Author Archives: Meredith Portman

About Meredith Portman

Meredith Portman is a freelance writer who specializes in heavy industry, healthcare and education.

Barnhart Part of Kentucky Workforce Development Program

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Meredith Portman

Barnhart is part of an effort to prepare Kentucky’s workers meet growing workforce demands. Currently, the state is facing a shortage of highly skilled workers to fill approximately 115,000 open jobs. Through the InDemand program, a partnership between Kentucky Educational Television and the … Continue reading →

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Barnhart Sets Steeple Just in Time for Easter

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Meredith Portman

A Catholic church in Utica, Nebraska had been missing its steeple for many years, seventy to be exact. Back in 1949, the steeple at St. Patrick’s Church had been struck by lightning and consumed by flames. In the following decades, … Continue reading →

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Turnaround Expertise on Display in Refinery Project

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Meredith Portman

Barnhart has years of experience in successfully performing projects for customers during outages and turnarounds. So when we were hired to remove and replace a T-805 tower during a turnaround at a refinery in Texas, it was a project that … Continue reading →

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Innovative Rigging Helps Barnhart Tackle Rooftop Job

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Meredith Portman

Barnhart was hired to install a 15,679-pound chiller through the top of an 11-story building in Little Rock, Ark. In order to get the proper setup for the crane, the team had to use a public street. This required blocking … Continue reading →

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BARNHART HAULS 200-FOOT COLUMN THROUGH HOUSTON

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Meredith Portman

Hauling oversized cargo is nothing new for Barnhart, so a project to receive and transport a degassing and recovery column from the Port of Houston to a plant site in La Porte, Texas was right in our wheelhouse. The recovery … Continue reading →

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Transport Components 1000 Miles. Repeat.

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Meredith Portman

Barnhart projects often have a long timeframe of at least several months, but in the case of a recently completed project, the timeline was more like six years. As featured in an article in Waterways Journal, the project to deliver … Continue reading →

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Barnhart Helps Kick Off the Holidays in Canton

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Meredith Portman

Barnhart’s Canton, Ohio recently had an unusual assignment – moving a Christmas tree from its site to a location in downtown Central Plaza. The 35-foot, 3,000-pound blue spruce was donated by St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, located just a few blocks … Continue reading →

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Raising the Roof: Barnhart Part of ENR Best Project

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Meredith Portman

A year-long project at the Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington involving Barnhart recently received an Engineering News Record (ENR) 2018 Best Project designation. Barnhart’s role was to provide operated crane service and other assistance during the 14-month job. The project … Continue reading →

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SERVICE AND GRATITUDE

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Meredith Portman

Sunday was Veteran’s Day, a holiday that originated as Armistice Day to commemorate the agreement that ended World War I on Nov. 11, 1918. Its name was changed from Armistice Day to Veterans Day in 1954. This year’s holiday marked … Continue reading →

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Steam Locomotive Moved with Care and Precision

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Meredith Portman

Barnhart is often called to move cargo large and small and sometimes even antique. Barnhart’s Spokane branch was hired to move a 1920’s era Forney steam locomotive from its site at the Pullman Depot Heritage Center in Pullman to the … Continue reading →

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