Lifting over a modular building over the gate house at Bodmin Jail.
CHALLENGE
There were many complications which included overhead power cables, telecom line, poor ground and the need to block the footpath. The key objective, however, was to keep the road at least partially open as it was the only access to a large housing estate.
SOLUTION
Although we could have supplied a large enough crane to lift the unit directly into its final position this would have closed the road due to its dimensions. Therefore we opted to supply a crane that would lift the unit into the court yard and from there it could be skated into position on machine skates. This enabled us to use a smaller crane with variable outrigger positions to keep the road open.
The crane we used was a Grove GMK4100L-1 with 45.8m main boom, 26.2t counterweight and variable outrigger positions.
Lifting in and positioning of machinery at Exeter Science park for Exeter university.
CHALLENGE
Exeter University had a new machine that needed lifting into a new building and lowering into a pit. The machine had two sections to the base both weighing around 2.5t per section.