline
spilled out of their garage; everybody’s cleaning chemicals
from beneath their sink was added to the mix.” Donnelly’s
home - near a refinery - had also been hit by more than just
a wave of water. “Down by me is where the oil came in….
The oil went all over our area.”
When Donnelly first inspected her home she was
shocked. “When we went into the house there was a foot
of mud and water in the whole house – like paving cement
before it gets hard,” she remembers. Coming back to such
devastation was an overwhelming prospect for all of New
Orleans’ flood victims, but Guy and Donnelly both found
strength in caring for those closest to them. “You start at the
front door and you scoop and you wheelbarrow and you
work it out,” explains Donnelly. “Thankfully, I still had my
family with me. We had to deal with it.”
Louis and his family went from a 5000 plus square ft
home to a 1900 square ft home. His children were almost
7, 5 & 3 years old. Louis states, “Getting the kids back in
school was a top priority. Children have even a harder time
understanding what is happening.”
Along with trying to clean and renovate their homes,
there was still a lot of work to be done to get Arabi Sling
& Rigging back on its feet. All of their employees were
scattered in different parts of the country and they had also
lost their homes. Most employees were from St. Bernard
Parish. Only some of the employees were able to make it
back to work at Arabi Sling and they are still with them
today. “We are grateful for them,” Donnelly said.
A shortage in manpower was not the only hurdle in
getting the business up and running again, “Anything you
needed was not easy to come by because everyone was in the
same situation.” Donnelly notes, “Even big chain stores like
Wal-Mart had limited opening hours because of limited staff
as well as limited items on the shelf. Most of the time, to get
something you needed, you had to wait in a long line - in
the heat. If you had a list of five things to do in a day, you
might get two or three partially done.” In this environment
of need vs. shortage, Arabi Sling and Rigging realized they
needed to keep their customers supplied. Although it was
very hard with only a handful of employees, the few they
had were dedicated and worked extremely long hours to
support their customers and bring the business back.
While the Flores extended family began the clean-up
process, they weren’t left to fend for themselves. Offers from
long-time clients and friends in the business found the
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 Left to Right, Holly Donnelly with her family: son, Travis Donnelly
(
Nancy, her husband Wayne, younger with his wife Vita; Holly Donnelly; daughter, Emily Donnelly;
daughter Meridith, and Mary Donnelly’s husband, Dean; son, Dustin Donnelly with his wife, Abby.
Holly Donnelly: “there are so many stories and each
person had so much to deal with on a personal level
as well as get back to work and earn a living for your
family. you cried a lot and laughed when you could.
you were not alone with what you were dealing with.”
company temporarily relocating to a different warehouse
facility. The move was made possible when another
company sent trucks, equipment and drivers to help the
Arabi Sling and Rigging as they recovered from the disaster.
As Guy recalls “We tried to set things up so we could at
least function - even at a low level.”
What followed was months of hard work to make homes
livable and make the company vital again. In addition to the
water and mud, the rebuilding process involved a jungle of
red tape and exacerbating creditors and insurance companies
that Guy describes simply as a nightmare. “I would be
on the phone daily. I was like ‘Can you understand the
situation? Have you watched the TV?’”
However, along the way, joyous discoveries buoyed
spirits and gave the entire family hope that all had not been
lost to the storm. “My little girl had made a paper sign that
says ‘God protects his people,’” remembers Guy through
another surge of emotions. “That paper was miraculously
still there right where we left it.” Donnelly was convinced
that the pictures her daughter had grabbed before the
evacuation were the only keepsakes she would still have.
“Everybody has stories of weird things that happened,” she
recalls. “I had this cabinet that all the pictures of my babies
were in. Because it was so well made it floated! There was
stuff in that cabinet that was still dry!”
18 May-June 2011 WIRe ROPe eXCHanGe
Nancy Guy and her family were eventually able to buy
