New Presentations Available on Liftech’s Website!

Arun Bhimani, president of Liftech, made two presentations at the Terminal Operations Conference (TOC Asia) in Shanghai, China, on March 17-18.  The conference was attended by about 200 delegates from the worldwide commercial maritime community.  Mr. Bhimani’s special presentation on Chile provided an update on the damage to the Chilean port facilities from the recent M 8.8 earthquake.  The second presentation was part of a three hour workshop on equipment safety.  Mr. Bhimani briefed the audience on numerous crane accidents and failures, probable causes, repairs and resolution, and mitigation measures to minimize accidents.  The workshop was attended by terminal operators, crane designers, maintenance personnel, and others.

Arun Bhimani’s TOC Asia presentations on the earthquake in Chile and quay crane accidents are now available on our website.

Erik Soderberg, a Liftech vice president, made a presentation at the Structural Engineering Education Reunion (STEER) conference in Austin, Texas, on March 5, 2010. His presentation discussed Liftech’s structural engineering design services for a variety of colossal cranes and included some of the basic design issues associated with these cranes. 

The conference occurs every 3-5 years and is a forum for alumni, professors, and existing students to meet and share their structural engineering experiences.  The focus of this year’s event was Dr. Karl Frank’s retirement from the university faculty.  Dr. Frank was Erik’s research professor when he attended the university. 

The event was attended by about 120 alumni, students, and professors of the University of Texas structural engineering graduate program. 

Erik Soderberg’s STEER presentation on colossal cranes is also available on our website.