Becht Engineering Co. provides expert consulting services to the process and power industries, worldwide. We have specialists in most of the relevant engineering and project disciplines.

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We are growing rapidly, with an extensive base of repeat clients. We have a reputation for getting the job done right.

Becht Selected to Analyze Collapse of One of World's Largest Cranes

On July 18, 2008, one of the largest land-based cranes in the world collapsed in a Houston, Texas refinery resulting in four fatalities, damage to an adjacent tank, and significant delays for a planned coker unit turnaround.

The maximum lift capacity of this crane was 2,500 tons. The crane operators were in the process of aligning pendant lines from the crane mast for connection to the auxiliary counterweight platform. During this activity, the crane boom was raised too high vertically, allowing the boom to go into an overhaul condition which caused the boom to fall backwards. An overhaul condition results when the forces that keep the boom in a stable position are exceeded, resulting in negative forces that physically pull the boom backwards, resulting in a crane failure.

2009 Pressure Vessel and Piping Medal

On July 29, 2009, Dr. Charles Becht IV, President of Becht Engineering Co. Inc., was awarded the prestigious Pressure Vessel and Piping Medal at the PVP conference in Prague. This medal is awarded annually to an individual to recognize his or her outstanding contributions in the field of pressure vessel and piping technology, including but not limited to research, development, teaching, and significant advancements of the state-of-the art. As a recognized authority in pressure vessels, piping, expansion joins and elevated temperature design, and serving on numerous ASME committees, Dr. Becht is the embodiment of what the medal has signified since being established in 1980. Joining the ranks of 28 esteemed colleagues to have had this honor bestowed upon them Dr. Becht continues to use his expertise and influence to benefit the Pressure Vessel and Piping industry.