a new home and Holly Donnelly’s recently married son is
living in their re-built house while her aunt and mother
are still living with her at the place they bought after
returning for the clean up. Arabi Sling & Rigging is back
in business in the same location where Louis H. Flores Jr.
and Maxine Flores had achieved some of the company’s
greatest successes.
A visit to the company’s web site finds Arabi’ to be a
diverse supplier, offering a wide variety of slings, nets,
tiedowns and wire rope as well as specialty equipment
for marine projects. Among recent clients, the company
provided support for the movie The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button, an Academy Award winning film
that was shot in New Orleans. The movie ends with
the rising waters Hurricane Katrina, but, for the family
of Louis H. Flores Jr. and the company he founded,
life goes on. “You just keep trying,” offers Guy. “You
live somewhere your whole life and you know everyone
around you and everything around you. You’re
established somewhere and then someone pulls the
rug out from under you.” Asked when she first felt
that things were back to normal, she laughed saying
“We’re still trying to get there. It’s like we started all
over again.” y
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SKYAMBITIONS
HIGH
Photo courtesy of Marina Bay Sands
The Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Sands
SkyPark turned out to be even better than
anyone could have imagined it would be.
Well, okay, maybe except for Sheldon Adelson
and Safdie Architects, who worked on the
project. One look at the architecture of the
building and it is clear to see that this was
a task of monumental proportion! It is one
that took a massive amount of resources,
ingenuity, and teamwork. Together they pulled
it off and gave the rest of the world something
to talk about for years to come!
The massive, eye-stunning Marina
Bay Sands Hotel and Sands SkyPark
is more than 9 million square feet
and cost $5.7 billion to develop.
BY J. BODNAR
Sheldon Adelson, billionaire businessman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., had a dream, and it
went well beyond the Las Vegas Sands. His dream took him out of the Nevada desert and into the
bustling city of Singapore, halfway around the world. He wanted to build not only the largest casino
in the world, but one whose architecture would stop people in their tracks. And that’s exactly what he
did, because what was built was a masterpiece that includes one of the largest cantilevers in the world!
THE PARK IN THE SKY
Without a doubt, the most incredible feat of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel is the Sands SkyPark,
which is literally a massive park at the height of 200 meters, on top of three hotel towers covering 12,400
meters with a maximum width of 40 meters.
According to Moshe Safdie of Safdie Architects, the concept for the SkyPark came about through a
space issue and consequential solution. Once the footprint of the building was laid out on site, the com-
plex still lacked the space required for recreational facilities like swimming pools, gardens and jogging
paths. Hence Safdie’s the idea of lifting up the entire recreation zone by creating a three-acre SkyPark.
While initially the Skypark was planned to be limited to the footprint offered by the three towers
put together, after consultations with a feng shui expert, the design team decided to cantilever 66.5
metres of the park off the north tower of the casino-resort complex.
To put the SkyPark in perspective, the gigantic deck could house three football fields. With an over-
all length of 340 meters, you could park 4 ½ A380 Jet Airplanes end to end atop the garden structure.
The SkyPark took an enormous amount of skill to build and makes the hotel not only look unique, but
provides a magnificent space that only a superbly skilled architect and construction crew could pull off.
The SkyPark masterpiece is decked out with lush landscaping that includes gardens, 250 trees, and
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 During the construction phase of the hotel, the
crew set a record by building a new floor every
four days, which is the fastest ever for such a large
project in Singapore. • One of the main SkyPark
attractions is the massive 150-meter swimming
pool, which is the largest elevated outdoor
swimming pool in the world. Swimmers enjoy a
spectacular view of the city as they swim along
the 150-meter long infinity edge. Combined, the
3 swimming pools contain 1.424 million liters of
water and contain 254,000 tiles.

