A modular spreader frame was centre stage at Pinewood Studios recently as FLG Services, a lifting equipment hire specialist, provided a solution to lift a four-wheel drive vehicle for a top-secret filming project at the iconic location. The Modulift CMOD modular spreader frame was used beneath the hook of a mobile crane as the approx. […]
Category Archives: Jobsite reports
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Oct
Oct
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) September 2017 – Rieger & Moser GmbH & Co. KG from Ulm marked the end of a Sikorsky CH-53’s life of service with a special deployment. A Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1 mobile crane lifted the restored helicopter onto pre-prepared concrete supports. This exhibition piece will in future welcome visitors to the […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports, Spotlight
Rope and Sling Completes Inspections at Ferrybridge Power Station
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Sep
Sep
This week Rope and Sling Specialists (RSS) has completed the latest in a series of inspection and certification assignments related to lifting equipment at the Ferrybridge Power Station Multifuel 2 (FM2) project in West Yorkshire, UK. The Ferrybridge site, originally home to three coal-fired power stations, was decommissioned and is being upgraded to burn mixed […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports, Spotlight
ALE’S LARGEST AND SMALLEST CRANES OPERATE IN LONDON AT THE SAME TIME
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Sep
Sep
Recently, both ALE’s largest and smallest cranes were working in London at the same time. As part of ALE’s largest crane fleet, the AL.SK190 was working for specialist contractor Keltbray on the Earls Court project, whilst the company’s most compact crane, the Lightweight Service Crane, was working in Stratford to lift building maintenance unit (BMU) […]
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Sep
Sep
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) September 2017 – J+B Küpers GmbH took delivery of a new Liebherr LTM 1130-5.1 mobile crane in September. The company is based in Osterwald in Lower Saxony and provides services to the oil and gas industry. The modern Liebherr 5-axle crane meets the high requirements of this industry in terms of […]
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Sep
Sep
ALE has reached the first project milestone of the Zezelj bridge launch in Novi Sad, Serbia, and has completed the launch of the first section. The global heavylifting providers were contracted by Azvi to perform the bridge launch. The project started in June 2017 and involves jacking and weighing, as well as launching two arches […]
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Sep
Sep
For the construction of an office building, rental company REMAYSER erected three tall Linden Comansa tower cranes without anchorage to any other structure. It is not strange to see dozens of tower cranes all over a large city like Barcelona. It is not strange either to see 90 metre-high tower cranes working in a new […]
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Aug
Aug
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) August 2017 – At the end of June, ESB Kranverleih Transport und Hebetechnik GmbH based in Mittelbiberach in Upper Swabia, assembled a Liebherr concrete mixing plant using Liebherr mobile cranes. The Betomix 2.5 RIM plant with a mixer size of 2.5 m³ was assembled in a gravel plant just a few […]
Jobsite reports
The tallest wind turbines in the world: Max Bögl erects modern energy storage unit using Liebherr mobile crane
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Aug
Aug
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) July 2017 – The tallest wind turbines in the world are currently being erected near Schwäbisch Hall in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg. The Max Bögl Group is erecting four turbines with a total height of 240 metres which will stand on enormous water basins. The system will be able to generate […]
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Aug
Aug
ALE has performed the lifting and installation of 1,300 roof sections of a 2018 FIFA World Cup stadium in Russia. Each section of the Mordovia Arena stadium, located in the city of Saransk, had different dimensions and weighed 80t each. ALE used its 750t capacity crawler crane with a 45m luffing jib in the largest […]