If this doesn’t scare the scrap out of experienced lift installers/operators, I don’t know what will. Sounds like they are setting themselves up for a Magic Mountain Black Line chair situation. From the Juneau Empire:
The gondola as previously used at Galsterberg Ski Area in Austria has a 2,430-meter-long ropeway, 15 fire-galvanized towers, 12 cabins with room for 15 people each and can transport up to 600 people an hour. But it will be configured differently at Eaglecrest, including more towers to support a midway loading station for riders to board/disembark, Scanlan said.
“We were aware that we would need additional towers at the midway station,” he said. “We didn’t anticipate as many — we thought we were probably looking at five towers. (But) because of the heavy loading going up the line and down the line we actually need to support the cable a little bit more down in the lower section.”
The cost of both new and used such items is far higher than at the time of the inspection in Austria due to current market conditions, Scanlan said. That also means the gondola purchased by the city would now cost between $4 million and $4.5 million used, and over $30 million new, “without other roads or buildings” that could elevate the cost to nearly $40 million.
In addition to the cost, “it was really hard to determine exactly where we are going to be able to source those towers,” Scanlan said. “The cross arms and the size of the sheave wheel assemblies are bigger than most lifts in North America.”
Eaglecrest and other city officials who inspected the gondola in Austria were impressed with quality of machinery, but “we didn’t have capital to pay the engineer to have done our full profile alignment, which is a very long process and a very expensive process,” Scanlan said. Instead, “we discussed with the engineer that we wanted to design and fabricate a midway loading station, and then the engineer was able to sign off that, yes, the nature of the componentry of this lift would allow us to do that.”
In his letter to the Assembly, Scanlan detailed planned agreements with supplier Steelhead Systems under the alternative procurement process.
“Steelhead Systems assured us that they would be able to supply any of the critical components that we needed to complete the installation as designed,” he wrote. “We are now ready to move forward with the purchase of eight additional towers, nine sheave wheels sets, eight door opener assemblies, 12 sets of grips and hangers for a 56mm haul rope and 2700 meters of 56mm haul rope for $1.86M as noted in the Alternative Procurement Ordinance. After accounting for our Engineering expenses and other work to be performed we have $6.5M to go toward erecting the Gondola.”
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If this doesn’t scare the scrap out of experienced lift installers/operators, I don’t know what will. Sounds like they are setting themselves up for a Magic Mountain Black Line chair situation. From the Juneau Empire:
The gondola as previously used at Galsterberg Ski Area in Austria has a 2,430-meter-long ropeway, 15 fire-galvanized towers, 12 cabins with room for 15 people each and can transport up to 600 people an hour. But it will be configured differently at Eaglecrest, including more towers to support a midway loading station for riders to board/disembark, Scanlan said.
“We were aware that we would need additional towers at the midway station,” he said. “We didn’t anticipate as many — we thought we were probably looking at five towers. (But) because of the heavy loading going up the line and down the line we actually need to support the cable a little bit more down in the lower section.”
The cost of both new and used such items is far higher than at the time of the inspection in Austria due to current market conditions, Scanlan said. That also means the gondola purchased by the city would now cost between $4 million and $4.5 million used, and over $30 million new, “without other roads or buildings” that could elevate the cost to nearly $40 million.
In addition to the cost, “it was really hard to determine exactly where we are going to be able to source those towers,” Scanlan said. “The cross arms and the size of the sheave wheel assemblies are bigger than most lifts in North America.”
Eaglecrest and other city officials who inspected the gondola in Austria were impressed with quality of machinery, but “we didn’t have capital to pay the engineer to have done our full profile alignment, which is a very long process and a very expensive process,” Scanlan said. Instead, “we discussed with the engineer that we wanted to design and fabricate a midway loading station, and then the engineer was able to sign off that, yes, the nature of the componentry of this lift would allow us to do that.”
In his letter to the Assembly, Scanlan detailed planned agreements with supplier Steelhead Systems under the alternative procurement process.
“Steelhead Systems assured us that they would be able to supply any of the critical components that we needed to complete the installation as designed,” he wrote. “We are now ready to move forward with the purchase of eight additional towers, nine sheave wheels sets, eight door opener assemblies, 12 sets of grips and hangers for a 56mm haul rope and 2700 meters of 56mm haul rope for $1.86M as noted in the Alternative Procurement Ordinance. After accounting for our Engineering expenses and other work to be performed we have $6.5M to go toward erecting the Gondola.”
https://www.juneauempire.com/news/eaglecrest-gondola-needs-more-parts-than-expected-as-prices-for-them-soar/
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