Perhaps their toughest obstacle was determining how

to hoist the massive 7000-ton structure from the ground
to its new elevation of 200 meters above the city.

650 plants. The larger trees have stainless steel cable at the root balls, tied to precast blocks, to The SkyPark Hull cladding consists of composite
keep them in place. The SkyPark has an observation deck that can accommodate hundreds at aluminum paneling on Aluminum extrusions/runners.
a time, an executive club lounge, a Chocolate Bar, and highly acclaimed restaurants. There are approximately 2 million pieces of various fix-
ings, i.e., s/s rivets, screws, bolts and nuts in the SkyPark
SkyPark Ingenuity Hull cladding system, which has an area of 14,500 m2,
The most complex and challenging aspect of building the Marina Bay Sands Hotel was that of the and this equates to 9456 panels. The length of aluminum
SkyPark. Architects were faced with numerous challenges when they set out to design and build extrusions used is 62,500 meters (62km), and the esti-
this magnificent structure. mated weight of the Hull cladding system is 350 tons.
Perhaps their toughest obstacle was determining how to hoist the massive 7000-ton structure from
the ground to its new elevation of 200 meters above the city. To accomplish this impressive task, the up in the air
team employed a computer-controlled lifting device, which consisted of a series of strand jacks, which The numbers involved in what it took to build
were mounted on giant temporary lifting gantries. The precision lifting system hoisted the heavy steel the Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Sands SkyPark are
structure into place. an accountants dream, coming in at a cool $5.7 bil-
Strand jacks have been used in the past to hoist bridge structures into place, erect oilrigs, and con- lion. The massive, eye-stunning hotel is over 9 mil-
struct power stations. However, the SkyPark project was the first strand jack lift of this magnitude. lion square feet. So just what does that amount of
The strand jack system incorporates a series of cables and hydraulic cylinders to raise the structure space include? The question, in the case of this hotel,
incrementally. The process is completed by expanding the hydraulic cylinders, clamping the load, is what doesn’t it include!
releasing the trailing end, contracting the cylinders, and then clamping the trailing end prior to start- The Marina Bay Sands Hotel is made up of three
ing the process over again. sloping towers that have straight legs. The legs each con-
To ensure there were no issues with the lift, the entire structure was pre-assembled offsite to nect at level 23 so that they form into a single building.
confirm the fit of the 14 individual mating components. The large bridge assembly and cantilever There was a lot of thought that went into every details
portion of the SkyPark were pre-assembled at the base of the Marina Bay Sands towers to eliminate of how this building was going to be constructed, with
as much “sky-high” assembly as possible. Each lift would take as long as 24 hours to complete from the Tower 1 slope as steep as 26 degrees. Because of the
start to finish. The entire lifting process would take 3 months considering the time to hoist the entire complexities that went into the design of this hotel, it is
structure, the hull cladding, an enormous swimming pool, the trees, and other building accessories. considered to be one of the most complex hotels that have
The second hurdle with a project of this magnitude was dealing with the influence of the wind. been built to date.
When handling a large structure at these high elevations, the affect of the wind would be substantially Each day after the hotel officially opened in June
magnified. To control the giant structure as it was hoisted, the construction team utilized a system of 2010, the visitor estimates were at about 25,000 per
cables to reduce the swinging during the lifting process. The team would monitor the wind condi- day. And not everyone that visits is pulling up a bed in
tions and speed prior to the initiation of each lift. one of the hotels 2,561 rooms. Many people who live
Architects for the SkyPark development focused on the effect of the wind when designing the right in Singapore are reported to visit regularly, paying
project. In consideration of guest comfort, the engineering team conducted a series of wind tunnel tests a monthly fee for use of the SkyPark.
to ascertain the effect of wind pressure on the overall structure. The data collected from the tests led to a Within the hotel, visitors will find everything they
façade, which was designed in such a way that it would reduce the impact of the wind. need for a great time, regardless of what that may include.

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To see the SkyPark is to have an appreciation for the amount
of work and skill that went into successfully completing
such a challenging project. Not only is it unique, but it is
amazing. And the views are unforgettable, even from the
hotel rooms, where people will get views of the city skyline,
as well as the South China Sea. Quite possibly, this is a place
that when people check in, they may not want to leave.

Sands SkyPark
The SkyPark is a cantilever that sits atop
the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. It is a tropical
oasis that is longer than the Eiffel Tower and
big enough to park 4.5 jumbo jets in it.
The SkyPark is 200 meters in the air and has
a lush landscaping, infinity pool, lounge,
restaurants, observation deck, etc.
The infinity pool is the largest outdoor pool at
such a height.
From the SkyPark, visitors can get a 360
degree view of the Singapore skyline.

by the numbers
The Marina Bay Sands Hotel consists of
three unique hotel towers. It has 2,561
rooms and suites, 55 floors, and 18 different
types of room clubs, and a 4,000-seat
theater. There are also 230 luxury suites,
which come with their own butler service and
give guests access to the VIP areas.
The hotel has sloping towers and straight
legs, with a slope as steep as 26 degrees.
It is considered one of the most complex
hotels ever built. During construction, a new
hotel floor was built every four days.
It is the biggest hotel in Singapore and
features the largest ballroom in South East
Asia. It includes a variety of top-notch
restaurants, shopping, entertainment outlets,
and a casino with over 1,000 gaming tables
and 1,400 slot machines. Meeting and expo
spaces can accommodate up to 10,000
people. Shopping on site includes over 300
retail stores, including top luxury names.

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49 CLIPS 56 SHACKLES 62 PRESS
49 EQUIPMENT 58 SHEAVES 63 SLINGS
50 HOOKS 58 SLEEVES 63 SWIVELS
51 LINKS 58 SOCKETS 63 WINCHES

What’s New Cortland Produces

World’s Largest 12 Strand Rope
Cortland, Anacortes, Washington, recently
produced the world’s largest 12-strand
rope for a European client, constructed on
the giant 12 strand braiding machine us-
ing Cortland’s patented Plasma® synthetic
fibre. This rope will be used to create an
enormous industrial lifting sling.
  This unique rope was created from
more than 52,000 individual Plasma®
strands using Cortland’s patented 12×12®
braiding technique. This exclusive braid-
ing process combines individual 12-braid-
ed ropes into a finished 12-strand rope
of exceptional strength and flexibility.
The finished size of this particular rope is
176mm with a minimum tensile strength
of 1845MT (Metric Tonnes).
  Despite the exceptional size, this rope
is 7 to 8 times lighter than a comparable
steel rope, yet is much easier to handle
and splice. The rope will be used in a
grommet configuration with an MBL ex-
ceeding 3044MT for heavy lift operations.
Cortland provides worldwide experience
in creating lightweight rope, slings, cables
and umbilicals to the oil and gas, heavy
marine, subsea, ROV, seismic, defense and
medical markets. Cortland is part of Actu-
ant Corporation (NYSE: ATU), a diversi-
fied industrial company with operations in
more than 30 countries.
  For more information, go to
www.cortlandcompany.com. y

