Capital Equipment News July 2018

TOWER CRANES

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Addressing critical lifting challenges

To get the better of space, time and safety concerns on construction sites, self-erecting tower cranes have proved to be the fitting solution with their ability to be rigged more quickly and safely than their conventional top slewing counterparts, even in tight spaces, thereby addressing most of the critical materials handling challenges construction contractors have to contend with, writes Munesu Shoko.

A s urban development continues apace, space at construction sites is at a pre- mium. At the same time, project timelines have become even shorter, calling for maximum uptime on site. As recent buildings have been getting higher and larger, vertical lift planning and operation are key factors to successful project completion. As a result, vertical transportation of materials needs careful consideration. On all sites, but especially high rise projects, the efficient delivery of materials to the workface is paramount. Constrained sites generally limit what is possible in this regard and getting this wrong will definitely prove costly. Understanding self-erecting tower cranes Jared Terry, Tower Crane Manager at MMS Cranes, the local distributor of the Terex range of cranes, explains that a self-erecting tower crane is a bottom slewing crane,

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