The lift plan involved positioning each crane on opposite sides of the river. Second place went to Brent Genseke, project manager for Rockford, Ill.-based Area Erectors and Jose Sosa, while employed by Ed Bell Construction Co., Dallas, received third place for his use of 3D Lift Plan on a Texas Department of Transportation state high improvement project.įor the bridge project, La Grange Crane Service assembled the bridge sections off site and barged them to the location. The project was conducted for Copenhaver Construction and the Illinois Department of Transportation. steel bridge section over the Calumet River. Riley Pettrone, a project manager for La Grange Crane Service, La Grange, Ill., received first place for his lift plan detailing a two-crane lift of a 120,000 lb. The competition focused on creative and practical use of 3D Lift plan to solve challenges of the jobs. “More than 1,000 crane industry professionals voted for the best lift plans,” said Tawnia Weiss, President of A1A Software. Six entries were selected as finalists, then voting was opened to the public. Project submissions were for jobs that were completed last year. The awards program is for companies that use A1A Software’s 3D Lift Plan as a sales tool, for bid proposals, crane selection and setup, lift planning, and documentation. A1A Software LLC announces the winners of its 2018 Lift Plan of the Year Competition.
