Case Study: Construction Weather
A large construction company specializing in high-rise office and residential buildings prepares to conduct a massive concrete pour required for the foundation of a 37-story office tower in the downtown area of a large Southeast U.S. city.
Rain, wind and even humidity are all factors that can determine the difference between a successful pour and a disaster. In addition, the high volume of concrete needed via a steady train of concrete mixing trucks makes it crucial that the local ready-mix plant is at full capacity, a fleet of mixers is available, downtown traffic is coordinated, manpower is available and all the support equipment – including concrete pumps – are in place and being coordinated by the project manager. Any one of these items arriving on the scene too early, too late, delayed by weather or sitting idle for any reason, can cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The project manager needed site-specific, highly accurate weather forecasting and alert notification and wanted access to live, user-customizable radar information during the entire project. The company selected ImpactWeather's StormWatch severe weather forecasting and planning service which provided them the exact forecasting they needed, days in advance, and also gave them severe weather alerts based on their own specific requirements. In addition, they chose ImpactWeather GUARDIAN customizable radar-display service to monitor weather activity not only over their site but for the entire Southeast region. In the days before the crucial concrete pour, the project manager scheduled twice-daily phone conferences with ImpactWeather meteorologists to ensure accurate scheduling and a successful outcome.
Although rain was forecasted within the region, ImpactWeather's site-specific reports to the project manager gave him confidence that this pour (and this project) could continue, on schedule, safely and with minimal waste in manpower, equipment and material. The fleet of over 40 mixers shuttled back and forth between the plant and the site, non-stop, until the pour was completed, with no rain delays. ImpactWeather's weather forecasting capabilities provided the support needed to keep this project on schedule and on budget.
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