HEAVY LIFTING Ӏ SECTOR REPORT
Heavy Lift projects secures funding to complete engineering phase of improved ring crane design for offshore wind farm components
Heavy Lift Projects (HLP), a provider of offshore windfarm logistics, has completed a funding round with private investors and opened its fi rst offi ce in Edinburgh, Scotland. Capercaillie (Investments) and Giles W Pritchard-Gordon & Co
have committed a multi-million pound investment, which will be used to complete engineering work on its fi rst project, a new design of ring crane for assembling and loading offshore windfarm components. HLP was founded in 2021 by Alexander Fyfe. Its aim is to bring a
fresh approach to offshore windfarm logistics at a time when, it says, the equipment and expertise needed to meet the boom in installation is being stretched by a lack of capacity. The company is in advanced discussions with a number of major
windfarm developers looking to manage costs and maintain safety while enabling them to meet schedules for windfarm development and deployment. HLP says improvements will reduce crane mobilisation time for component assembly and marshalling and include an overall component logistics solution to help ports keep pace with increased demand. “The offshore windfarm market is witnessing stellar growth but
developers face challenges, requiring more and larger crane capacity to meet projected demand, as well as cargo vessels and other support
equipment,” said HLP Managing Director Alex Fyfe. “Costs are rising but cost is not the big-gest issue, rather it’s a shortage of the right installation equipment. HLP believes innovative thinking is needed to provide the new technology solutions that can enable growth to continue.”
complexity from construction. Marr’s bespoke solutions for
Marr’s heavy lift luffi ng tower cranes are bringing effi ciencies to data centre build work
data centres and giga factory projects aim to increase access to multiple work fronts while simultaneously reducing the total number of cranes on a project. This, it says, results in faster completion, reduced costs, and higher quality and ‘greener’ construction. The approach is to reduce the number of critical path lifts by providing the capability to lift larger precast components and increasing the capacity to lift larger and heavier pre-assemblies and modules. How each cranage solution is shaped depends on the requirements of the job but Marr’s fleet of heavy lift luffing tower cranes, including the 330-tonne capacity M2480D, can provide high volume construction lifting with a long reach (up to 120 metres) and heavy lift capacity from a single position. This brings an increased capability to lift larger pre-cast components such as
48 CRANES TODAY
columns, beams, and panels. As a result, fewer cranes are needed. This, matched with a small crane footprint, releases laydown and onsite construction areas. There is also the potential to
build structural steelwork with equipment pre-installed, or to build pre-cast in part- or full-room modules and install large plant equipment including data-handling and storage equipment. A key feature that has been
successfully applied to data centre projects is the Marr Transit System, a modular rail system that provides full crane capability with minimal ground preparation. Ideally suited to the installation of product streams or trains, the system offers increased site coverage, a reduction in the number of cranes required, and fewer de-rigs and re-rigs compared to traditional craneage, avoiding the need to decommission and move cranes as the build continues. “In one data centre project, the contractor used traditional
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61
