JOBSITE INSIGHT Ӏ TOWER CRANES
Global heavy lifting tower crane specialist, Marr Contracting, has been awarded the contract to deliver specialised heavy lifting crane services on the Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant (LSEP) near Northwich, Cheshire, UK. Once complete, the 60MW energy
from waste (EfW) plant will have the capacity to process 600,000 tonnes of waste per year – producing enough power for 125,000 homes.
On the site Marr is using two
M2480Ds – the world’s largest capacity luffing tower crane. The solution offers lift capacities of up to 110 tonnes and a reach of up to 73 metres to lift the 70-tonne drum and boiler waterwalls weighing 85 tonnes. The first M2480D is erected on the
Marr Transit System (MTS) - a rail system that extends the reach and coverage of the tower crane over the site without any loss of capacity. The second M2480D is installed on a static base.
The solution, says Marr, will allow
larger sections of plant and equipment weighing up to 85 tonnes to be installed in fewer lifts. Cranes Today asked Marr a bit more about the project and why these cranes were selected for the job...
What was it that made the contractor, Black & Veatch, commission Marr and, specifically, two of its M2480Ds for the Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant job? Craneage is often more complex than what it needs to be. On this project, we took what was potentially going to be a very complex approach and modified it to provide Black & Veatch with a really simple craneage solution that is allowing them to construct the project in the way they wanted to. Black & Veatch were able to see the
benefits that the right cranage solution can deliver to a project. With the ability to lift in larger, heavier components,
Marr’s approach supports Black & Veatch’s preferred modern methods of construction (MMC) methodology by allowing larger, prefabricated components and larger sections of plant and equipment weighing up to 85 tonnes to be lifting in a single lift. This in turn will reduce complexity and the number of lifts required, helping to shorten the construction schedule and fast-track the path to commercialisation. Marr’s experience in the successful
delivery of similar large-scale EfW plants in Australia and the Middle East is ideally suited to this project and emerging Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) trends in the UK. Larger plants, like the Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant (LSEP), demand more efficient construction solutions and can really benefit from the use of technology, such as the Marr Transit System (MTS), which extends the reach and capacity of Marr’s cranes. Having both M2480Ds ensured
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