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Mastclimbers & hoists
London Loader Tower cranes Cranes November 2011Vol. 13issue8
Showcase
Lift and
Access
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On the cover: Hydro Mobile supplied the mastclimbers for the renovation of the Church of Our Lady Immaculate, Guelph, Ontario, c&a one of the finest examples of religious French Gothic contents Revival in all of Canada.
Comment 5 Lift and Access 17 Mastclimbers News 6 Showcase Gardner Denver to quit access market, Lavendon Symposium 37 buys Blue Sky and unveils the SkySiren, Skanska The first Lift and Access Showcase and UK demands anti crush devices, AFI introduces Symposium was held in Scottsdale, Arizona the Sanctuary Zone, Zoomlion looks for earlier this month. The event acquisitions, New Dutch crane rental group, JLG included an expanded ships 1,000th Toucan 10E, Barry Barnes retires, product Showcase, crane Mammoet PTC claims world record, Jost appoints Rodeo and a conference. We LTC, Tadano launches four new RTs, Nacanco report on the event and the Loader cranes 29 goes with Socage, Crowland installs crane main new product launches, including the new road test rig, Financials round-up, Palfinger Genie compact electric RT scissors and a new launches new loader cranes, trailer scissor lift. New Chinese cranes from Terex, Havator acquires Norrlandskranar. London Tower Cranes 43 One tower crane manufacturer currently in the process of changing its direction and product line-up is German-based Jost Cranes. A few months ago it sold its flat top designs to Lift and Access show 37 Zoomlion and is now concentrating on its luffers. Cranes & Access met up Alexander Jost and its new UK/Ireland dealer, London Mastclimbers Tower Crane Hire & Sales (LTC). and hoists 17 The mastclimber and hoist market in the UK IPS 10th is a relatively close market with only a anniversary 47 handful of players. We profile manufacturer IPS – Independent Parts & Service – has just Alimak Hek UK, and mastclimber rental celebrated its 10th anniversary. Mark Darwin company Adastra, two companies visited the Telford based company to find out vastly experienced in this sector. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Cranes & Access is published eight times a year about its past, present and future. and is available on payment of an annual subscription of £40.00. If you wish to subscribe, please send a crossed cheque made payable to The Vertikal Press Ltd to: Subscriptions, The Vertikal Press, PO Box 6998, Brackley, Northants NN13 5WY. Address changes should also be Loader cranes 29 sent to this address. Please include the address label from a recent issue regulars with all correspondence and allow 3 months for changes to be effective. We take a look at the latest SUBSCRIBE ONLINE AT: product developments Books and Models 51 www.vertikal.net/en/journal_subscription.php including the new, BULK DISCOUNTS: These are available to companies wishing to take ALLMI Focus 54 out multiple subscriptions. Please contact the subscriptions manager more sophisticated for more details. overload/stability Training 57 Tel: +44 (0)8448 155900 Fax:+44 (0)1295 768223 systems, interview Atlas E-mail: [email protected] IPAF Focus 59 Kran & Bühne: The Vertikal Press also publishes a German magazine Crane owner Fil Filipov which deals with the same issues as Cranes & Access, but is written for and take a brief look at the PASMA 61 German users and buyers. Details available on request. latest new product launches. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information pub- Innovations 63 lished in Cranes & Access, the Editor and Publisher can accept no re- sponsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. Views expressed in articles Letters 64 are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the In the next C&A Editor or Publisher. Material published in Cranes & Access is pro- tected under international copyright law and may not be reproduced In the next issue of Cranes & Access out January 2012 What’s on 69 without prior permission from the publishers. we have the annual Rental rate guide, a look back at events of 2011 and feature Heavy lift cranes and Truck mounted lifts. On-line directory 74
November 2011 cranes & access 3 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:39 PM Page 4 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:39 PM Page 5 c&a cranes comment Even safer platforms… Let me say at the start that using an &access aerial work platform is almost invariably The Vertikal Press For users & buyers of lifting equipment the safest and most efficient method PO box 6998 Brackley NN13 5WY. UK November 2011 Vol. 13 issue 8 of working at height. Statistically Tel: +44(0)8448 155900 Fax: +44(0)1295 768223 email: [email protected] accidents of any type involving aerial lifts web: www.vertikal.net Editors: are very rare. Accidents in which an operator is crushed against an Leigh Sparrow In Germany: overhead object are rarer still - perhaps just four or five a year Mark Darwin Vertikal Verlag in North America, Europe and Australia combined. Sundgaualle 15, D-79114, Freiburg, Germany Associate Editors: Boom and trailer lift manufacturer Niftylift launched its Tel: 0761 8978660 Fax: 0761 8866814 email: [email protected] Rüdiger Kopf (Freiburg) ‘anti-crushing’ system - SiOPS (sustained involuntary operation web: www.vertikal.net Alexander Ochs (Freiburg) prevention system) - more than two years ago - a possible Germany, Scandinavia, response to concerns expressed by Balfour Beatty in the UK Austria and Switzerland Sales & customer support: and BHP in Australia? Karlheinz Kopp, Vertikal Verlag, Pam Penny Sundgaualle 15,D-79114, Freiburg, Germany Just a few weeks ago Skanska UK took matters a step further Tel: +49 (0)761 89786615 Karlheinz Kopp Fax:+49 (0)761 8866814 Clare Engelke saying that as ‘bolt-on’ anti-crushing devices are now available, email: [email protected] all boom lifts it rents after January 3rd must have these devices Italy Production: fitted. At the same time two new safety systems developed by Fabio Potestà, Mediapoint, Corte Lambruschini, Nicole Engesser rental companies - AFI’s Sanctuary Zone (cage) and Lavendon’s Corso Buenos Aires 8, V Piano-Interno 7, SkySiren (alarm) - were launched (see page 6 for details). I-16129 Genova, Italy Subscriptions: Tel: 010 570 4948 Fax: 010 553 0088 While it is not a good idea for contractors to make design changes email: mediapointsrl.it Lee Miller or modifications, it clearly shows a frustration that the industry is The Netherlands Hans en Anneke Aarse Publisher: dragging its heels over this statistically rare but obviously Oranjestraat 167 important issue. NL 3295 AS - ‘s-Gravendeel Leigh Sparrow Tel:+31-78 673 4007 What should be remembered is that some crushing incidents are Mobile:+31(0) 630421042 email: [email protected] caused by the boom being driven over uneven ground resulting UK and all other areas in a rapid impact, in which case only a cage system might Pam Penny save the operator. PO box 6998 Brackley NN13 5WY. UK Tel: +44(0)8448 155900 The Vertikal Press Ltd. MEMBERS OF If contractors or rental companies believe these systems are email: [email protected] effective and necessary, they must fit them to all platforms to Design & Artwork by: avoid prosecutions from those having an accident on a bp design Ltd. Tel: 01707 642141 non-modified unit. email: [email protected] web: bpdesign.info If the risk of crushing is so serious (and what about the more ISSN: 1467-0852 probable risk of overhead electrocution?) why are rental companies © Copyright The Vertikal Press Limited 2011 doing the development work? Surely it is the manufacturers’ responsibility as it was with pot-hole protection for scissor lifts in the 1990s. This would also eliminate interference issues with the machine’s existing electrical and safety systems, not to mention CE documentation. Letters, emails, faxes and It would be nice to think that this influx of extra safety systems The Vertikal Press also publishes: phone calls are welcome and is just about making operators safer. Sadly I think it is more should be sent to: liability driven, but so long as they work without interfering with the machine’s operation then it is a positive development. The Editor, But there is no getting away from the fact that this is an upside down development process. cranes & access, PO Box 6998, Brackley NN13 5WY, UK Tel: +44(0)8448 155900 Mark Darwin Fax: +44(0)1295 768223 Please mail, email or fax any comments you may have, to the editor, email: [email protected] stating if we may publish them or not.
