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Cairo Project 2008
1. Sundance Professional Services, LLC
40600 W 199th Street
Edgerton, KS 66021
Office: (913)893-9779
FAX: (913)893-4188
PROJECTS 2008
Installation of two jib cranes on barge
unloading pier – Cairo, IL
2. JIB CRANE INSTALLATION
LOCATION: Cairo, IL
DIFFICULTY: High
CUSTOMER: Bungee
TYPE: 2 Jib Cranes
TASK: Install 2 Jib Cranes on the barge
unloading pier on the Ohio River.
TIMING: February 2008
3. Jib Crane Installation
LEFT: Access to the pier was difficult. Here you see one of our work trucks
backed out onto the pier.
BELOW: 2 Workers are installing the new hoist while perched out over the edge
of the river. The hoist is secured with a barge crane parked at the pier.
4. Jib Crane Installation
LEFT: Here you see workers
preparing to install the hoist as
seen in the previous slide. All
our workers are seen here
wearing their personal
protection equipment (PPE)
which is our standard mode of
operation. Although the
difficulty level of the project was
high – we are happy to say there
were no accidents. After
completing this project we
maintained a long run of zero
accidents and zero lost work
days since the company
inception.
5. Jib Crane Installation
ABOVE: In this photo you can see the backbone of the jib ABOVE: In this photo you can see the backbone is now
crane being raised by the barge crane. Workers stand ready on maneuvering into place while it leans percariously on the
the pier waiting to accept it. This backbone weighs in at 6000 platform. Workers are securing it while moving rigging
lbs and has to be installed underneath the overhang above positions. Once into place, the backbone will be welded solid
the workers. This is an extreme maneuver requiring the crew to horizontal beams on the side of the structure. This
to reposition the rigging multiple times while pulling the backbone is the pivot support for the jib arm which will be
backbone closer each time into place. installed next.
6. Jib Crane Installation
BELOW: In this photo you can see the horizontal arm rigged
and being raised off the deck of the barge. This arm will be
bolted to the backbone. This arm is approximately 40’ long
and weighs in at 2800 lbs.
ABOVE: In this closer photo you can see the difficulty of getting
the backbone positioned into place. The platform above
extends several feet beyond where the backbone needs to be
mounted. Dual rigging cables, safety chains, chain hoists, and
come-a-longs were used to do the final maneuvering.
7. Jib Crane Installation
LEFT: After the backbone is solid welded to the
horizontal beams at the top and bottom, the jib arm
is maneuvered into place and the bolted to the pivot
beam on the backbone. In this photo you can see the
difficulty level of working on the platform itself.
Workers in this photo tie off a ladder and work to
insert the bolts.
8. Jib Crane Installation
LEFT: A worker has just torched the old jib crane from
the face of the pier. You can see it in the background
being slung out onto the waiting crane barge. Once
onto the barge, this crane will be taken down river
where the crew will follow it and rig it, hoist it onto
the bank, disassemble it, then load it on waiting semi
trucks. This crane is going to northern Illinois to have a
new backbone made for it. After repairs are made, the
crew will re-install it onto the face of the pier.
9. Jib Crane Installation
LEFT: As the sun sets, the crew
struggles to load the jib cranes
onto a waiting semi flatbed. In
the background you can see
the tug boat holding the barge
against the bank while
providing light for the crew.
10. Jib Crane Installation
ABOVE: In the two photos above, you can see how high the river has gotten since the project started. All the flood gates
were closed along the river except the one we were using to access the pier. Record snow fall and rain north of Cairo was
causing major flooding all along the Ohio and Mississippi River basins. For this reason, extreme caution was taken to ensure
no workers were at risk of falling into the river.
11. Jib Crane Installation
LEFT: In this photo you can see a worker is busy welding the new
backbone and mounting bracket to the face of the pier. He is
standing on a temporary platform which had to be welded to the
face of the pier. While he welds on the backbone, a barge has
been moored along side the pier and the crane barge is moored
beside it to give spacing for the crane to reach.
13. Jib Crane Installation
In these photos you can see a maintenance work
platform we constructed to allow access the the
drive motor of the front jib crane. This work
platform was perched out onto the top of the jib
crane from the third story of the conveyor.