What’s New LINCOln Hoist Adds rfid

Lincoln Hoist is introducing improved
new models that include RFID tags,
serialization,
and more visible
markings. These
benefits will be
made available
to customers
with no change
in prices.
  Regular inspection by a qualified
individual is one of the best ways to
prevent accidents using this, or most
any other tool used for lifting or pulling
heavy loads. RFID tags help reduce the
paperwork burden of performing and
maintaining those inspection records.
Lincoln Hoist’s newest improve-
ment embeds a small 8mm RFID chip
directly into the main hoist housing to
facilitate the task.
  In addition, Lincoln Hoist has reached
an agreement with Infochip Systems to
provide free inspection, certification and
tracking software**. This limited version
(for Lincoln Hoist products only) of the
widely used Infochip system is intended
to offer inspection and certification
report functions to smaller companies.
According to Lincoln president Dave
Hallen, “Large customers are requesting
the RFID tags more and more. They have
already discovered the benefits of using
RFID software systems to keep track of
fixed assets and to record inspection and
certification information.
  RFID technology enables customers
to quickly call up specific hoist informa-
tion by reading the data embedded in
the chip. They can then see pre-loaded
information regarding inspection
points, evaluate and record the various
attributes, create notes, and generate
inspection reports or certificates.
  Enhancements planned for the future
include the ability to have parts dia-
grams immediately available for quick
call-out of correct repair part numbers.
According to Hallen “It’s important to
understand that no other changes are
being made to our tried and tested
products. All of the internal workings
are identical to (and interchangeable
with) our older hoists. If you liked the
tools that we’ve built for the past 60
plus years, you will like these. You just
get new added functionality at no cost.”
** While the software license is free,
InfoChip software is web based (no
software to install) and so does require
a modest fee for setting up each new
customer.
  To learn more about Lincoln Hoist
and RFID, please visit their website:
www.lincolnhoist.com y

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 [INNOVATIONS]

Pioneering A New Building Technology

BRIDGE-IN-A-BACKPACK
After nearly a decade of working to develop its Bridge-in-a-Backpack
technology, Advanced Infrastructure Technologies and the University
of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has received
one of the highest honors in the engineering industry.
Brainchild of the Bridge-in-a-Backpack
concept and AEWC director Habib Dagher
was presented with the American Society of
Civil Engineers Charles Pankow Award for
innovation.
The Bridge-in-a-Backpack won in the
category for innovation after a unanimous
vote from a national review committee.
The Pankow award was established by the
American Society of Civil Engineers to rec-
ognize collaboration in innovative design,
materials used, and construction-related re-
search and development that transfers into
a practical application in the real world.
The Bridge-in-a-Backpack earned its
name from the materials that make up the
structural spine of the bridge. It’s not a
whole bridge in one bag — rather, it’s the
materials for one arch of a bridge that fit
into a hockey equipment-size duffel bag.
The fiber-reinforced polymer (composite)
tubes are relatively light and portable, and
could be transported to the construction
site in this manner.
During the construction phase, these
composite tubes, which typically measure
12 inches in diameter, are inflated and Royal River Bridge, Maine DOT
formed into arches. Using a vacuum pump,
the tubes are treated with an epoxy resin,
causing them to stiffen into shape; installed
several feet apart; and filled with concrete.
Covered with a composite deck form
topped with concrete and compacted soil,
the tubes can support a standard gravel-
and-asphalt roadway.
(bottom left) Filling the arches is equally simple and fast.
• (bottom right) Placement of the Lightweight Arches is
simple and can be done in one day, by hand or with the aid
of a small boom.
Photos courtesy of Advanced Infrastructure Technologies