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news c&a Comansa breaks flat top record Spanish tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has announced the world’s largest flat top tower crane with up to 64 tonnes capacity. The new LC3000 range comprises two base models - the 30LC 1100 and 30LC 1400 - available in three different variants rated at 32, 48 or 64 tonnes. Maximum capacity at the 80 metre jib tip ranges from 9.5 to 15 tonnes The LC3000 is a larger more modern and standard version of the 1996 LC 8952 depending on model. An LC 3000 jib section in working format The biggest challenge that Comansa The jib sections are big - the largest to reach 198 metres. All models faced in developing the LC3000 was being 6.2 metres high by 10 metres come with a 200kw/268hp hoist designing the structural components long. To make them transportable, mechanism with frequency control for both optimum performance and they fold in half in order to fit into a and 1,450 metres of rope storage practical transportation. So as you standard 40ft container. Two tower capacity. Linden Comansa’s double might expect, this is where most sections are available, with either a trolley system with automatic reeving of the innovative thinking has four or 5.5 metre square section, both change is standard. Current delivery occurred. The designs for both the can be dismantled for transport. The time is 10 to 12 months, although jib and the tower sections have 5.5 metre tower uses the same corner this will reduce to six months once been patented and both can be quadrants as the four metre, but with the units are in full production.be folded or quickly dismantled for expander sections on each of the four openly available. transportation, while being easy … and folded sides. Freestanding height is 88 to erect. for transport metres and only two ties are required Lavendon buys Blue Sky …And announces SkySiren Largest UK access rental company Lavendon has acquired Blue Shortly after the acquisition Sky Access, the company that designs and engineers products Lavendon launched the SkySiren intended to improve efficiency and safety while working with a new system to help prevent work platforms. The company had revenues last year of £400,000 inadvertent operator crushing with a profit of £100,000 and gross assets of £300,000. Lavendon in boom lifts. paid £3.4 million in cash, with up to an additional £4 million - Developed with Blue Sky over the or more - of deferred consideration over the next four years. past three years, it can reportedly be retro-fitted to most boom lifts in The SkySiren cuts lift functions and sounds a matter of minutes. A longitudinal an alarm if it senses excess pressure pressure sensitive rubber strip AFI introduces the Sanctuary Zone placed between the operator and sounding an alarm. The system can the control panel cuts the boom lift be reset to allow the operator to UK rental company AFI has The Haulotte functions immediately, in the event rescue himself if he can. introduced the Sanctuary Zone, version of the AFI of excessive pressure while a steel structure that protects developed Sanctuary the operator from being crushed Zone between the platform and an Skanska demands anti overhead obstacle when using boom lifts. crush devices in booms The Sanctuary Zone comprises steel frames mounted on either side of At the same time as Lavendon launched the Sky Siren, UK contractor the platform to create a roll-bar Skanska UK announced that from January 3rd 2012, it will require all effect. By projecting to a height of boom lifts that it rents to be fitted with crush protection devices. around 1.8 metres from the platform It will also require such devices to against crush type injuries and raise floor, they mechanically prevent an be in place on all aerial lifts on its the alarm in the event an operator overhead obstruction from crushing sites, by April 2nd 2012. encounters a crush or trap situation. the operator. So far Haulotte and The company says that it has been It adds that a number of safety Genie have developed Sanctuary working closely with manufacturers devices are now commercially Zones for their booms. The product and suppliers trialling safety devices available in the UK, making its will be openly available. specifically designed to guard policy practical.
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JLG ships c&a news 1,000th 10E JLG has shipped the 1,000th Dutch crane rental group Toucan 10E - 10 metre mast boom - since deliveries began in 2009. Six Dutch crane rental Launched at APEX 2008, the model companies have formed was built on the experience from a new partnership or previous Toucan models which alliance under the established the sector in the late banner Kraanverhuur 1980s. The 10E was joined by the Nederland (KVN), to 8E last year - both units offer 3.1 offer a local crane metres of outreach. The Toucan 10E service nationally. The six independently owned members are Baetsen, BKF, Van Grinsven, Heeren, Kuiphuis Barnes retires Kraanverhuur and Nederhoff, with a combined fleet of around 250 cranes, operating from 17 locations and with 300 employees. Barry Barnes director of sales for Terex Cranes Europe has retired KVN spokesman Bob Bruijsten said: "Efficiency and costs for many after more than 30 years with the clients has become increasingly important. Through close cooperation company. we are able to offer our clients a national network that provides a branch within 45 km of anywhere in the Netherlands, ready to deliver Barnes joined Terex with its the right crane for any type of work. Customers who operate nationally acquisition of Demag mobile have a local contact where they can be assured of a similar level of cranes in 2002 and has been the safety, quality of service and efficiency.” UK face of Demag/Terex since the early 1970s. He also spent some The partnership not only provides a national coverage, but also brings time selling the larger Demag together a collection of different lifting specialities, equipment and skills, cranes in North America. He which the partners hope will appeal to crane customers. announced his intention to retire last year, with Lee Maynard said Barnes. “I still have a lot of taking over his UK role. ideas to improve the business and “I have been fortunate to represent look forward to supporting my superior products and work for colleagues and customers Manitowoc strike A number of union employees at the Manitowoc crane plant in some great people and colleagues,” whenever I can be of help.” Manitowoc, Wisconsin recently walked out on strike. The strike affects up to 200 who have since been laid off. Zoomlion looks at overseas acquisitions members of the International The company said that it has Zoomlion chief executive Zhan Chunxin has warned that equipment Association of Machinists and activated a contingency plan to demand in China is slowing drastically and that the downward trend Aerospace Workers (IAM). 600 keep the plant running with limited will continue well into next year. other employees continued to work disruptions. See Vertikal.net for Massive cuts in railway spending and a as normal, although the strike has more information slow-down in residential building and other started to affect other employees construction projects are to blame. China’s second largest construction equipment producer also says that it is Genie electrifies RT scissors looking to expand through overseas Genie has launched a acquisitions and has opened discussions new range of battery with several manufacturers in the crane and electric compact Rough access sector. At the same time it is adding Terrain scissor lifts. production facilities in developing markets The new models were such as India, with the aim to expand unveiled at the Lift and international revenues from the current Access Showcase and five percent to around 35 percent. Symposium in Arizona earlier this month. Mechanic to testify against Lomma The three new scissor The crane mechanic charged in the fatal 2008 tower crane collapse on lifts - the GS2669 DC, the Upper East side of Manhattan, New York, Tibor Varganyi, 65, has GS3369 DC and GS4069 changed his plea to one of guilty of criminally negligent homicide. DC - offer similar He has also agreed to testify reckless endangerment. Both had performance against his boss James Lomma, pleaded not guilty to all charges. characteristics to their 65, owner, New York Crane and In changing his plea to guilty, diesel powered associate crane company JF Varganyi will avoid the manslaughter counterparts but use AC Lomma which owned the charge that carries a possible 15-year wheel mounted drive tower crane. prison sentence and by testifying motors. All three models The new are driveable at full height. GS4069DC - all The two face charges of second- against Lomma he may even avoid models include degree manslaughter, second- prison altogether. See Vertikal.net (See Lift and Access 1.5 metre deck degree assault, criminally negligent for more details show report on page 37.) extensions homicide and second-degree
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news c&a World record lift? Mammoet has successfully Tadano launches tested one of its new PTC Super Heavy Lift cranes with a test load of 3,520 four new RTs tonnes at 33 Tadano has launched four new Rough Terrain crane models with metres radius. capacities from 30 to 80 tonnes. The ‘Global’ cranes are the 30 tonne performance and according to capacity GR-300EX, 50 tonne Tadano are more environmentally GR-500EX, 60 tonne GR-600EX and friendly. The main feature of the the 80 tonne GR-800EX (all rated at three larger models is the new three metres radius except the boom with rounded profile and GR-500EX which is at 2.5 metres). made from ultra lightweight, high In North America the cranes will be tensile, high strength steel which known as the GR-350XL, Tadano says provides each model GR-550XL, GR-750XL and the with the longest boom in its GR-1000XL with capacities of 31.8 respective class. (The main boom tons, 50 tons, 68 tons and 90.7 lengths range from 31 to 47 metres). tons respectively. Tadano GR-800EX Tadano’s Rough Terrain cranes are its most popular, accounting for over 30 percent of its total exports. The new models offer improved Crowland installs road test rig UK-based crane sales and service company Crowland Cranes has installed a new Crypton rolling road that can test mobile cranes and truck mounted work platforms with axle weights up to 20 tonnes. International lifting specialist says that the “maximum design Mammoet has successfully load on the jib is 2,900 tonnes tested one of its new PTC Super which sets a new world record”. Heavy Lift cranes with a test The crane is one of the three load of 3,520 tonnes at 33 PTCs being built and tested at metres radius. Mammoet’s dedicated crane The crane – a PTC140 – which is facility in Westdorpe near designed in-house by Mammoet, Terneuzen, Holland and it will soon was rigged with 83 metres of main be shipped to Brazil for its first job. boom and a 36 metre jib. Mammoet Jost appoints LTC The rollers can be adjusted for vehicles with overall widths from three metres down to 2.4 metres LTC – London Tower Crane Hire & Sales – has been appointed as UK and The single axle roller mechanism has Ireland distributor for Jost luffing jib tower cranes. The agreement a width-adjustable sliding bed to allows LTC to sell both the JTL and JL luffing jib tower crane ranges in accommodate cranes with chassis the UK on an exclusive basis and is effective immediately. widths from 2.4 to three metres and tyre planning to develop larger JTL sizes from 14:00 to 20:00, ensuring that models in the near future. The the wheels sit properly and run in the standard JL luffing range has centre of the rollers for greater accuracy maximum capacities ranging from and consistency. the 16 tonne JL256.16 to its largest The device is operated via radio remote luffer the 32 tonne JL616.32. Larger control allowing the test engineer to models from 900 to 1,500 operate the crane brakes and control the tonne/metres capacity are available test machine at the same time, for “built to order”. greater efficiency. The device also weighs Martin Harvey (L) managing director LTC – part of the JRL group of and records the actual axle weight and of LTC with Alexander Jost. companies – was formed in 2003 compares it with its database – which is LTC has also taken delivery of the and purchased its first Jost in 2005, compiled either from previous tests, prior world’s first 12 tonne, 55 metre jib it currently has a fleet of 170 tower input or for the latest cranes from Jost JTL208.12, the largest topless cranes 60 of which are Jost. manufacturer’s data. luffer in the Jost range. Jost is See LTC feature on page 43. 8 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:39 PM Page 9
Skako sells Denka c&a news Skako has completed the sale of the Denka trailer lift business which is moving back to its original Holbæk, facility. 15 ex-employees from the Holbæk area have joined the new company with production restarting 80 Hiabs to Mexico earlier this month. The national oil company of Mexico, Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) has ordered 80 Hiab loader cranes in a deal worth $5 million. The cranes will be used for a wide range of maintenance and support applications across the Denka CEO Søren Audon company’s national operations. The order includes supervises Denka’s move back into its iconic assembly 19 Hiab XS 144 B-3, eight 175-5, 18 XS 211 EP-3, building in Holbæk five Hiab XS 377 EP-5, four XS 422 EP-4 and 26 XS 477 E-6 models. 54 cranes will be fitted with Hiab's CLX control system while the 26 XS 477 E-6 models will feature the Hiab Duo system. The A Hiab XS 144B cranes will be delivered by the end of this year.
