For the past three months the skyline at Hellaby Industrial Estate has had a new figure. Standing over 25metres tall the Riser Gantry Crane has had a temporary home at RJD Engineering. A joint venture by Sheffield based Geo Robson & Co Ltd and its sister company RJD Engineering, the Riser Gantry crane has been designed and built for the Oil Exploration Industry. The final destination is the offshore Oil Rig, Olinda Star, Brazil. The crane was pre-built at Hellaby, Rotherham, to enable the hydraulic and electrical systems to be fully tested and proved. The large sections weighing as much as 65 tonnes, proved to be a very complex lift, the whole structure weighing in at a mighty 125 tonnes. Four huge mobile cranes had to be used to ensure the lift went without a hitch, with one goliath 500 ton, two 200 ton and one 75 ton cranes, all on site at the same time, with only a few feet between them, the Robson Site Manager Dave Parker stated, "Every move had to be planned well in advance and calculated to the inch, following strict health and safety procedures to ensure the safety of everyone on site." RJD Engineering fabricated all of the structural sections and provided all of the ancillary steelwork. Robson provided the mechanical systems for the crane, with all the electrical and hydraulic systems fitted in situ. Mike Howard, Managing Director of RJD Engineering, stated, "It was a huge challenge for all of the team, the success of this build shows that Sheffield and Rotherham still have some of the best engineering skills in the world." The two companies performance and professionalism impressed Shipley based TSC Offshore so much, that a follow up order was placed for additional offshore equipment and an enquiry for another Riser Gantry Crane to be built early in the New Year.
For the past three months the skyline at Hellaby Industrial Estate has had a new figure. Standing over 25metres tall the Riser Gantry Crane has had a temporary home at RJD Engineering. A joint venture by Sheffield based Geo Robson & Co Ltd and its sister company RJD Engineering, the Riser Gantry crane has been designed and built for the Oil Exploration Industry. The final destination is the offshore Oil Rig, Olinda Star, Brazil. The crane was pre-built at Hellaby, Rotherham, to enable the hydraulic and electrical systems to be fully tested and proved. The large sections weighing as much as 65 tonnes, proved to be a very complex lift, the whole structure weighing in at a mighty 125 tonnes. Four huge mobile cranes had to be used to ensure the lift went without a hitch, with one goliath 500 ton, two 200 ton and one 75 ton cranes, all on site at the same time, with only a few feet between them, the Robson Site Manager Dave Parker stated, "Every move had to be planned well in advance and calculated to the inch, following strict health and safety procedures to ensure the safety of everyone on site." RJD Engineering fabricated all of the structural sections and provided all of the ancillary steelwork. Robson provided the mechanical systems for the crane, with all the electrical and hydraulic systems fitted in situ. Mike Howard, Managing Director of RJD Engineering, stated, "It was a huge challenge for all of the team, the success of this build shows that Sheffield and Rotherham still have some of the best engineering skills in the world." The two companies performance and professionalism impressed Shipley based TSC Offshore so much, that a follow up order was placed for additional offshore equipment and an enquiry for another Riser Gantry Crane to be built early in the New Year.
Rotherham
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