Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
Heavy Lifting
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Cobb Station
Electric Generator Exchange
Muskegon, Michigan
GE Energy Services for Consumers Energy
September, 2005 and January, 2005
Electric Generator Exchange
Muskegon, Michigan
GE Energy Services for Consumers Energy
September, 2005 and January, 2005
Scope:
Bigge Crane and Rigging, as contractor to General Electric, performed the following heavy transport and heavy lifting activities at the Consumers Energy Cobb Station Plant:
- Engineering a custom rigging solution for removal of the plant’s 275 ton Westinghouse electric generator
- Erected, operated and disassembled a gantry system for trans-loading the new generator from rail delivery
- Transported the new generator approximately 1 mile by hydraulic platform trailer, lifted the 265 ton generator to the turbine deck and set
- Moved the old generator to on-site storage
Job Challenges:
Bigge Constructors will successfully deal with the following challenges on this project.
- Engineering a solution to the transportation and lift issues
- Handled the 275 ton loads through lifting, rotating and lowering
December 23, 2005
