Newark Liberty International Airport Building #11 Lift Installation
Owner
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Services
- Condition Inspection
- Mechanical Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Construction Support Services
Responsibilities
Mechanical Engineer, Project Manager
- Prepared demolition drawings for the existing 2 post lift.
- Relocated the existing, overhead Heating, Ventilating unit to provide height clearance for maintenance of the vehicles over the lift.
- Prepared specifications for installation of the new 4 post lift.
- Coordinated the design with the structural and plumbing engineers
- Provided construction support services
- Managed the completion of the project on schedule and on budget
Under a call-in agreement for structural engineering services for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANY/NJ), Dewberry prepared a design for replacement and upgrade of the existing vehicle lift in Bay #6, Building #11, which is a PANY/NJ Central Automotive Maintenance Building at Newark Liberty International Airport. This facility is responsible for full fleet maintenance and repair 24 hours, 7 days/week, year-round for the Airport, including heavy-duty vehicle service for Teterboro Airport and Port Newark.
Dewberry provided mechanical and structural engineering services to prepare contract documents for this project in close coordination with Port Authority Engineering and Architectural personnel and the lift manufacturer.
The new lift is a four-post telescoping piston lift, powered by high-volume 800-pounds per-square-inch medium pressure hydraulic cylinders, and controlled by a programmable logic controller with synchronized and individual post movement capabilities. All four rams extend providing a total capacity of 200,000-pounds. It is the first lift of such capacity in North America. The new lift is in the same location as the exiting lift. The low head room constraints in the vehicle bay required close attention to detail so that individual items could be identified and properly relocated to accommodate the largest vehicle serviced in the facility.