ADVANTAGE STEEL SUMMER 2019 | 29 www.impact-net.org www.ironworkers.org MORE OWNERS TRUST US WITH THEIR PROJECTS BECAUSE OUR CONTRACTORS AND WORKFORCE ARE SECOND TO NONE. 4,000 Contractors. 157 Training Centers. 6,941 Certifications in 2018. 20,143 Certified Ironworker Welders. 19,885 Apprentices and Trainees. 90 million invested annually on SAFETY. 130,000 lronworkers and billions in contracts for the most recognizable projects on earth. There are literally thousands of reasons to put your trust in lronworkers. Ironworkers. SAFETY. QUALITY. PRODUCTIVITY. short window to use it. The 40’ long beams, which weighed 5,000 lbs each, forced the pilot to restrict his fuel load to allow for that much lifting power, so he had to re-fuel multiple times to make sure the payload wasn’t too heavy. Things went very smoothly and the cantilever install started at 9 a.m. and was finished by 3 p.m. We don’t usually trial assemble our parts in the shop because we are confident everything fits, all our details are done with 3D Models, steel is cut with Robotic CNC machines, and the craftsmanship at George Third & Son put things together correctly. But we wanted to be doubly sure, so we actually assembled the viewing platform completely at our plant. Making sure the end of the cantilevered piece fit exactly was imperative to reduce the risks for the install team of Axis Mountain Technical, standing out at the end of the bridge receiving the 5,000lb. end frame on the end of a strap carried by a helicopter. There were some challenges, and the first attempt to attach this final part was not successful and we needed to adjust some of the steel’s positioning on the anchor bolts to make it fit. So we needed to put the piece down once to do FEATURE