The first new units – Denka Juniors four investors including the chief – will be followed by DK18s in executive Søren Audon, Michael Palfinger launches mid-December. The company Johansen and Torben Christensen also announced that Chris Johansen Lars Bugge, chairman of Skako Lift, new loader cranes has been appointed as sales which sold the Falcon spider lift Crane and access manufacturer Palfinger has unveiled three new manager, Jens Hou as spare parts business in August, said: “We are loaders cranes. The PK 44502 rated at 41.9 tonne/metre and the manager and Anette Østbjerg pleased that the future of Denka 46.5 tonne/metre PK 48002 EH are both equipped with up to six as purchasing manager. has now been settled and that hydraulic extensions, with an outreach of 16.3 metres. Denka Lift Denmark, is owned by production will continue in Denmark.” They also feature Palfinger’s HPLS technology which reduces the crane’s working speed to boost lifting power when required and have the reverse linkage knuckle The new Palfinger Cargotec splits Hiab and Kalmar.... boom which can be angled upwards by PK44502 15 degrees. Barely a year after integrating Hiab and Kalmar into the Industrial and Terminal division, owner Cargotec has decided to split them into Towards the top of the range, the 85.5 tonne/ separate business areas, Load Handling (Hiab) and Terminal (Kalmar). metre PK 92002 SH will be the largest of Palfinger’s three model SH range. It offers up to Cargotec says the change is driven towards customer solutions and its nine hydraulic extensions and a maximum vision to be the world's leading provider of cargo handling solutions. outreach of 22.5 metres. Crammed full of Its renewed focus on Load Handling (mainly loader cranes), aims to Palfinger’s crane technology it includes the strengthen its market position in this area. double slewing system, maintenance-free boom The new PK 92002 SH The change includes streamlining its centralised support functions, so system, high performance stability control - Cargotec's accounting operation and Shared Service Centre in Turku, Finland HPSC - and Power Link Plus. A new addition is and Ljungby, Sweden, will be outsourced. Factory operations and related the electronic position damper - Soft Stop - activities will be divided. The Terminal business will continue to be which ‘cushion stops’ all crane movements managed by Unto Ahtola as executive vice president, while Axel Leijonhufvud, before the mechanical end stop is reached, currently responsible for Supply, becomes executive vice president of Load preventing jerky movements and collisions Handling. The changes come into effect at the start of January. caused by swinging loads.
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news c&a 200 tonne six axle for NMT UK crane rental company NMT has taken delivery of one of the first 200 tonne Terex AC200-1P All Terrain cranes in the UK. Bedford-based NMT specified the crane with six axles (Version P) Nacanco goes instead of the standard five, allowing it to travel to more jobs without the need for back up vehicle/counterweight truck. with Socage The new crane boasts a 68 metre boom plus 17 metre bi-fold NMT’s new six axle Terex AC200-1P Italian rental company Nacanco has purchased 45 Socage truck swingaway extension. can travel with up to 25 tonnes of mounted lifts, including 38, 20 metre DA320 and seven 24 In the UK the crane can travel with counterweight along with all its tackle metre DA324. 25 tonnes of its maximum 68.5 and steel outrigger mats. tonne counterweight as well as the The crane joins a new Terex The new units will join the extension and normal range of AC100-4L - the company’s company’s 2,600 strong blocks and tackle. second - purchased earlier this year. rental fleet which includes truck mounted and self- propelled lifts up to 43 metres and will be Gardner Denver to distributed among its 14 Italian branches. quit powered access UK-based van and Land Rover Nacanco has chosen the mounted aerial lift manufacturer dual riser articulated lifts Gardner Denver is pulling out of to satisfy growing the powered access business. demand for self-drive Several customers have been told truck mounted lift rental. that the company is no longer The two models include quoting for new business and a simple full hydraulic source at the company confirmed controls. All 45 units are that it will build out its current order mounted on 3.5 tonne book and then simply provide after Renault Maxity 110.35/5 sales support for the existing AC L2 chassis. Nacanco has purchased 45 Socage truck. machine population. A Gardner Denver Land Rover mounted lift. mounted platforms
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Financial snippets Strong finish for JLG Access and telehandler manufacturer JLG finished its fiscal year with a bang, with sales up more than 25 percent to $673.5 million of which Strong third quarter for Manitowoc $619.6 million was telehandler/access shipments – 60.7 percent higher than last year. Operating income increased 475 percent to $34.8 million Third quarter sales at Manitowoc and the order book jumped 370 percent to $729.2 million. JLG says that Cranes were up 20.7 percent to the higher sales are largely due to increased demand for replacement $529.4 million, while operating equipment in North America and parts of Europe. income jumped 58 percent to $25.4 million. Second quarter revenues at Tat Hong up 26% Singapore-based crane company Tat Hong expanded 26 percent to $183.3 million, while pre-tax Terex/Genie leaps 59% profits jumped 83 percent to $19.6 million. Third quarter revenues at Terex AWP/Gene were $448.7 million, 58.9 percent higher than a year ago, while operating income almost doubled Cramo up 39% Third quarter revenues at Cramo rose 39.3 to $27 million. The company also confirmed that it would be percent to €181.6 million while pre-tax implementing a 4.5 percent price increase in January. The order book profits almost tripled to €20 million with all divisions back into profitability. at the end of September was $550.7 million, 48 percent higher than at the same point in 2010. 123% boost at Skyjack Third quarter sales at Linamar’s Industrial division - which includes Skyjack - Sales up losses down at Harsco Infrastructure were up 123 percent to $89.3 million. At the same time the division’s operating loss was reduced to $1.5 million from $7 million last year. Access and formwork rental company Harsco Infrastructure has reported third quarter revenues up 11 percent to $282.3 million, while the operating loss for the period was reduced from $13.6 million last year to $3.3 Terex Cranes up 47% million this year. Third quarter sales at Terex Cranes were up 47.4 percent to $543.6 million, while operating income grew by a multiple of 6.65 from $3.9 million Lavendon gathers pace last year to $25.9 million this year. UK-based international rental company Lavendon says third quarter revenues increased eight percent overall while it managed to cut net debt by 11 percent. Manitex up 59% Nine month revenues at US-based boom truck and crane manufacturer Manitex grew 59 percent to $105.7 million, while pre-tax profits jumped Orders jump at Bronto 119 percent to $3.85 million. Third quarter revenues at Bronto increased 12 percent to $22.2 million, due mainly to exchange rate fluctuations, as sales volumes Tadano moves back into profit were flat. Operating income for the quarter was just $200,000, Half year revenues at Japanese crane and compared to $1.4 million last year. Order intake doubled to $42 million access manufacturer Tadano climbed by more thanks to orders for fire lifts in Asia and regular lifts from Australia. than 22 percent to ¥50.4 billion ($645.5 million) while last year’s net loss of ¥2.95 billion ($37.8 million) was converted to a profit of ¥1.13 billion ($14.5 Palfinger up 34% million) this year, thanks to lower costs and higher volumes. Nine month revenues at Palfinger were €624 million, 34 percent Rates improve at Speedy as profits loom up on the same period last year. Pre-tax profits more than doubled UK-based rental company Speedy has reported a nine percent fall in to €43.3 million. revenues to £161.8 million for its first half due to the sale of its cabin business. Like-for-like revenues grew two percent, as rental rates improved by 7.8 percent over last year. Pre-tax profits were £2.8 million, but this is Haulotte up 27% before exceptional costs of £5.1 million. Third quarter revenues at Haulotte grew 21 percent to €63.2 million, while the year to Upwards and onwards at Manitou date sales are €224.7 million – up 27 Third quarter sales at telehandler and access percent on last year. manufacturer Manitou were €260 million – 25 percent up on the same quarter in 2010. Sales at the Rough Profits triple at Ramirent Terrain division were 29 percent higher at €185 million, € Third quarter revenues at Finnish-based rental company Ramirent grew while Compact Equipment grew by 28 percent to 44.9 million. 27.2 percent to €179.2 million while pre-tax profits more than doubled to €25.65 million. Cargotec boosts profits Third quarter revenues at Cargotec’s Industrial and Terminal division – Hiab € Third quarter revenues at HSS increased and Kalmar - grew by 20 percent to 456 million, while operating income HSS up 7.7% € five percent to £46.9 million while rose 37 percent to 20.7 million. EBITDA fell almost eight percent to £11.2 million, due to roll-out costs of a new logistics and operational platform. Full details and analysis on these and many more companies can be found on www.vertikal.net
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New China cranes from Terex Terex Cranes has unveiled two new Chang Jiang truck cranes. The 25 tonne Toplift 025G and 55 tonne Toplift 055G - the first of a totally new series manufactured at the company’s facility in Luzhou, China, combining local market preferences from Chang Jiang truck cranes, with Terex crane technology and styling, including its recently introduced cab designs.
