Case Study: The Transfer Girder Move – Danny’s Construction Danny’s Construction rented multiple air skates and a receiving tank from Lifting Gear Hire to move beams inside the Minnesota Timberwolves practice facility. The Situation The new practice facility inside the existing Block E building of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis required renovations to its structural foundations. So when the time came for building maintenance, they called upon Danny’s Construction to give the facility a little tender love and repair. Danny’s Construction had to remove some structural steel to install a new truss. To do this, they needed to put two W40x397 60 ft long transfer girders at each end of the building to transfer the weight from the area they were going to demolish.

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