Texas Power Plant Stack Access, Houston, TX

Customer: Hadek Protective Coatings
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Spider designed, built and installed a custom engineered 31 ft round float platform equipped with nine SC-1500 hoists. The 13,500 lb. capacity of the platform was sufficient for all workers and their loads, and the precise 31 ft diameter enabled the masons to touch the lining wall as they worked installing a Pennguard® brick liner in the 450 ft stack. Among the special features Spider added to improve productivity in this 4-phase installation were grated decking allowing abrasive debris to fall below during the blasting phase and a 4 ft square access hole in the platform's center fitting a work basket that shuttled workers and materials to the platform, which remained at the work elevation – both critical features to keep the installation project on schedule.