3D Design Software Helps Engineers Prove Their Clients' New “Home” is Ready for Work

Whether it’s moving across town or across the country, there are always boxes to pack and trucks to fill. But what if the core of your business IS trucks and you didn’t have a choice about moving? That’s exactly what happened to Portland’s J+D Refrigeration. With the new Milwaukie Light Rail Project in Oregon’s biggest city, some businesses had to move to new locations across the city. J+D Refrigeration was one of the businesses forced to find a new location as their old location was appropriated to make way for part of the tracks and surrounding infrastructure. They found a location they liked in Clackamas County, but before they could move in, they had to know whether their fleet of refrigerated trucks could maneuver around the site. They called on VLMK Consulting Engineers in Portland to help them with the transition. “We got involved pretty early on when they realized that they were going to be ‘dislocated’,” says Brian Dubal, one of the senior engineers at VLMK. “The local authorities told them they would have to move as Portland was building their new light rail transit system right through their existing site. Once we got into the design, we realized we needed to check out some of the clients’ concerns and that’s when we got AutoTURN Pro.”