The new cranes are launched with a ribbon cutting ceremony at BICES: (L-R) Dan Micheau, general manager Terex Chang Jiang, Ron DeFeo, CEO Terex, Ken Lousberg, president Terex China and Xiaoming Mao, general manager Terex China. The three axle 025G has a five Ken Lousberg, president of Terex section 39 metre main boom, plus China said: “The Chinese truck 8.3 metre swingaway extension for crane market is the largest in the a maximum tip height of almost world and the 25 tonne class the 50 metres. most popular. The Toplift 025G The four axle 055G boasts a five addresses this segment with section 42 metre boom plus a 9.2 features not found on other to 13 metres bi-fold swingaway that locally built cranes.” takes the tip height to 56 metres. Havator acquires Norrlandskranar Finnish-based crane company Havator acquired Swedish crane rental company Norrlandskranar in mid-October. Norrlandskranar has 20 cranes - mostly Liebherr and Kato - with capacities ranging from 10 to 300 tonnes operating out of four locations in Sundsvall, Örnsköldsvik, Härnösand and Östersund. It employs 35 with revenues of around SEK 49 million (€5.3 million). Boom sells tower crane fleet Australian-based crane and access group Boom Logistics has sold its Victoria-based tower crane business for A$7.5 million. The deal includes 34 tower cranes and all supporting materials, including some dedicated mobile cranes used for erecting and dismantling. The sale is expected to result in a net gain of $3 million and is part of a move to free up capital. Boom also plans to withdraw from the access and general equipment rental business. Skyjack opens Australian facility Canadian-based lift and telehandler manufacturer Skyjack has opened a new facility in Australia, located in, Wetherill Park, 35 km from Sydney. The new facility consists of 100 square metres of office space and 800 square metres of warehousing. It is managed by national sales manager Jason Cranmer, who moved to Australia earlier this year from Skyjack Europe, where he was sales manager for Southern UK and Ireland. Skyjack’s coverage of the Australian market will be supported by Access Services Australia with its 37 engineers and network of independent service engineers.
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111 wind farm cranes It’s here! Palfinger Wind cranes include nacelle mounted fold away units the all Dong Energy of Denmark has ordered 111 Palfinger Wind cranes for new the Arnholt offshore wind farm, Denmark’s largest offshore facility. The cranes which are due to ship from January onwards will help provide fast, safe unloading of supply vessels and flexible material handling for maintenance and other routine work. According to Palfinger, Dong was attracted by “the simple, robust design” of the wind crane. range of electric Eurotecno adds Hinowas powered platforms Italian-based rental company Eurotecno has added 12 more Hinowa tracked spider lifts to its fleet. The order includes a selection of units from from Versalift the latest Hinowa IIIS range, including the 14 metre Gold Lift 14.70, 17 • Low emissions metre Gold Lift 17.80 and 23 metre Light Lift 23.12. • Virtually silent operation Access to a greener world www.versalift.co.uk email us at: [email protected]
Italian-based industrial hire firm Eurotecno has bolstered its rental fleet with 12 more Hinowa spider lifts.
All the platforms are equipped with the Hinowa’s auto stabilising/levelling and outrigger stowage. The platforms are also fitted with a GPS transmitter which when connected to the Hinowa server can pinpoint the platform’s position and remotely diagnose faults. Snorkel launches 62/66ft booms Snorkel has unveiled the production versions of two new booms - the T66JRT, a 66ft/20m platform height straight telescopic and the 62ft A62JRT articulated boom - at the Lift and Access Showcase in Scottsdale, Arizona. Both units were shown as prototypes at Conexpo in March. The T66JRT features a three section and 2.5 metres overall height. The telescopic boom and 1.8 metre new boom uses the same Polaris articulating jib. Without the jib it is chassis as the 62ft A62JRT, which available as the 60ft T60RT. The is also common to the company’s new lifts replace the old Snorkel 40/46ft booms. TB66JRT and TB60RT models. The new Snorkel TB66JRT Snorkel says that at 1.37 metres, the T66JRT has the best inside turning radius of any two-wheel steer boom in its class. The unit is compact with an 8.5 metres overall length
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News HIGHLIGHTS c&a news •An inaugural Australian Telescopic Handler • The first Giraf Track GT580B, tracked platform, •Erik de Bruijn has joined Snorkel as a Association meeting is scheduled for telehandler, crane has arrived in Australia. product support engineer based in the December 13th in Sydney. • Skyjack has appointed Adriano Netherlands. •US-based wholesale rental company Acme Lift, Battazza to the post of Latin America Terex Cranes has promoted Frank has equipped its entire fleet with Topcon • sales director as it opens in Brazil. Bardonaro to managing director telematics equipment. • The new 32 metre Multitel MJ320 global sales. Frank Safway Services has acquired Ohio-based is currently in the UK as part of Adriano Bardonaro • Battezza Waco Scaffolding & Equipment. its grand European tour. •UK based Lavendon Access Services has retained its SAFEcontractor certification. •Atlas Crane owner Fil Filipov has sent letter • Platinum Equity has acquired aerial lift to employees asking: do you want me as the specialist Nesco from an investor group •Scotland-based EnerMech has won a £3 million owner or not? led by HKW Capital Partners. crane maintenance contract from Maersk Oil. •Abdul Latif Mohammed of Kanoo's • Tibor Varganyi, the mechanic charged in the •US based rental company United Rentals has equipment rental business in 2008 New York tower crane collapse will reported a strong third quarter with profits Saudi Arabia has testify against boss James Lomma. up over 250% retired after 27 years. Abdul Latif The University of Notre Dame has announced the Mohammed • •Brad Boehler of Skyjack and Brent Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Scholarship. •Centre Design the UK’s largest provider of Christmas displays has signed a three Hoover of JLG will chair two of SAIA’s • UK-based rental company Hi-Reach has three new ANSI A92 sub-committees. ordered a number of new JCB telehandlers year contract with Nationwide Platforms. •Baltimore, Maryland-based Fascan International as it expands its fleet. •Terex Utilities has appointed Foley Equipment has acquired the Jekko distribution business for UK-based scaffolding company NSG has as a distributor for the State of Kansas. the USA from C4 Cranes. • secured a three year contract with Tata. •US based Essex Crane has reported its •Peter Lancken has taken over as chairman of Snorkel has appointed Dongguan Kango as its Australian-based rental company Kennards Hire. • third quarter results with losses double distributor for Fujian, Guangdong and that of last year. •Denka Lift has appointed Chris Hunan in Southern China. Johansen as sales manager •US based Bigge Equipment has signed an • The Spider division of SafeWorks has following the departure of investor appointed Jason Buchanan as district agreement with Standfast to distribute its Torben Christensen. sales representative in New Orleans TRAM fall restraint system. A steam crane built in 1924 by Chris and Scott Quinters as district sales • Johansen •Kari Aulasmaa, senior vice president, Finland UK-based Stothert & Pitt is now a representative for Charlotte. Jason and Europe East at Ramirent has resigned. feature in a themed playground at •Chinese crane manufacturer Sany Buchanan Friendly Bay, New Zealand. will invest $25 million in a new R&D •US based Hertz Equipment Rental has •Linamar owner of Skyjack has appointed centre in Peachtree City, Georgia. reported a strong third quarter with a strong improvement in profits. Dale Schneider as chief financial officer. • US-based Smith Electric Vehicles, which is •Odyssey Investment Partners has acquired part owned by Tanfield, has announced an •Palfinger has called an EGM to gain Houston based TNT Crane and Rigging from IPO on the Nasdaq exchange. shareholder approval for greater flexibility MML Capital Partners. • JCB has opened a new museum – to fund major growth opportunities. •Harsco Infrastructure has appointed ‘The Story of JCB’ - 66 years after the Terex Utilities has sold four trucks equipped Richard Shuttleworth as managing director company was founded. • of its UK business. with its HyPower Hybrid system to the • US-based