TOWER CRANES Ӏ SITE SHOWCASE


FLYING HIGH


German crane rental specialist BKL Baukran Logistik assembles a Saez tower crane on a mountain in Austria using a helicopter.


German crane rental specialist BKL Baukran Logistik (BKL) was commissioned by Austrian cable car company Silvrettaseilbahn to erect a tower crane up a mountain to help build a new cable car station in Ischgl, Austria. The construction site location was at an altitude of around 2,300 metres above sea level and could not be reached via vehicle. Using a helicopter was the only way to assemble the crane there. The tower crane BKL used was its 130 tonne-metre Saez TLS 60 14. This crane, it said, is powerful yet modular and light enough to be airlifted to the site by helicopter. The schedule was tight as there was only a short timeframe in which to set up the crane after the ski season ended but before


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Photos courtesy of: BKL Baukran Logistik / Roman Nöstler


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