SPECIALISED TRANSPORT Ӏ SECTOR SPOTLIGHT
SPECIALISED SPECTACLE
A look at some of the most spectacular specialised transport jobs in recent times. Cranes Today reports.
Cranes and specialised transport go hand in hand. It’s a marriage made in (engineering) heaven. After all, chances are if you need to lift something heavy you will need to move it into position. Yet, rather unfairly, cranes seem to hog the limelight. Their unmissable erect booms, or towering masts, proclaim ‘look at me, I’m the king of
the construction site!’, whilst their specialised transport partners are, well, rather more understated. In this feature, however, we’re looking
to address this imbalance and show that the world of specialised transport can be every bit as impressive as even the most spectacular lifts. Here are our top four transport jobs, so far, from 2025…
MIRACLE MOVE: THE GREAT CHURCH WALK
Over 1,000 hours of planning went into supporting the two-day journey of an iconic Swedish church, Kiruna Church, to its new home.
Mammoet has relocated the iconic Kiruna Church, one of Sweden’s most treasured architectural landmarks. Kiruna Church is one of the country’s largest wooden structures. Its relocation became necessary due to the expansion of LKAB’s Kiruna mine, which required several buildings to be moved to a newly developed city centre five kilometres away. Mammoet was commissioned by civil engineering firm Veidekke and LKAB. Weighing 713-tonnes, the church was
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