Posts Tagged ‘New York’
One Truck Out, Another Truck In
Posted by: Tracy Gath in Metal Fabrication, Sandblasting and Coating, Welding on March 10th, 2010
As you can imagine, winter in Western New York makes quick work of even the sturdiest of industrial vehicles. Erie County puts tens of thousands of miles on its trucks every year. They plow, salt, haul asphalt, and are pushed hard to keep up with the ever-changing road conditions that come with road upkeep in snow country. Erie County has been bringing their hard-working trucks to Maple Grove Enterprises for body work (sandblasting and metal fabrication) and our advanced 3-coat system paint job. As you can see from the before and after pictures, the once beat-up trucks now look like they just came off the assembly line.
On-the-Job Safety During Winter Months
Posted by: Tracy Gath in Safety on January 13th, 2010
Job safety is the number one concern at Maple Grove Enterprises. Steve Noel, MGE road supervisor and on-site safety coordinator, holds “job box” safety talks before work begins and after work ends every day. Always a stickler for safety, Steve ensures that every member of his crew is meeting or exceeding MGE safety guidelines, OSHA guidelines, and the facility’s own guidelines. While safety awareness at any time of year is important, it is especially critical during the winter months, when crews face sub-freezing temperatures.
According to OSHA, “when the body is unable to warm itself, cold related stress may result. This may include tissue damage and possibly death. Four factors contribute to cold stress: cold air temperatures, high velocity air movement, dampness of the air, and contact with cold water or surfaces. A cold environment forces the body to work harder to maintain its temperature. Cold air, water, and snow all draw heat from the body.” The most common problems induced by the cold are hypothermia and frostbite.
To prevent cold stress, Steve makes sure that his crew wears the appropriate gear to maintain their body warmth. This includes insulated gloves and boots and hard hat liners. Beyond personal warmth, other winter-related safety issues relate to icy conditions at the job site. Steve makes sure that they have sand, salt or cracked corn on hand to deal with the ice. He also makes sure that ladders, tools, and other job materials are kept under cover when not in use.
According to Steve, the twice-daily job box safety talks keep safety at the forefront of everyone’s mind, ensuring the safety of both our crews and our customers.
Visit our Booth at BOMA Buffalo
Posted by: Tracy Gath in News on October 1st, 2009
Visit our booth on Monday, October 5 at the Greater Buffalo BOMA “Prosperity Buffalo” trade show at the Adams Mark Hotel in Buffalo. We’ll be in booth #17.
Admission is free!
For more info, visit the BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) website at http://www.bomabuffalo.com/index2.html
Truck Loading Containment Pad
Posted by: Tracy Gath in Containment, Secondary Containment on June 17th, 2009
Back in February, we talked in this blog about updating a chemical plant within their budget. Now, all systems are go for August when the plant shuts down for maintenance.
One of the jobs Maple Grove Enterprises will be performing for them is to update their truck loading containment pad. The 1280-square-feet pad not only has to stand up to the acids and other chemicals produced by the plant, but also to heavy tractor-trailer traffic.
Our crew will first remove the failed polyurea liner on the pad and then repair the concrete with an epoxy mortar. Finally, we will apply 80 mils of Premium Liquid Rubber cold-sprayed applied instant-set membrane system that creates a monolithic seamless membrane. We will seed the rubber with roofing granules, which will enable it to hold up to the intense truck traffic.
Keep Your Grain from Blowin’ in the Wind
Posted by: Tracy Gath in Farming, Feed Mill, Material Handling, Millwrighting on May 6th, 2009
When you have to feed over 6,000 dairy cows every day, you do not want to see a fifth of your grain blowing away in the wind. That’s the problem faced by one such farm in a windy area of central New York State. They currently store their grain in lean-tos and manually load the grain into trucks, resulting in shrink of up to 20%. Ouch! With the high price of feed, they can no longer sustain such high losses. They called Maple Grove Enterprises for a solution, and we called Barney Leach from the LeManco division of Chief Industries.
Barney flew to our shop in Arcade a few weeks ago to give us the benefit of his 30 years in the business of grain storage and handling. With his help, we supplied the farmer with a quote for a grain storage and batching feed system that will provide better feed and nutrition control. Chief/LeManco bins contain more steel, are stronger, last longer, function better, and retain their value compared to other bins. (See the Chief website for more information.) The system is expandable, so if one day the farm decides to become a feed mill they can do so with minimal cost.
The millwrights at Maple Grove Enterprises have decades of experience and dedicated service to farms and feed mills throughout the Northeast. We do our very best to help your farm or mill increase productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. We are with you every step of the way, helping you plan for your current and future needs. Our services range from such maintenance work as welding, pipefitting and machine overhaul all the way to engineering, fabricating and installing complete feed mills to your exact specifications.
