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Hayden/Asarco Smelter Roof Repair
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Hayden, AZ
- Approx Contract:
- $6,000,000
- Status:
- Completed - Jan 2007
- Structure Type:
- Industrial Maintenance
Scope Of Work
Demolition and reconstruction of Asarco's Hayden copper furnace building, a 41 year old structure that collapsed due to metal fatigue. The client would have lost well over $1 million per day for every day the furnace could not operate. Working behind heat shields from a crane, 12 feet from molten copper, Ashton employees worked 12 hour shifts, seven days per week for seven months to dismantle and reconstruct the structure. With design assistance from a structural engineering firm, Ashton fabricated and erected 500,000 pounds of trusses over the continually operating smelter furnace.
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