Men From Marr’s Complete World Record Lift on Construction of
1915 ÇANAKKALE BRIDGE
From the Editor: In our May/June 2019 Spotlight, we introduced Marr Contracting and reported on the awarding of a contract for specialized heavy lifting services on the 1915 Canakkale Bridge. For reference, the Bosporus and Dardanelles are two straits on the border of Europe and Asia (both within Turkey) that allow passage from the Black Sea to the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. While several spans cross the Bosporus near Istanbul, this will be the first to span the Dardanelles farther to the southwest, providing new links in a less developed area.
Australian-based heavy lifting tower crane specialists, Marr Contracting Pty Ltd – informally known as Te Men From Marr’s – have completed a world-record lift during construction of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey.
Te record-breaking construction feat saw one of Marr’s M2480D Heavy Lift Luffers (HLL) ¬– which with a lifting capacity of 330 tonnes is the world’s largest capacity tower crane – undertake the world’s heaviest (155 tonnes) at height (318 metres) craneage lift on what will be the world’s longest span suspension bridge. With the M2480D crane perched 328 metres above
the water, it took approximately 30 minutes to lift a 155-tonne piece of the upper cross beam (UCB) to its position 318 metres above sea level. Te installation of the centre section of the UCB on the Asian side of the Çanakkale Strait, completed a major milestone in the construction of the bridge, with the lift taking place at midnight on Sunday 7 June 2020. Te European side was completed 24 hours later, with the final centrepieces installed on both sides of the Bridge at a final height of 318 metres on Monday 8 June 2020. Te engineering solution that made the world-record lift possible was one of the reasons DLSY (Daelim – Limak – SK E&C – Yapi Merkezi) Joint Venture awarded the craneage contract to Marr Contracting International in 2017 after a competitive tender process including some of the world’s leading craneage companies. Impressed by Marr’s track record in designing and
delivering innovative lifting solutions on similarly challenging large-scale projects in Australia and around the world, DLSY Joint Venture challenged the Marr team to develop a strategy that would decrease construction time and associated risk.
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Te Marr team worked with the DLSY project team to develop a craneage methodology that makes use of the M2480D HLL crane’s capacity to lift heavier modularised components instead of the more traditional approach of lifting smaller components one-by-one and then welding on-site. Two of Marr’s M2480D cranes have been on-site
since last year constructing the bridge’s 318-metre high towers, and through fewer lifts of larger pieces the craneage solution has reduced the construction schedule, with less site-based activities and a higher level of on-site safety. According to the Deputy Project Manager, Alper
Alemdaroglu, the DLSY Joint Venture wanted a heavy lifting partner who could think outside-the-box to
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