Liftech Engineers Venture Out of the Office to Visit Pacific Steel Casting Company

Pacific Steel Casting Company (Pacific Steel) graciously opened its doors yesterday for Liftech engineers to tour their Berkeley steel foundry.  The tour was guided by some highly experienced Pacific Steel employees, including the president, Joe Emmerichs, and a knowledgeable technical sales representative, Dave Standafer. The tour began at the technology center, where we learned how computers help determine the optimum…

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Crane and Wharf Damage Assessment

Following are Feroze Vazifdar’s first hand observations of the damage to the major terminals in Chile, supported by local consultants’ preliminary reports. San Antonio San Antonio has seven berths with six ship-to-shore gantry cranes.  Two of these cranes were damaged due to ship collisions.  Another crane was derailed, but has no significant structural damage, and was placed back on the…

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The Earthquake in Chile

Crane and Wharf Performance in the Earthquake in Chile Liftech is communicating with a local structural consultant and terminal operators regarding the damage assessment of the cranes and the wharves. Preliminary reports indicate that the container cranes that were designed to the modern seismic codes at the two container terminals in the Valparaiso region performed well, and some wharves sustained…

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Yoshi Oritatsu Receives LEED Professional Accreditation

Yoshi Oritatsu, LEED AP and Liftech structural designer, received his Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) professional accreditation in April 2009. LEED Accredited Professionals are professionals who have demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles and familiarity with LEED requirements, resources, and processes. Yoshi has participated in the design, analysis, and modification of container cranes, wharf…

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Anna Dix Selected for American Council of Engineering Companies 2009 Young Professional of the Year Award

Anna Maria Dix, PE, a structural designer at Liftech Consultants Inc. in Oakland, California, has contributed to the development of the design process for the “ductile link” tie-down system used on dockside container cranes. In hurricane and typhoon regions, extreme winds cause cranes to collapse, costing millions of dollars in damages. The system allows ductile redistribution of tie-down forces, greatly…

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1,700 ton Floating Crane Arrives for San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Construction

Liftech provided design assistance and review services to American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises for procurement of the shear leg derrick that arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area on March 12, 2009. Fabricated at ZPMC in China, the derrick will be used to erect the major components of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge self-anchored suspension span. The crane equipment will be responsible…

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Sugiarto Loni Rejoins Liftech

In 1983, Sugi Loni joined Liftech and its growing structural engineering practice. From 1992 through 2007, Sugi worked with JWD, our former sister firm, as president and managing principal of the planning, architecture, and engineering practice. Now, Liftech is happy to have Sugi back. Sugi brings 25 years of management experience and design expertise with marine terminal structures including building…

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