The Grand Rapid Express is a group of six fully automated metro lines in Greater Paris to be realized by 2030. The project is planned to include 72 stations along its 205 km of tracks. Construction work commenced two years ago. The already existing fully automated lines will be upgraded and extended, and four completely […]
Category Archives: Crane News
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Nenzing (Austria) April 2018 – An urban construction project is currently being executed in Moscow: an ultra-modern bus terminal with a capacity of 15,000 passengers per day. The contractor Fensma is relying on Liebherr in two respects during the deep foundation phase. Red Square: The stage of Russian history and pulsating centre of Moscow. Only […]
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Ehingen / Bad Schussenried (Germany), April 2018 – A Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane operated by heavy haulage and transport contractor Emil Egger AG installed a silo with a capacity of 470 cubic metres in Oberriet, a Swiss municipality on the border with Austria. The Betomat 5/470 mixing plant it installed is also manufactured by […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2018 – Paris is growing. Massively. In 2016 the French capital and the surrounding départements were merged to form the “Metropole du Grand Paris” administrative unit. A total of 10 million people live in this enormous metropolis and there are plans to modernise and massively extend its infrastructure over the […]
Crane News, Jobsite reports
Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane dismantles tunnel drilling machine on Sicily
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2018 – Strong, compact and simple – the perfect description of the Liebherr LR 1500 in three words. And it was precisely these features which were required to dismantle a large tunnel drilling machine on Sicily. The 500-tonne crawler crane operated by Italian crane contractor Gradito completed the dismantling of […]
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ALE has used its innovative heavy duty jib for the first with the the AL.SK350 crane whilst performing the inaugural lift, weighing 1,276t, of an FPSO module integration project in Nigeria. The world’s largest capacity land based crane, the AL.SK350, has been rigged in its current biggest configuration with a 124m a-frame main boom, 49m […]
Crane Business, Crane News, New cranes
New Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane delivers strength and flexibility
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2018 – The Ingolstadt site of crane contractor BKL Baukran Logistik has had a new Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane since February. The first job for the brand-new eight-axle crane, the dismantling of a 75 metre construction crane, was perfect for it. The 85 metre telescopic boom on the LTM […]
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Vancouver, WA Microcranes, Inc. introduces the ISO Certified M1 Global Model Microcrane®. A leader in the emerging mini crane industry, the company focuses on developing, producing and distributing eco-friendly battery powered or electric, small, portable lifting equipment used indoors, outdoors and on roof tops. The M1 Global design fits through 36 in. doorways, narrow aisles […]
Crane Business, Crane News, General, Jobsite reports, New cranes
ALE saves time and costs on wind projects with latest tower cranes
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ALE has added three new tower cranes to their extensive global fleet that are expected to make cost and time savings for clients in the wind sector. The innovative K1650L crane has lifting capabilities like no other free-standing tower crane on the wind energy market, with an increased lifting height, and the ability to work […]
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This tower crane work place receives the prestigious iF prize, one of the world’s most important awards for industrial products design Offices with the best view to the city are highly coveted by the executives of large companies. And if they are located in the higher floors, these work places tend to be more spacious, […]