rental company RSC has City of Longmont, Colorado. •Chinese manufacturer ZPMC is to supply reported a strong third quarter with DP World’s London Gateway with a strong upturn in profitability. •Haulotte has appointed Mike Fergusson to the post of eight ship to shore container cranes. • Haulotte has appointed Carmine •Alan Hemmings of Peter Hird has Gibilisco as sales manager for the sales manager for Haulotte UK. retired - Philip Hird takes over eastern region of the USA. Carmine •Liebherr has delivered the first Mike as managing director. Gibilisco Fergusson Alan • UK-based heavy lift and transport LTC1045-3.1 city type All Terrain •Welti-Furrer Pneukran & Hemmings specialist ALE has opened an office in Basra, Iraq. crane to be sold in Australia. Spezialtransporte has claimed the • Harsco Infrastructure has opened a new facility •German-based crane rental company record for the highest wind turbine installation in Lima, Peru for its formwork, shoring and at 2,465 metres in Italy. Wille Krane has purchased four new scaffolding business. Liebherr All Terrain cranes. •Harsco Infrastructure is adding scaffold project • UK-based rental company Warren Access has management to the work it does at Virginia acquired its first spider lift, an 18 metre •UK-based Compact Lifting Equipment has City Hybrid Energy Centre. Teupen Leo 18GT. appointed Carl Cooper as Hire manager. •Hertz has acquired Delta Rigging & Tools' Terex AWP/Genie has appointed Advanced Access has purchased 30 more offshore equipment rental division based • • David Hopper as operations director scissor lifts from Skyjack, taking its in New Iberia, Louisiana. for Europe Africa and the Middle East. Skyjack fleet to over 150 units. •Wacker Neuson has appointed Gert Steve Filipov is to head the Terex Reichetseder as general manager of • David •US-based crane and access rental tower crane business supporting Hopper company H&E Equipment Services has its Austrian production general manager Martina Moritsch. operation, Wacker Neuson Linz. Michael reported a strong third quarter. Ford •Austrian-based rental company Prangl has •IPAF has launched a Chinese purchased 15 Snorkel TM12s and 32 Snorkel’s •Finnish crane and reachstacker language version of its 'Clunk 38ft A38E boom lifts. manufacturer Konecranes has reported Click' and 'Spread the Load' rising sales and falling profits. safety campaigns. •Kobelco has started shipping the new G-Series • range of crawler cranes, announced at Conexpo. • •Minnesota-based Hayden-Murphy has qualified •Simon Knott a UK based stockbroker and for Manitowoc’s EnCORE remanufacturing •Skyjack owner Linamar is planning to open two fund manager associated with the UK programme. new production facilities in China over the next •crane hire industry has died aged 80. few years. •New York-based Bay Crane has expanded its • crane fleet with seven new Liebherr and 15 new Tadano cranes. See www.vertikal.net news archive for full versions of all these stories
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In it for the c&a mastclimbers & hoists long-term Like most construction related equipment, the mastclimber market has been going through a tough period. The tightening of the financial belt has meant a general lack of confidence and investment resulting in a reduction of both new build and major maintenance or refurbishment projects. Those that Alimak Hek are being let are under severe pressure to reduce costs which inevitably leads to pressure on equipment prices, while performance and service expectations remain high. In the UK, possibly the largest The financial squeeze means that market outside of the ‘home contractors are now pitching for the markets’ of Scandinavia and same work at reduced prices. For Holland, the mastclimber sector example, tower block maintenance is highly incestuous with just a contracts which used to be valued handful of players. The largest at say £1.2 million are now typically A low-level Fraco mastclimber fleet by far is Harsco going for around the £700,000 mark. mastclimber Infrastructure with around 900 With the ‘access’ element generally units. Although its recently around 10 percent of contract value published nine month financial this is a significant reduction and it Both BFT and Adastra emphasise figures show an improvement (its is having a serious effect on rates that success is based on giving a losses are getting less – just $26 and the overall state of the full service to customers - being million this year) it blames mastclimber market. Several of the involved from the building/contract Western Europe and the UK in already small numbers of companies tender stage through to the particular for ‘on-going (perhaps which have entered the completion of works on site - weakness’. market from the contract scaffolding gaining and maintaining a good Unlike those countries, which use business) are reducing their reputation and securing repeat mastclimbers for general presence or leaving the sector business from clients. Success in construction and house building, the completely. this sector is all about being able to UK generally reserves their use for After Harsco, there are a few engineer and plan an efficient working at heights of more than 20 companies with fleets between 200 solution and then ensuring that the BFT Mastclimbing is metres. As a result the 2008 and 300 units giving a total of about logistics and erection crews are having a very successful year equally efficient and thorough. collapse in the UK housing market 2,000 mastclimbers in the UK. With what the Chinese GJJ products since has not been a major factor in the high investment in trained labour BFT says that the cost cutting in the (made by Jing Long Engineering the mastclimber market. And on a and logistics needed to enter the construction industry has meant Machinery) had to offer,” said positive note, there still appears to market, coupled with mediocre increased enquiries for Adastra’s director Ken Goundrey. be a reasonable number of industrial returns, any company wanting to mastclimbers throughout the UK as “We had the quality of the steel and infrastructure projects on the go succeed in this market must have a estimators and quantity surveyors tested and the results were very which are keeping the UK long-term strategy. It is definitely look at ways to reduce costs and good and pricing was significantly mastclimber fleet relatively busy. not a ‘get rich quick’ sector! build-times over more traditional cheaper. The rest of the mastclimber However there are companies that forms of access. According to its features European components so are doing all right. Walsall-based contracts director Jason Harris it quality is good and sourcing parts in Adastra was formed about 10 years has recently toyed with the idea of the UK is quite easy.” adding an additional 100 machines ago and was strengthened by a Spain hit the doldrums about a year to its existing fleet of 220 units. management buy-in in 2008 which before the UK and with a national has helped it go from strength to With the normal life span of a fleet of over 5,000 mastclimbers at strength (see following article). mastclimber being around 20 years the start of the recession many Leighton Buzzard-based BFT new sales have been very low over were sold overseas very cheaply. Mastclimbing is another company the past year or two and there is a However many of the units were that despite the difficult economical fair amount of second hand designed for stucco or painting work situation says it has had one of its equipment on the market, but this which many think are too light- most successful years since it can be quite expensive. weight and flimsy for the UK market decided to focus solely on being a Because of this a few companies and many have narrow (900 to mastclimbing contractor back in in the UK have opted to give 1,100mm wide) platforms which 2005. It says that with full order Chinese equipment a try out. makes working from the platform for books for the next six to eight “Second hand equipment from some trades more difficult. As one An unusual contract months, its outlook for 2012 manufacturers such as Hek can be UK mastclimber rental company put for Hydro-Mobile is quite positive. very expensive so we looked at it: “You buy cheap, you buy twice.” November 2011 cranes & access 17 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:40 PM Page 18 It’s in the blood Walsall-based rental company Adastra was founded 10 years ago, but can trace its roots back to the early 1980s. Mark Darwin spoke to two of its directors - Peter Hoar and ‘mastclimber guru’ Ken Goundrey - about the company and the sector.