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 [Innovations]
“When you do something that’s never been done before, to be
able to make a bridge essentially from a backpack, it changes
the way we build bridges.” Habib Dagher, AEWC Director
The first-ever structure completed using this technology
was the Neal Bridge in Pittsfield, Maine. Completed in
the fall of 2008 and replacing a 70-year-old structure,
the 34-foot-long, two-lane bridge is comprised of 23 of
these arches. A corrugated, fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP)
composite decking was installed on top; the head walls were
constructed with a FRP sheet pile system. Total cost of the
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“Once the foundations are
complete, an AIT arch bridge can
be completed in 21 days or less
in most cases.” Barry Raeburn,
Executive Vice President of AIT
bridge was roughly $600,000 — comparable to the cost of a
precast bridge.
The product is achieving rapid success, according to
Dagher, who said it is currently being used in seven bridges
in Maine. He also said that states such as Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, among others, will employ the technology
in bridge projects slated for this summer. Furthermore, he
said, talks are under way in countries as far
away as Saudi Arabia and Russia, where there
is an interest in using it.
“This award reinforces the positive
response we received from the marketplace
for our current bridge systems. Focusing
on sustainable infrastructure, our hybrid
composite-concrete bridge technology can
save money, reduce fabrication timelines,
lessen transportation costs, accelerate bridge
construction, and dramatically reduce
lifetime maintenance costs. In the field this
technology has proven to be a highly custom-
izable, safe, cost competitive bridge system.
We thank ASCE for recognizing our technol-
ogy with this prestigious award,” said Barry
Raeburn, Executive Vice President of AIT.
With over 45,000 structurally deficient
bridges in the U.S. alone, look for the
Bridge-in-a-Backpack system to gain popu-
larity in the coming years. y
Southwest Wire Rope, Houston,Texas
Authorized Distributor of “VIC-LOK”
Contact: David Sanborn
dsanborn@swwrinc.com
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      
      
      
      
       
      
      
      
      
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    
      
      
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             

      

      

             
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             

             

             

             
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             

             

             

             

             

             

             

             
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             
 
             
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             
       
       
             
      
      

      
             
      
      
       
             
      
             
      
             
      
      
       
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      
      
      
       

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

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      

             
      
             
      
      
      
             

             
      
             
       
      
             
      
             
       
             
      
             

      

     
             

      
            

             
      
             
       

             
       
             
       
       
       
             
      
      

      
             
      
             

             
      
      
      
             
      
      

       
             
      
             
 
      
       
      
      
      
      
      
       
      

       
      

       
      

      
      
       
      

      

      
       
      

      

      

      
      
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      

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      

      
      
             
  
             

             

             

             

             
      
             

      

     
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     
      
      
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
       
      
      
       
      
      
       
      

      
      
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      
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      

      

      

       

      

      

      

      

      
      
      
      
      
      
      
       
      
      
      
      
      
      
       
      
       
      
      
       
             
       
             
      
             
       
      
      
             
 
             
      
             
      
       
      
             

            
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      
      
      

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      

             
      
       
      
             
 
             
       
             
 
             

             
      
      

            
 
             
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             

             
 
      
     
      
      
      
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      

      
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
      
      

      
      

      
      
      
      

      
      

        
      

       
             

 
             
      
      

      
      

      
      

       
       
      
             
       
             

             
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             
       
             
      
             
      
      
      
             
      
       
      
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             
      
       
      
       
      
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            
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 
      
      
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      
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             
       
             
      
             
      
       
       
             
      
      
      
             
       
             

             

             
       
      

            
      
      
 
       
            
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       
      
      

      
     
      
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      
      
      

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      
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      
      
       
      
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            
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       
       
      

       
             

 
             
       
             
       
             
      
       
       
             

             
 
             
 
             
             
       
             
       
             
       
             
             
 
         
    
       
             
       
             
       
         
   
      

      
      

      
      
      
      

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      

       
             
       
       
      
      
            
       
       
      

             

      
            
      
      
      
      

      
      
      

      
      

      
      
      

      

     

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      
      
       
      
      
       
      
      
      
      
      
       
      

             
      
             
             
             
      

       
             
             

  

             
       
      
       
       
       
             
       
             
       
       
             
      
      
 
             
 
             
             
 
             
 
        
             
 
             
      
      

             
 
             

             
      
             
      

      
      
      

       
      
      

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      

             

             
       
             
             
       
             
      
             
 
             
 
             
      
             

             
             
       
      
 
      
      

             

  

             
      
 
             
      

      
             
             

             
       
      

       
      

       
            
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

      
      
      

      
      
        
      

      

      

        
      

        

      
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      
      
      
      
      
      

      
      
       
       
      
      
       
      
      
      

       
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      
      
      

      

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
      
      
       
      
      
      
      
      

      
      
             
             
             

      
     
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
             

             

      

     
      
      
       
      
       
      
      
      
       
       
       
      
       

             

             

             

             
 
             

             

             
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             
 
             

             

             

             
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             
 
             

             

             
 
             
 
             
 
             

             

             

             

             

             

             
 
             

             
 
            



