The"awesome" V45 breaker during a brief break on the Golden West project.

GOLDEN WEST REFINERY TAKEDOWN
From our June 2001 newsletter

“We’ve been running 60 hours a week for 5 months without any maintenance, and we’re processing 10% to 15% more daily than we did with your competitor’s breaker. Tramac is top of my list.”

Thank you, Brent Fleming, President of C&H Contracting Services, Orange, California.

Brownfields Redevelopment
C&H Contracting is using a Tramac V45 to tremendous advantage on a major Brownfields redevelopment project in Santa Fe Springs. In January 1995, the EPA announced the Brownfields Action Agenda in response to the widespread economic development obstacles posed by urban brownfields. The program makes funds available to state and local governments as well as private corporations. In 1997, President Clinton signed the Taxpayer Relief Act which included a new tax incentive to spur the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields in distressed urban areas.

C&H’s brownfields project is the takedown of the 320-acre Golden West Refinery where they are removing tanks and buildings and their foundations, and remediating the soil. “It’s a two and a half year project,” Fleming tells us, “and we have 15 pieces of equipment and 20 employees on the job.”

V45 Specifications: Recommended Carrier Weight (US tons) 27-53 Working Weight (lbs.) 5,440 Flow Range (gpm) 48-70 Striking Rate (bpm) 510-1160 Adjusted Breaker Pressure (psi) 2400 Tool Diameter (in.) 6 Overall Height w/Tool & Bracket (in.) 118

And why the rave review? C&H has a V45 hammer (on a CAT 330) that Fleming says is “awesome”! The V45 is processing concrete slabs up to 10' thick without any difficulty, never missing a beat. The V-Series hammers are designed for just such a challenge, breaking everything from heavily reinforced concrete to solid granites and basalts. The patented TPS Tool Protection System, with its re-engineered front guide, bushings, and retainer pins, ensures longer tool life under the most stressful conditions.

Everything is being recycled—concrete material product is being sold from the site and the metal is sheared and shipped out for processing.

As would be expected in a Brownfields project, an alphabet soup of regulatory agencies (EPS, DTSC, CUPA, SCAQ, and so forth) are monitoring the Golden West cleanup. According to Fleming, the Santa Fe Springs Fire Dept. has the job of coordinating all this heavy quality control.