Goundrey is one of the most coordinate with staff on site or experienced mastclimber people occupants in the building which in the UK starting way back in makes it far more complex than 1983 with Yorkshire-based steel most think. Many dabble with them erection company Access for a few years but then get rid.” Engineering. At the time most of “We are not the cheapest but we its contracts involved working on offer a good full service. New conveyors and transfer houses at customers often just look at the Selby opencast mine, however initial price but should look at the its engineering managing director whole cost which includes sorting John Garton spotted a problems out quickly and efficiently. mastclimber of sorts working on 90 percent of our equipment is less the doors of an aircraft hanger in than three years old which helps Saudi Arabia. reduce breakdowns and reliability problems.” Adastra history Hoar has been involved in scaffolding for more than 30 years, “With mastclimbers you provide a service - both with his own company Libra not just a piece of equipment” Ken Goundrey Services and then 10 years with Formscaff UK as managing director. Peter Hoar (L) with The product range never expanded and went on to become the largest Ken Goundrey He set up Adastra in June 2000 but the company successfully (now Harsco Mastclimber). building up a fleet of more than 20 He was immediately impressed and continued with the original model, During that period mastclimbers machines with revenues of on his return, like all good selling more than 300 units. Garton became very popular and made big £500,000 by concentrating on engineering entrepreneurs, he then floated the company - Access inroads into the scaffolding sector. specialised jobs. proceeded to build the original two Engineering plc - towards the end of Hek sold up to 400 platforms, wheeled, trailer mounted Satellite the 1980’s but stock market Malmqvist more than 100 mastclimber which he then problems eventually meant he lost it lightweight cladding units and GKN demonstrated around sites in all, having sold products into the set up a mastclimbing division. Yorkshire, towing it behind his Ford USA and South Africa. The company “Several larger companies have Granada. was eventually taken over by the tried to run mastclimber rental fleets BET group becoming part of PTP, The Satellite had a 12 metre long but have failed,” says Goundrey, Powerclimbers and CSG. platform and could free stand to a “primarily because mastclimbers are Manufacturing ceased at this point height of 20 metres on the trailer, far more labour intensive than other but the rental side continued with a which was ideal for many trades. powered access platforms. EPL and fleet of around 130 machines. Increased marketing lead to the GKN were classic examples of company going more into high rise The UK recession of the early 1990’s access rental companies that added construction and at this point meant most of the platforms went mastclimbers and then struggled Goundrey was moved from the steel overseas. A few companies started with the labour problems of erection side of the business into manufacturing Satellite ‘look-alikes’ erecting, handing over, servicing and sales and tasked to sell and promote but these also failed. dismantling. Mastclimbers are a bit the new mastclimber products. In the mid 1990s another company of a hybrid - not plant hire but not Access Engineering also set up a started making a remodelled full-on contracting.” Satellite and with used equipment general rental division - BW “With mastclimbers you are returning to the UK from completed Engineering - which focussed solely providing a service and not just a overseas contracts, Andrew Reid on mastclimbers and was one of the piece of equipment. It has to fit with Adastra now has a set up Mastclimbers Ltd which fleet of 250 machines first companies to offer mastclimber the site requirements and you must rental in the UK. purchased a lot of the equipment
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At that time Goundrey and Kevin “Once we hand a machine over it is Hayes were at Sovereign Access the main contractor’s responsibility & mastclimbers & hoists building it from sales of a few to have a competent person on site c a hundred thousand pounds to £4 to handle the equipment including million over a six year period. But daily and weekly inspections. We in 2008 the company and offer training for these installers management was acquired by who can then train site operators. Harsco (SGB) and were to be run as We also carry out the six monthly an autonomous unit. Unfortunately Loler check.” the recession began almost Product changes immediately and the parent Over the years the basic design and company began to exert more technology has not really changed,” influence. Goundrey remained for says Goundrey. “Most machines are eight months, while Hayes lasted a still rack and pinion with a button to few months longer. It was at this go up and down and an emergency point they met with their old friend stop. These are very reliable and Hoar, who agreed to make them all rugged machines but electronics equal directors/partners creating the can cause problems. Within its fleet management team that exists today. Adastra has a couple of Malmqvist The fleet is currently around 250 machines and 30-40 Heks but the units, close to the maximum that rest are Chinese GJJ (made by can be run from one facility. Jing Long Machinery). “The hardest part of increasing the “With the high price of new and fleet is people - good riggers are second hand machines, we looked hard to find,” says Goundrey. “We very closely at the GJJ machines, have 35 staff and a turnover of £2.2 including carrying out metallurgist million. This has steadily increased tests on the critical steel from £1 million the first year, while components. The results were very in 2012 we expect it to reach £3 to good and they have performed very 3.5 million. We realise this is a well. We went for the heavier duty service industry and have put a lot 700mm by 700mm mast sections Tapered bridge columns on the River Swale of emphasis on customer service, crossing required specially designed mastclimbers which are needed in the UK. And particularly health and safety,” says with their European-built major Hoar. “If you get it right in the yard, Cradle division components spares can be sourced and rarely do a proper cost analysis. you spend less time out on site. All Nine months ago Adastra also set up locally. We have even added some our employees are fully trained so You can get a far better render finish a suspended platform division for of their cradles for use where that the equipment is installed with a mastclimber because you contracts where access makes mastclimbers are not suitable. quickly. Unlike most other don’t get the board and lift lines. mastclimbers impractical. “In Surprisingly China has a huge mastclimber rental companies, we Scaffold tie patterns can also disrupt contracts that have a combination of market for hoists but has very few are members of Chas, Achilles and a higher proportion of the external precast concrete and glazed panels mastclimbers.” have ISO 9001 which reflects our cladding/finish.” the external seal between the two can professionalism. We are in it for the “There are several main advantages The flip side of this is that be done from a cradle, which is much long term and want to work with the when using mastclimbers – such as mastclimbers place an additional easier and cheaper than erecting a top customers. We also have our reduced damage and a better finish - onus on the contract programming mastclimber,” says Hoar. “The secret own structural engineer which is but we can supply the best package as two trades cannot work at the is to give the client the best bespoke essential as only about 20 percent even if that includes scaffolding and same time. Windows for example access package, regardless of of projects involve a standard hoists,” says Hoar. “Unfortunately would have to be finished before the whether that includes mastclimbers, installation.” contractors are very conservative next trade commences.” scaffold or cradles.” “We try to be part of the site team, not just a hire company,” he adds. “There is a job starting next February that we have been involved with for 12 months already - it is a new build with a lot of heavy glazing units and we are discussing with the main contractor and glazing contractor how to fit them, getting the machines in the right place, checking accepting loads etc. We provide a lot of added value.” Details of the River Swale crossing. Training Adastra is also one of three IPAF mastclimber training centres in the UK, initially set up to ensure its operators were trained to a high standard and can train up to installer level. The centre has been going since 2008. Contract programming is essential when using mastclimbers
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mastclimbers & hoists c&a What the (Alimak) Hek!Hek! In its various guises over the past 60 odd years Alimak Hek has been at the forefront of the mastclimber and hoist sector. The Swedish-based company has 15 wholly owned sales, rental and service subsidiaries around the world. Russell Bates the managing director of its UK operation is one of its longest serving employees at one of its longest established sales operations. Mark Darwin investigates.... was produced more than 60 years Very few contracts Bates joined the ago around 40,000 Alimak Hek are straight forward company in 1975 products have been delivered becoming the first worldwide. The company operates management trainee three development and that Alimak took on in manufacturing facilities. Its range the UK. Since then he of hoists and industrial lifts, as well has spent time in as underground equipment, is Russell Bates each area of the developed and manufactured in company, getting to know every Skellefteå, Sweden. Hoists for the aspect of the business. The UK One of the first Hek mastclimbers Asian market are produced at its operation goes back to 1968, when factory in Changshu, China and the the business as it is now was mast climbing work platforms, established as Linden Alimak UK. Alimak and Hek both have long and transport platforms and material The move followed the merger of illustrious pasts. Alimak founder and hoists are developed and produced Alimak with Linden cranes the inventor Alvar Lindmark, started the at the Hek facility in Middelbeers year before. Alimak was well company in 1948 and launched the the Netherlands. first construction hoist in 1951, established in the UK by then, Tower cranes Geoff Warlow - having taken on unveiling the first rack and pinion Alimak’s history with tower cranes the franchise in 1949 - mastclimber in 1956. Dubbed the should not be forgotten. Swedish becoming product manager at the ‘Jacobs Ladder’ it combined a hoist designed and built Linden-Alimak merged company. Linden Cranes and work platform. In 1983 it cranes were particularly popular had previously been handled by launched its first modular through the 1970s with 6,000 cranes George Cohen and the 600 Group. mastclimber and sold off the crane produced before the decision was The new company was based business and in 1996 acquired Italian taken to exit the sector and the in Beckenham, Kent and moved work platform manufacturer Cimar. division was acquired by Comansa. to the current Rushden, Dutch company Hek was founded in Linden-Alimak was the originator of Working on the Northamptonshire location in 1962 by crane engineer Piet van Hek Erasmuserug Bridge the flat top tower crane when it the mid 1970s. and his wife, designing and in Rotterdam introduced the Linden 8000 Modular manufacturing construction System crane in 1977. More than 40,000 equipment and material hoists. The Alimak Hek products “Unfortunately the decision was first Hek mastclimber came in 1976. have been delivered taken to concentrate on the core The merger of Alimak with Hek in worldwide business of rack and pinion hoists 2001 created Intervect which was and Linden-Alimak was sold to renamed four years later as Alimak Comansa,” remembers Bates. “There Hek. 2006 was a busy year adding was a synergy between the tower the manufacturing business of cranes and hoists that worked well. Champion Elevators in the USA, a In the UK we set up a specialist hoist manufacturing facility in China and rental company but this was acquiring the Conrent mastclimber eventually sold to Delta Plant. We rental business from Coates Hire in have not had a rental fleet in the UK Australia. for many years although some of our Changing ownership other divisions - particularly France, The current owner is the Triton group Germany, Holland and USA - do very which acquired the stakes of Ratos well with their rental and 3i in 2006. Since the first hoist operations.” 20 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:40 PM Page 21 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:40 PM Page 22
