R. BAKER & SON Implements Innovative Plan in Manhattan High Rise Every project comes with unique challenges, some more than others. One recent R. Baker & Son rigging and dismantling project entailed the removal of massive falsework I-beams from the 6th floor of a Manhattan high rise, which were cantilevered out 25 feet over the roofs of two adjacent buildings. Engineering, rigging and demolition teams collaborated closely to develop an innovative plan to remove the huge beams in a safe and efficient manner. Due to the many logistical challenges, the Baker team determined that beam sections would have to be cut and removed from the inside of the building, rather than from the exposed ends. Specially-designed weighted dollies, key components to the procedure, were fabricated and attached beneath the I-beams to serve as counterweights. Workers then carefully cut out 4-foot, 1,200 lb. sections from the inner part of the building, and the counterweighted dollies prevented the cantilevered ends from tipping past the fulcrum point when the sections were detached. As each section was removed, the dolly-supported beams were pulled four feet into the building, and the process was repeated. Removed sections were stacked three-high, and an in-house material hoist was utilized to remove the 3,600 lb. stacks from the building. In the one photo, two counterweighted dollies support a steel I-beam as it is prepared to be pulled into the building. The second photo, an R. Baker & Son crew member attaches a winch to the cantilevered end of an I-beam. About R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in business since 1935, is a premier specialized contractor operating in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, with over one hundred employees and an exemplary safety record (we have been directly involved in four sites that received VPP OSHA Safety Awards). R. Baker & Son is financially strong, with bonding capabilities over $10 million. Capabilities include industrial and commercial demolition, rigging, machinery- and plant-moving, dismantling, decommissioning, plant and equipment relocation, interior demolition, selective demolition, warehousing, wrecking and razing, millwright, plant reconfigurations, heavy rigging, salvage, environmental services, remediation, decontamination, abatement, and investment and asset recovery. Demolition, wrecking and razing, rigging, millwright, plant reconfigurations, heavy rigging, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business / SDVOSB, salvage, dismantling, decommissioning, plant and machinery moving, building demolition, riggers, environmental services, remediation, decontamination, abatement, interior demolition, investment and asset recovery. R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services 1 Globe Street Red Bank, NJ 07701 Phone: 732-222-3553 Fax: 732-450-0311 rbaker
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:14:08 +0000