
Patrick McCarthy is experienced in container crane procurement, modification, reliability, and repairs. His work includes project management, condition assessment, and developing structural maintenance programs and repair procedures. He is Liftech’s manager for developing crane technical specifications and helps clients with pre-bid assistance, post-award design and fabrication review, and post-delivery structural assessment. He has expertise in wind loading, is responsible for Liftech’s wind standards, develops crane wind criteria for ports worldwide, has been involved in wind tunnel and other wind studies, and is an associate member of the Subcommittee on Wind Loads of ASCE 7.