      
      

      
      

      
      

      

      

      
      

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             
 
             
 
             

             
 
             
 
             

             
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      
 
             
 
       
      
       
      
      

            

             

             
 
             

             

             
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      
      
       
      
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      

            
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      
      
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      
      

       

      

       

      

      

      
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      
      

      

      
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      
      

      

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      

      

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      

      
      
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      
      
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      
      

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      
      
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      

      
      

      

      
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       
      

      
      
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      
      
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            
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            
 
            

            
      
        
            
 
            
 
            
       
      
       
      
      
       
      
            
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      
       
     
       

            
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 
            
 
            
     
       
     
         
   
     
       
     
            
     
       
     
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     
     
      
     
     
      
 


     
      
     
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     
     
      
 

     
      
 

     
      
     
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     
     

     

     
     

     
     
     

      

     

     

      
     
     

     
     


     
     


     
 
    
     
     

     
     

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      
     
     

 
           

  
   
     
           
     

     

     
      
      
     
     
      
     

      
     
     

     



     
     

      

      
     

      
     

 
      

 
           
 
           
     

      
     

 
      
     
 
           
     


      

      
      
      
      
      
      
     


     

 
           
 
           

     

      
     

      
     

      
 
          
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
     
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
     

      

      
     


     
     

      
     

      
     
     

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 
           

      
           
 
 
           

      
      
 
      
      
      
      
      
           
 
      
      
      
      
     
 
      
      
      
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
           

     
     

      
      
     

      
     

     
 
           

      
     

  
           
 
           

 
           
 
          
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 
      
     

     
 
      
     



     
     


           


     

          
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

     
     




     
     

     
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      

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     
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           
 
           

     
      
           
      
     
     
      
           
     

      
     

           

     

 
           
     

      
     

     

           

 
           
     

     
     
     

     
     


     
     


     
     
     


     
     

     
     

     


     
     


     
     
     
     

      
     


     
     


     
     
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     

     
     


     
     
     
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     
     

     
      
     

      
     
      
     

     
     
     
     
     

     
     


     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


     
     
      
     
     

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     

           
      
           
      
           
      
           

           
      
           
        
   
           
     
      
      

           
      
           
     
           
           
           


           
           


           

 
           
      
           
           
     
           
      
      
     
     
     
      
     
     


     
     
      
     

      
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      

     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
      
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
      
     
     
     

     
     

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
           
 
           
      
           
     
           
           
           
      
      
           
      
      
      
      
           
 
           
      
      
           
      

           
      
      
           
           
           
           
      
           
     
           
      
      
      
     

           
      
     
      
           
      
           
      
           
     
      
     
           
           

     

     
     
     
      
     


     

      
     
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           
           
 
           
     
           

           
     
           
           
           
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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           
      
      
           
      
           
      
      
      
           
      
      
           
      
      
     
      
           
           
     
     
      
           
           
      
           
      
     

           
     

      
     

           
     
           
           
           
           
     

           
      
           
           
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
 
     
     


     
     

     

     


     
     
     
     
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
      
     
     
      
     
     
     
     
      
     
     
      
     
     
      
     
     
      
     
     
     
     
      
     
     
     
      
     
     
      
     
     

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     

           
           
     

      
     
 
           
           
           
     

           
     

           
     
           
     

      
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
      
     

     
     

     
     
     

      

     
     


     
     


     
     
     

      
     
     
      
           

 
           
 
     

     
     
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      
      
      
      
      
      
           
 
           
      
      
      
      
           
      
           
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      
      
           
 
           
 
           
 
           
 
           
 
           

     
     
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     
     
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
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
           
      
      
           
      
           
           
           
           
           
     
 
      
           
      
      
     
           
           
           
      
           
           
     
     

     

 
           
      
           

     

     
     

     
     

           
     
           
     
     
           
          
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          
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 
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

      
     

     
     

 
    
     
     

      
     

     
     


     
     
     

      
     

     
     
     
     
     
      
     
     


     
     

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     

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           
           
      
           
 
           
      
           
     

           
     

           
           
           
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

      

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


     
     
      
     
     
     
     
     

     
      
     
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     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
      
     

     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
     
     

     
     

     
     
     
     
     

      
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     

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           
      
      
     
           
 
           
     
     
           
           
     
           
      
           
 
           

      
      
     
           
           
     
           
      
     
           
           
           
      
           
           
     
           

  

           
 
     

           
     

      
           

           
      
           
      
           
           
          
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          
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     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     

     

     
      
     
     


     
     


     
     

     
     

     

     

     
     
     
      
     
     

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     


      
 
           
 
           
           
  
           
       
     
           
      
           
     

           


           
     

           
           
     

           
     

