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US 8,282,331 B2Granted
Method of remediating a contaminated waste site
AssigneeAmeren Corporation
InventorsSteven Lee Burns, Derek D. Ingram, John D. Linnemann, Stanley E. Deeke, Jeffrey K. Tardrew
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Abstract
A method and system for moving a large temporary building from a first location to a second location, while the building remains erect, are disclosed. The invention is particularly suited for moving such a building during the remediation of a contaminated waste site.
Claims4
A method of remediating a contaminated waste site, comprising
- installing a temporary building at a first location on the site, the temporary building comprising a frame and a cover,
- remediating the site inside the temporary building at the first location,
- lifting the temporary building while the temporary building remains erect,
- moving the temporary building while the temporary building remains erect to a second location on the site,
- lowering the temporary building while the temporary building remains erect to place the temporary building on the site, and
- remediating the site inside the temporary building at the second location,
- wherein said lifting, moving and lowering of the temporary building comprises connecting leading dollies to a first side of the temporary building and trailing dollies to a second side of the temporary building, connecting the trailing dollies to the leading dollies by tie members comprising flexible cable to prevent substantial separation of the trailing dollies from the leading dollies as the building is moved, operating the leading and trailing dollies to lift respective first and second sides of the temporary building, applying a motive force to the leading dollies to roll the leading and trailing dollies and the temporary building from the first location to the second location, and operating the leading and trailing dollies to lower respective first and second sides of the temporary building.
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