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Alimak Hek has 15 wholly-owned sales, rental and service subsidiaries around the world
While the technology may be very really be tested every three months metres, with capacities up to similar, there is a clear market with a structural test every 12 2,970kg and a maximum lifting division between mastclimbers and months. Fortunately there are very height (tied) of 100 metres. The hoists. Even Alimak Hek divides its few accidents with mastclimbers medium range has platforms up to ranges - Alimak for the hoists and and hoists and when they do they 51 metres long, a maximum capacity Hek for mastclimbers. tend to occur during erection or of 5,150kg and maximum tied height “In the UK although the sector dismantling. Overload sensing of 200 metres. Its hoists include the began more than 30 years ago, devices and the fact that they only Scando 650 construction hoists, mastclimbers are still in their work in a single fixed plane almost rack and pinion industrial lifts and infancy with only a few serious eliminates operational problems in transport platforms. players in each sector,” says Bates. this area.” “The main Mastclimber “Numbers wise, I would think that Not all are created equal developments over the years have The Swiss RE or the UK mastclimber rental “There are more manufacturers been longer platforms and larger Gherkin building in London market has around 1,500 drives and entering the market which has led capacities,” says Bates. “The largest about the same number of hoists. can now carry eight tonnes. There to some pricing pressures, hopefully Long-servers Our industry is quite simple - it will not impact the safety or quality are also innovative uses such as Bates is not the only long-serving we supply platforms or cages that of the products” he says. “Although linked masts allowing four sides of a employee at Alimak Hek. There are move people and materials up we are seeing Chinese building to be covered using just four several other senior employees with and down a building. manufacturers trying to copy the masts – one at each corner.” more than 25 years service. As well Fortunately or unfortunately - Alimak hoists and starting to export The latest products to be introduced as being UK managing director, Bates depending on your point of view - where perhaps the quality is not are the TPL 300 and TPL500 hoists, is also the group’s global used hoists and mastclimbers can have a quite what it could be. Production in both available in three phase 500kg equipment manager. The division 30 year lifespan if maintained well China is huge, between 3,000 and capacity or 300kg single phase was formed four years ago to buy and certainly last a good 10 years or 4,000 units a year, however almost configurations with dual functionality and sell individual items right up to more, even in high utilisation rental all are for the home market. Alimak as either a transport platform or entire fleets. “We are one of the few applications. Unlike tower and Hek has had a manufacturing facility material hoist. global companies that specialises in mobile cranes, there has been no in China for several years and works The new lifts are completely modular, used mastclimbers and hoists, real objection from contractors to international standards, however the load ramp position is fully willing and able to buy and sell whole regarding the age of the machines from what we can see the copies interchangeable and can be installed fleets of machines,” he says. “The we supply on sites.” clearly have a shorter life span. on three sides. It can also be Scando 650 hoist, introduced in “As people carriers they should Grey imports of such machines into replaced by a bi-foldable gate to 2005, is now a big seller and has Europe is raising some concerns.” allow easy loading of the platform Mastclimbers have a been used on many of the world’s 30 year lifespan if Currently Alimak Hek UK is with a fork-lift or when used as a high profile buildings such as the well maintained performing well and having a very transport platform for ease of Shard in London. We now have a good year. “Generally personnel access. The enhanced higher speed version - the 100 Alimak subsidiaries have four mast design allows tie distances of metres a minute 650 FC-S - which divisions that contribute to up to 7.5 metres giving the ability to was launched at Bauma - four have income - industrial, construction, span three floors. The mast sections been delivered in the UK this year rental and parts & service. are connected by four eyebolts, with one working on St Georges Obviously construction is not permanently attached to the mast Tower (see separate story). There is performing overly well at the section, making assembly faster and also a new increased capacity moment, but the industrial sector eliminating the risk of loss. An Mammoth twin masted hoist with a is quite buoyant.” over-speed safety device brings the 5,500kg capacity which we have Alimak products hoist to a controlled stop if the platform supplied and installed this year.” exceeds the rated speed. Powered access and scaffolding both “We try to offer customers a full have their own advantages and service wherever they are located. benefits depending on the The new We have a Wolff 2015 FL tower application. Alimak Hek uses its own Hek TPL crane and a Scando combined computer programme with its clients 300 and passenger and goods hoist over TPL500 to analyse all the relevant data and extend the three storeys permanently erected recommend the best solution for the company's and have recently teamed up with job. The company currently has two Light CPQ, a CPCS testing centre, allowing ranges of mastclimbing work Range of operators to come to our premises in hoists platforms - light and medium - Rushden to train for both hoists and and a heavy version is currently tower cranes. This again broadens being developed. The light range has the service we can offer our platform lengths from 2.6 to 29.1 customers.” 22 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:40 PM Page 23 Keeping a low profile Cambridge-based Construction Access Systems (CAS) working in conjunction with the University of Southampton Research Institute for Industry has developed a low profile, high speed aluminium common tower system for passenger and material hoists designed to reduce costs on high rise construction projects up to 70 storeys or 300 metres. The first system - now in use at the 51 storey St George’s Tower project in London - has a five by five metre footprint yet is capable of running multiple hoists simultaneously. This allows all material and personnel hoists to be concentrated in one area, streamlining loading efficiency at ground level and minimising waiting times for men and materials, especially at peak times. Using the latest Alimak Scando 650 FCS 100 metre a minute high-speed hoists reduces the full height transit time on St George’s Tower to just 90 seconds compared The 51 storey St George‘s to over four minutes using standard tower in London hoists. The common tower also accommodates a three metre by 4.6 metre ‘Mammoth’ hoist with a payload of 5,500kg. As only the common tower - and not the hoists - are tied directly into the building, it means external cladding can be applied to the whole building during construction with the exception of the 4.5 metre access openings at each level. As a result there are far fewer panels to replace at the end of the project, which dramatically speeds up de-rigging. CAS managing director Tony Faulkner said: “The savings in time that our common tower creates are a real boost to efficiency during the construction phase. In addition, our common towers are far quicker to install and remove than conventional hoist systems, so there are major savings at the start and end of the project as well. High rise developments are becoming more common in city centres throughout Europe and with construction costs continually rising, using our common tower in The high speed hoist reduces conjunction with high speed high transport time to just 90 seconds from four minutes capacity hoists makes increasingly good sense.”
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New York-based Atlantic Hoisting and Scaffolding was contracted The common tower uses four rack and by Tishmann Construction to pinion masts rather provide suitable solutions for the than the usual four 1,776ft /541.3 metre high, 105 pole design storey building, which when complete will be America’s tallest* and the third highest building in the world. In order to tackle the job Atlantic Hoisting joined forces with manufacturers Hydro Mobile and Raxtar to help overcome some of the challenges on this prestigious job. A particularly challenging aspect of the contract involved the logistics of moving 1,400 construction workers and their tools, along with the Two of the Raxtar 92m/min hoist cars in action materials and equipment required on a daily basis, to each of the 105 than with conventional hoist Multiple 92 metres a minute, floors of what is a fast-track project. configurations. However the 3,200kg capacity Raxtar RX3245SFT Tishmann had also drawn up a strict extreme height of this tower brought material hoists were adapted with set of bid criteria for the hoist an additional challenge to the an overhead protection deck above contractors on this and the nearby traditional concept of the common the car to protect installer’s from Memorial building. A long list of tower. items falling from the other trades stipulations was developed and The team therefore decided to working above them. The cars also applied to the selection of abandon conventional four pole incorporate numerous design equipment to be used. A primary components in lieu of rack and features from the two companies concern was that no Chinese pinion mast sections at the four combined experience. content was to be used in any corners of the tower, which also Since their installation in November component of the hoists. A made it easier to adapt to the hoists 2009, the hoists have run six days a non-counterweighted design was and work platforms. Todd Rego, week moving between 1,300 and also ruled out on the basis of safety whose team at Atlantic was 1,400 people a day to all floors of and speed of erection. But most responsible for the construction and the building. It is expected that the important of all was proven design of the common tower, claims hoists will run for an additional three dependability. to have reduced his labour during years before the project is Led by Greg Karas, Atlantic the construction process by 30 completed. Hoisting’s team planned to use a percent, while significantly boosting A structural common tower platform common tower for the hoists, the factor of safety. of this size is almost a building in its which normally uses a four pole Having designed a solution and won own right, albeit a temporary one. In configuration, using scaffold or the bid, Atlantic carefully placed 13 order to facilitate its construction a shoring components and decked at Raxtar model RX3245 hoists customised mastclimbing work A Hydro Mobile mast climbing work each entry level to allow exit of the throughout the two side by side platform was designed specifically platform is being used to construct hoists and access from the tower projects. The company says that the common tower as it grows with for the job by Canadian-based the building. into the building. A common tower Raxtar was open and receptive to Hydro-Mobile. It is also in constant *Chicago’s Willis (Sears) Tower has 108 also minimises interference with the specific requests and the ideas to use as the project climbs at the floors and its roof is 25 metres higher, but curtain wall installation and allows ensure a safe and productive artery pace of one floor each week. its overall height is just 442 metres. the building to be closed in earlier for the project.