      
           
     

          

          

      
     

     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
     

     
     

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     
     
     
     
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      
       
     
 
     

     

     
     
     
     
      
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
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     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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           
     
           
           
      
           
     
      
           
 
           
      
      
           
           
     
     
           
      
      
           
     
     

      
      
     

 
           
 
      
           
     

     

           
  
           
      
       
           
 
           
           
 
           
       
     

     
           
     
           
           
     

           
       
           
     

      
 
   

 
           
     

      
 
   
      
     
      
     

      
     
     
     
     
      
     

      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
      
     
     

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     

           
     
      
      
           
      
           
      
     

           
     

           
           
           
           
     

      
     

     
     
     
      
     
     
     
     

     
     
     


     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
      
      
     

     
     
    
     
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           
           
           
           

 
           
     

           
 
        
   
      
           
      
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
     
      
           

      
      
     
     
      
           
      
           
     
      
           

     

     
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          
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      
     
     
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      

           
     
           
     
           
      
           

           
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           

           
      
           
           
      
           
     
           

           
      
           
     
      
           
           
      
      
      
           
     

           
           
           
      
      
           
           
     
           
     
           
           
           
           
           
      
           
           
      
           
           
     
     
           
           
     
           
           

     

 
     
           
           
      
           
     
           
           
     
           
     

           
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     

     
     

     

     

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     
     

     
     

      
      
     
     
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 
           
     

     
     
     
      
           
      
      
     


           
     
     
     
     

     
 
           
      
     


           
           
      
     
     

     


StarPoint ®
     

     
     
     

The STAR among eyebolts

     
     
     
     

     
      Unique design allows for
  

  
safe lifting in any direction
      • Safety factor 4:1
     
      • Star shaped design, a clear
      distinction from the
      DIN 580 eyebolt
     
 • Clear WLL indication for the
      most unfavorable load direction, 90° (not
      permissible with standard eyebolts, DIN 580)
     
      • CrNiMo steel, specially heat treated
     
     
• Distinct heat-indicating florescent pink powder
      coating changes color when temperatures exceed 200°C (392°F)
      • STARPOINT® adjusts to the direction of the pull

      RUD has the perfect solution for ensuring safe lifts and preventing
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Advanced America Construction Earns Tops
Honors in the AGC Aon Build America Awards
U
pon successful completion of the expansive Oswego Lake
project, Advanced America Construction received the presti-
gious AGC Aon Build America Grand Award for their their
contribution to extraordinary civil projects.
The Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer project, which won best new
municipal and utilities project, replaced a 50-year-old corroded and
hazardous sewer line. Because the project required crews to drill 270
feet into bedrock to install anchors for the system, the work was heavily
regulated to ensure there was no impact on recreational activities, local
business operations and environmental practices for lake residences.
The project was completed without any lost time accidents and in-
cluded more than 1,200 commercial dives.
The original system was undersized and often led to overflows dur-
Photo courtesy of Advanced America Construction, Inc.
ing heavy rain. Sewage would often back up and flow out of manholes, techniques, use of materials, and state-of-the-art technological advance-
onto the city streets and eventually flow into the lake.
The existing 9,000 feet of pipeline was designed and installed years
ago when seismic design considerations were far less stringent. It was
also more susceptible to earthquake damage, which was a major con-
cern to residents in the area. Environmentalists were concerned that a
failure of the system would result in the discharge of millions of gallons egon and was founded in 1983. The company services civil and marine
of raw sewage into Oswego Lake.
The new system is a prime example of the advancements in both
technology and design engineering. The scope of the project included a
wind and wave anchor system, tether support brackets, a free-end pipe
66 MAY-JUNE 2011 WIRE ROPE EXCHANGE
restraint system, and lowered sewer pipe barge crossings. The engineering
team developed a system of concrete anchor blocks to secure the wind
wave anchors as well as the free-end restraint system. In total, 3.4 million
pounds of concrete anchor blocks were utilized to complete the task.
The installation of the lake’s gravity system eliminated substantial
operating costs that the city would have incurred if a conventional
pumping system was deployed. A pumping system would have added
$20 million dollars to the project and occupied private property, as well
as the need for the design and construction of several above-ground
structures.
The revolutionary underwater gravity-fed pipe system is a float-
ing structure anchored beneath the surface of the lake. The pipeline
is tethered directly to the bedrock of Oswego Lake. The buoyant pipe
floats anywhere from 8 feet to 17 feet below the surface
of the lake.
One of the major design considerations was the
expansion of the pipe itself. With a water temperature
variance of up to 40 degrees, the pipe is prone to bow up
or down under the stresses associated with expansion and
contraction caused by to temperature fluctuations. The
design engineering team combated this dilemma through
the strategic placement of tethers and restraints.
The construction materials utilized in the Oswego
Lake project primarily consisted of a high-density poly-
ethylene pipe or HDPE. The HDPE product is proven
for use in these conditions as it is impact-resistant and
not subject to damage from boat anchors. Its flexibility
is also a consideration and benefit when considering seis-
mic activity. HDPE is also free from the effects of corro-
sion and has a life expectancy greater than 100 years. The
new pipe system consists of 50ft long sections of HPDE
pipe that are fusion welded to create continuous 1500ft
segments. The previous system contained gasketed joints
every 32 feet.
To be eligible for the AGC Award, projects must
excel in the areas of innovation, design and construction
ment. Projects are evaluated based on a range of criteria including
project management, client service, community relations, and project
management. Each project is also judged on the safety record of the
company.
Advanced America Construction is headquartered in Portland, Or-
construction industries in the region. Their notable projects include
the Gig Harbor Project, a 9228ft long outfall pipe system and several
projects for the US Army Corp of Engineers. y
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10All Material Handling

