Barnhart Crane & Rigging

Jun 7, 2010

Barnhart Buys Powell Crane Rental Division

US rental firm Barnhart Crane & Rigging has agreed to purchase the crane rental division of Powell Companies. James Powell established the Powell Companies more than 40 years ago, in 1969, around two core segments—crane rental and steel erection—with new units later added to the business including horizontal cent ..

May 19, 2010

Hanford Moves Out Nine Radioactive "Hot Cells"

HANFORD— A big part of Hanford's clean-up effort is taking place right now. That’s nine radioactive "hot cells" packed up in custom containers and sealed for disposal. It's work that's years in the making. KEPR was the only station there as workers rolled out another hot cell. Each can weigh up to 200 tons. It's j ..

Apr 29, 2010

Crane pulls out radioactive hot cells at Hanford

A hot cell once used to work with some of Hanford's most radioactive materials was slowly moved Wednesday out of the building that had been its home since 1953. It's the fifth of nine contaminated hot cells being removed from the Hanford 327 Building, a research facility less than two miles north of Richland. During ..

Apr 27, 2010

SC&RA Job of the Year: Replacing a reactor head at a California nuclear power plant

Replacing a nuclear reactor head at a California nuclear power plant involved exact science and creative rigging. For more than two years, Barnhart Crane & Rigging prepared for its entry into the nuclear power plant market. The company's first job replacing a nuclear reactor head at a California nuclear power plant wa ..

Apr 27, 2010

SC&RA Job of the year: Extreme bridge makeover in Shreveport, Louisiana, US

SC&RA Job of the year: Crane & Rigging under $150,000 Barnhart was called in when the girder section of a bridge in Shreveport, LA was struck by a tractor-trailer carrying a wind turbine tower base. The damaged bridge section needed to be removed from a highway overpass and then replaced with a new box girder section. ..

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Barnhart Buys Powell Crane Rental Division

Hanford Moves Out Nine Radioactive "Hot Cells"

Crane pulls out radioactive hot cells at Hanford

SC&RA Job of the Year: Replacing a reactor head at a California nuclear power plant

SC&RA Job of the year: Extreme bridge makeover in Shreveport, Louisiana, US