July 2007

Advanced Crane Technologies is pleased to announce the addition of two new key employees to our staff. Richard Schultz and Greg Fitzpatrick, P.E.

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August, 2007:
ACT was awarded a contract to supply a new spillway monorail crane system for the US Army Corps of Engineers at its Gavin’s Point Dam located in South Dakota. This custom designed 10 ton capacity crane will travel over 750 feet along the spillway, servicing stop logs and gates. As part of the contract, ACT will remove the existing crane and conductor bar system; install the new crane complete with a new 42’ spreader beam and replace the electrification system which runs under an active roadway above the spillway. This crane is similar to the one ACT is supplying to the US Army Corps of Engineer’s Garrison Dam in North Dakota, for completion in the spring of 2008.

September 2007:
ACT was awarded a contract by the Mobile district of the Corps of Engineers to supply six large stainless steel sheave blocks to the Walter F. George Dam in Shorterville, AL for use on the 100 ton intake gate hoists. ACT designed, and is manufacturing the blocks out-of 304 stainless steel due to the fact they will spend most of their life immersed in the Chattahoochee River. Each block has (6) 33 inch diameter sheaves grooved for 1 1/8’’ diameter wire rope. The rated lifting capacity of each block is 100,000 pounds. Final shipment is scheduled for February of 2008.

December 2007:
The US Bureau of Reclamation selected ACT to provide a new 5 Ton capacity trolley for an existing maintenance crane at the Hoover Dam, Boulder City, NV. ACT is providing a unique trolley that will be able to be moved between generators by an overhead crane in the powerhouse. This new state of the art piece of equipment replaces a 4 ton hand powered trolley that was built over seventy years ago. Not only does our new trolley have 25% more lifting capacity and is radio controlled, but the dead weight of the trolley is less than the existing one, allowing the 4 ton bridge to be upgraded to 5 tons without modification. Delivery of the new trolley is expected to be May 2008.