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CASE STUDY Recreation

Filter Equipment Platform

OVERVIEW

Each year 1.4 million visitors pass through gates to visit the more than 1,200 animals that call the zoo home. The 113-acre zoo opened in in 1966 and was the fourth zoo to serve the city.

PROBLEM

The seal pools at the Los Angeles Zoo were suffering from a bacteria problem. To solve the problem the zoo maintenance and construction crew added a fractionator protein skimmer to oxygenate and filter the pools. An elevated structure, specified with a 6,000 pound loading requirement, was needed to hold the heavy fractionator tank behind the scenes.

SOLUTION

Fibergrate’s products had been successfully installed throughout the Los Angeles Zoo in the past, so the construction team was aware of the benefits of using fiberglass reinforced plastics (FRP).

Fibergrate was able design a platform structure to hold the fractionator tank which was discovered to actually weigh Project Specifications 11,200 pounds! The platform was ® constructed using Dynaform structural Project shapes, Corvex molded grating and ® stair treads, and Dynarail handrail and Fractionator Tank Platform ladders. Sea Lion Pools Los Angeles Zoo, The Los Angeles Zoo’s maintenance and construction crew were able to Application easily install the lightweight platform themselves which saved valuable time and money since they needed no contractors or welders. The end user Platform was also surprised to learn that the FRP platform was capable of Installation supporting almost twice the weight originally specified. Finally, the July 2006 maintenance crew was relieved to have another Fibergrate structure that would provide many years of www.fibergrate.com rust-free service without additional painting or maintenance. FRP 800-527-4043 “sealed” the deal for this platform.

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