Three Linden Comansa tower cranes are being used to help assemble the Ituango hydroelectric power plant, set to become Colombia’s biggest power plant and currently the largest infrastructure project under way in the country. Once the plant starts operating at the end of 2018, it will generate up to 2400 megawatts of clean energy, nearly […]
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LTM 11200-9.1 mobile crane assembles special Liebherr construction crane for Max Bögl energy storage project
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Tower cranes were assembled in September on the natural electricity storage site at Gaildorf, an innovative energy storage project being completed by the Max Bögl Group in southern Germany. The contractor erected the highest wind turbines in the world there. Max Bögl is combining the wind turbines with a pumped-storage power plant. A Liebherr mobile […]
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ALE has completed their heavylifting operations for the Earls Court project in London, UK. ALE was contracted by Keltbray to use its innovative heavylifting crane, the AL.SK190, to lift 61 portal beams, weighing between 100t – 1,500t, out from the London Underground and over the District Line. During the project ALE performed the largest single […]
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Liebherr LR 1350/1 crawler crane involved in rotary kiln construction
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) November 2017 – The HeidelbergCement AG cement works in Baden-Württemberg, Schelklingen, has invested in a new rotary kiln system 68 metres in length. The main challenge in the project was to hoist the five components of the rotary kiln up to a height of 11 metres in a restrictive space. A […]
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Reliable SENNEBOGEN crawler cranes prove their worth at port construction site on the Bosporus
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Heavy-duty operation under extreme conditions – the perfect framework conditions for crawler cranes. Convinced by the SENNEBOGEN crawler crane concept, Özüaydin Crane relies on six SENNEBOGEN crawler cranes. True teamwork: Özüaydin Crane has put six SENNEBOGEN crawler cranes to work at a major port construction site in Istanbul. Founded in 1982, the company is today […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) October 2017 – Felbermayr, Austrian crane and heavy haulage contractor, has erected a wind farm on a range of medium-height mountains in Styria. The 13 turbines made by Enercon were completed over the summer months. Transporting the turbine components to the site at an altitude of 1700 metres presented the main […]
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A model 21LC550 tower crane is working on the construction of the main pylon of this infrastructure, which will replace the damaged Champlain Bridge, Canada’s busiest in traffic Open since 1962, the Champlain Bridge in Montreal is one of the city’s main road links and Canada’s busiest bridge, with an average of 136,000 crossings per day. […]
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ALE has completed the marine and offshore operations they are undertaking as part of a major offshore platform project in Azerbaijan. ALE was contracted for a complex scope of work, involving the load-out of two jackets, weighing and jack-up of the topsides, strand jack skidding load-outs, ballasting and mooring as well as the offshore floatovers […]
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Vienna (Austria), 09 September 2017 – An urban development project is currently underway in the Second Municipal District of Vienna – the Austria Campus with a gross floor area of around 303,000 square metres. Around 20 Liebherr EC-H and EC-B tower cranes are in action on the site to ensure smooth load handling. According to […]
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Harbour Dredging: Hybrid Duty Cycle Crawler Crane with 300 t Capacity in Operation in Piombino
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The currently largest duty cycle crawler crane type HS 8300 HD from Liebherr is presently carrying out dredging work in Piombino. The aim of the project is to remove deposited sediment from the mouth of the port and also to increase the depth of the water. For this purpose the hybrid duty cycle crawler crane is equipped […]