Project Scope:

Elevate the cooling tower platform 4-ft from its current height.

Our client was challenged to raise the height of this cooling tower an additional 4-ft from its original elevation. At first, they were resigned to the option of hoisting the towers from the roof, rebuilding the steel dunnage, and re-setting the towers back atop the new platform. After a walk-through with GTI, we were able to present a much more cost effective method of achieving the same goal. Constructing short pipe columns to sit directly above the building’s structural steel framing, the platform was incrementally jacked up to the required height and re-sec