www.allmaterialhandling.com 67 Holloway
 Houston, Inc.
www.hhlifting.com

13 Alps
 Wire Rope
www.alpswirerope.com 65Ken Forging, Inc.
www.kenforging.com

41 Associated
 Wire Rope & Rigging, Inc
2 Landmann
 Wire
www.landmannwire.com
36 Associated

www.awrf.org
Wire Rope Fabricators
8 Modulift

www.modulift.com
6www.bridonamerican.com
Bridon American
68 Fastener
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www.fastenershows.com
53The Caldwell Group
www.caldwellinc.com
41Rope Block / Sea Link
www.ropeblock.com
47 Chant
 Engineering Co., Inc.
www.chantengineering.com
63RUD Chain Inc.
www.rudchain.com
61 Cumberland
 Sales Company
www.cumberlandsalescompany.com
26Samco Sales, Inc.
www.samcosales.com
72 Elite
 Sales
www.elitesalesinc.com
19 Southern
 Weaving
www.southernweaving.com
29 IntegriCert

www.integricert.com
11 Strider-Resource

www.strider-resource.com
8 Filtec-Precise
 Inc.
www.filtec-precise.com
35 Tandemloc

www.tandemloc.com
71 Gaylin
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www.gaylin.com
24 Vanguard
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www.vanguardsteel.com
42 GN
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www.gnweb.com
5 Van
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www.vanbeest.nl
30HALO Wire Rope
www.halowirerope.com
57 Wirop
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5Harrington Hoists, Inc.
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3 Yarbrough
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 [RIGGER’S CORNER]

RIGGING TIPS:
Use Your Smart Phone to
Eliminate Guesswork

In this fast paced world, our jobs are made easier by the
touch of a button or a few clicks on a keyboard.
For over 10 years, Drew Merschat has been
in the rigging business and over the course of
time he encountered many of these instances
where he needed accurate resources and
references. Merschat explains he was constantly
being asked for rigging cards, hardhat stickers
or posters that reference rigging capacities.
These repeated requests gave way to a great
idea: “Why not condense this information
into one convenient application for your cell
phone? It just made sense.”
RigIT is a newly released smart phone
application that allows you to easily and quickly
OTHER GREAT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
The Crosby Group has recently unveiled their “User’s Guide for Lifting” for Apple ipad. This ipad application takes the infor-
mation available in their printed reference guides to a new level. Available for download on the App Store for $9.99.
check your rigging capacities. The new RigIT
application downloads directly to your cell phone
like any other application, eliminating paper
clutter and once downloaded there is no need
for an Internet connection. Most importantly,
RigIT promotes safety on the jobsite by
minimizing human error.
According to Merschat, inventor of the RigIT
application, “my main objective is to insure job
sites are safe and workers are safe when it comes
The RigIT mobile app was developed
to the products they are using.” RigIT goes a to give instant access to all necessary
long way towards making that task easy and rigging capacity chart information.
accurate! Every chart includes the three basic
hitches and their load capacities. This
includes vertical, choke and basket
hitches. Also included in the charts are
screw pin shackles with working load
limits and pin diameters.

LoosCo recently announced their new LoosCo Stretch Calculator, the calculator is designed to assist the wire rope and aircraft To find out more information, go to
cable professional in the field. The Stretch Calculator application provides real time wire rope and aircraft cable elastic stretch the RigIT website: www.RigITapp.
estimates based on construction, diameter, length and load inputs provided by the user. Available for download on the LoosCo com or download the RigIT application
website: www.loosco.com, by clicking the “downloads” link. directly onto your smart phone, avail-
able on itunes application store.

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