NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION – GREENLAND RESEARCH FACILITY

Buffalo Hydraulic has been awarded a contract to design and build a hydraulic jacking system that will be used to raise a National Science Foundation (NSF) research facility 26′ utilizing 20 jacking points.

Because of the extreme arctic conditions, the snow & ice pack at  this location never melts.  After many years of continued  accumulation, the research facility needed to be raised 26′ to  remain above the snow pack.

A custom built  Buffalo Hydraulic Uni-lifting System equipped  with two 1,500 watt oil heaters provided a controlled synchronous  lifting of the building @20 points!

The project site is located several hundred miles north of the Arctic  Circle situated atop Greenland’s 10,496′ ice cap.

At 248 miles to the nearest point of land, this was an  extremely remote location subject to severe arctic conditions.

The project was a huge success and was completed safely and one week ahead of schedule.  With 24 hours of daylight and temperatures ranging from 0-10 degrees in mid July, this was definitely an extreme location!

Photos graciously provided by:

Sean Kelley – Alleutiq
Todd Valentic – National Science Foundation

From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and from the Potomac River to Nicosia, Cypress and even to the extreme arctic conditions of Summit Greenland,  Buffalo Hydraulic has the experience to make your most complex high tonnage project a success!

Please contact us today and we’ll be glad to make the safety and success of your upcoming project our top priority!
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