48 account of aerial aerial activity at Dry Fork Station

We see trucks, bulldozers, forklifts and cranes at construction sites all the time. Today, though, we get to see work at the Dry Fork Station done with something entirely different a helicopter. By using a helicopter to remove the items from the top of the chimney and bringing materials up, we probably save 3-4 weeks of time. Pullman Power, Dry Fork Stations chimney contractor, built the plants chimney stack using a hydraulic lift system. Now, that equipment needs to be removed and the roof or rain cap needs to be delivered to the top of the stack. Before that happens, final preparations are made; that includes a job safety analysis. All riggings inspected. All of our rigging is brand new nylon chokers on top and on the ground. Once the rigging crews are in place on the stack and the staging area, the pilots buckle in. The helicopter lift is about to begin here at the Dry Fork Station. The east half of the plant has been shut down to all road access as well as the railroad for about two hours while the lift is happening. The helicopter behind me is about ready to take off for its first trip. (Doug Ramsey): This will be the first pick off the top of the chimney. They are going to remove what they call the cat head. Thats the eye beams that supported some of the structures on top of the chimney. The support structures and strand jack system were used in the construction of the chimneys steel liner, which is inside the 500 foot concrete shell. (Doug Ramsey): Theres, I ...



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