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mastclimbers & hoists c&a Mast climbers, hoists, scaffold and nets The East End of London is Since May last year more than currently a hive of construction twenty, medium and heavy duty activity, with major investment mastclimbers have been in position programmes transforming the to carry out the façade works, while skyline and only part of which is single and twin mast goods and passenger hoists on three of four A Stross single connected to the 2012 Olympics. mast passenger A major landmark project in this elevations have facilitated the hoist on the A Fraco ACT4 single mast mastclimber massive regeneration drive is the transportation of materials and Alberta House with 10 metre platform offers 1,815kg three block, £23.5 million Alberta project platform capacity House residential development in London’s Docklands. personnel to the upper floors. Perimeter Cuplok scaffolding The Brogan group has been cantilevered off the 21st and 23rd contracted by Higgins Construction floors has also been installed to to provide a tailored access package provide access for the roof work. for the project which includes In view of the height and location scaffolding, twin and single mast of Alberta House, Brogan has also passenger and goods hoists and erected Combisafe Safety Net mastclimbers for all three blocks Fans as an extra fall protection throughout various stages of the measure. The nets are designed build. The central feature of the to catch falling persons, objects development is a 24 storey, 82 and debris protecting both metre high tower, which along with workers and the general public. two smaller adjacent blocks, will provide 133 high energy efficient apartments, with retail space at Five single mast mastclimbers, on the ground level. façade of one of the two smaller blocks.
26 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:41 PM Page 27 You raise me up… The €200 million Philharmonie de Paris - the first large concert hall to be built in Paris since 1927 – is currently under construction at the Porte de Villette in the North East of the city, following a 20 year delay. Bouygues Construction has installed a Geda 2 PK crane operator hoist on the project’s tallest top slewing tower crane allowing the operator to reach his cab faster and more safely. The rack and pinion hoist can also be used to rescue operators in the event of sickness or emergency. Crane operator hoists are mandatory in various Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands, but currently there is no standardised European requirement. With a 200kg capacity the 2 PK is designed to transport two people at a time with The Geda 2 PK has a spare capacity to transport 200kg capacity maintenance equipment when required. Lifting For erection lightweight aluminium speed is 25 metres a ladder sections are passed through minute up to its 120 metre the open car roof and fixed using the maximum lift height. patented quick-lock system Once the base unit has been installed and anchored, the 22kg lightweight aluminium ladder sections are erected through the open car roof and fixed using the patented quick-lock system. The hoist can be operated by a control panel in the car or switched to an external control if required. The main hall of the new symphony hall will seat 2,400 and is built on a two hectare plot next to the existing Cité de la Musique. The building also includes offices for several symphonies including the Orchestre de Paris, a library, rehearsal rooms, classrooms and an exhibition hall. The hoist will be in use until completion in 2013.
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Loading up c&a loader cranes A year ago we reported on a loader crane market still struggling from the effects of the recession and the general economic environment, particularly in the building supplies sector which represents a significant proportion of loader cranes sales. Reading the papers or listening to news at the moment you would conclude that the situation had deteriorated, yet a year on the market is far more positive, no matter which way you look at it. One area that has moved on considerably is how manufacturers are coping with the new regulations, not only have companies met the new rules, but many have gone beyond the minimum requirements, introducing ‘all singing all dancing’ systems that can automatically sense all crane movements and adapt the rated capacity to suit. In this regard loader cranes are way out in front of mobiles. Intelligent load charts Palfinger’s new HPSC system automatically adjusts the cranes environmental equipment, Hiab was first of the top four working envelope and lift capacity optional filter clean kits manufacturers to introduce a full according to outrigger set up and is were fitted which reduces system across its entire range. Its being fitted across the range oil and filter changes from Variable Stability Limiting (VSL) every 12 months to system monitors each outrigger approximately once leg along with the position of the every five or six years. superstructure and boom to ensure Plenty of new the maximum safe capacity is models available for a specific vehicle With the new standards and set up. and directives behind them loader crane manufacturers have turned their engineering resources towards new or improved products Palfinger’s working range and lift with a slew of new capacity automatically changes infinitely according to outrigger set up models. The following are brief overviews of The information is then fed into the Both main control station and remote controller displays some of the more system which incorporates an show percentage of extension for each outrigger recent launches. ‘intelligent algorithm’ calculation Green credentials Palfinger Hiab’s VSL provides a completely process and with the aid of flexible working area In addition to meeting, or rather Palfinger’s ‘Paldiag’ software, Numerous new launches from getting ahead of, the new directives Palfinger is the latest to follow creates an accurate representation Palfinger include the PK 65002 SH, and standards manufacturers are Hiab’s lead with its High of the crane’s stability based on the 78002 SH and PK 92002 SH High also looking at ways to make their Performance Stability Control specific crane and vehicle data - Performance models, which offer units more environmentally friendly, (HPSC) replacing its three step ISC including torsional deflection - and 62, 74.7 and 85.5 metre/tonne driven as much by their own ideas system. The HPSC system determines the inherent stability ratings respectively. The PK 65002 as by large fleet owners. calculates and defines the value for each 1.4 degrees of slew. SH and PK 78002 SH can be permissible working range for the The result is a unique load chart Most loader crane manufacturers equipped with up to eight hydraulic specific vehicle through 360 that fully exploits the specific have made progress at reducing extensions for an outreach of 20.4 degrees of slew for any combination crane’s safe working range. both overall weight for a given metres, while the PK 92002 SH has of stabiliser set up. It does this by The operator can read off the capacity, but also improved the fuel up to nine hydraulic extensions and monitoring each outrigger extension current status of the crane against consumption that the crane systems an outreach of 22.5 metres. using an internal cable or electronic this ‘customised’ load chart at any use while operating. When Cargotec All units incorporate the new HPSC actuator along with the slew time on both the operator’s recently supplied 24 Hiab XS cranes stabiliser/overload system, SH position, boom/jib lengths and console and the radio remote to UK builders merchant Burdens for control concept and dual motor load on the hook. displays. example, in addition to the standard continuous slew. The two motors
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The PM 100SP is loader cranes c&a said to be lighter and requires less fitting are reciprocally hydraulically guards against impact damage. space than its pre-stressed to minimise any ‘play’ Control options include single and competitors. in the slewing system - ideal for dual platform, top seat and radio long reach lifts. New radio remote remote with a catwalk option to controllers with large LCD displays maximise visibility and operator show capacity usage, stabiliser safety. The new crane will include positions and graphics-assisted a two year parts and labour operator prompting. warranty both on the crane and In the middle of its range the new clamshell package and three years PK 44502 and PK 48002 EH High structural warranty. highest grade steels we have gained Performance models offer 41.9 and First PM 100SP in UK considerable weight reduction, 46.5 metre/tonnes ratings The first PM 100SP sold in the UK while the new octagonal boom respectively. Equipped with up to profile increases the loading has now been delivered and is The jib on the Hiab six hydraulic extensions, both currently undergoing installation performance and improves XS622 can tilt up to cranes have a powered outreach at Midlands-based dealer Central rigidity. Less flex means more 25 degrees above of 16.3 metres. Hydraulic Loaders. stability and increased accuracy.” the main boom – ideal for Hiab XS622 applications The main new launch for Hiab this such as this year is the all new, 58 tonne/metre XS622 with its new boom, cylinders, couplings and seals. is not required and Palfinger In its most powerful configuration, ISC automatic stabiliser the crane offers up to 32 metres of monitoring system. outreach. The 150 jib can be raised The truck features a highline sleeper by a full 25 degrees above the cab, a fifth wheel under a horizontal in relation to the boom. demountable flatbed body for The Hiab HiPro control system and semitrailer use in addition to its VBG variable pump are both standard. drawbar coupling and a bespoke The company says that the fabricated sub-frame and ballast combination of a new cylinder The new Palfinger box, including chain box behind the design and improved boom PK 78002 SH project fifth wheel in order to balance the section side supports give a far truck and prevent any overloading Atlas world premier The 84 tonne/metre crane is a more rigid boom. of the front axle. Final details include Atlas has been testing a brand new totally new PM design not an "Despite its robustness the Hiab chrome wheels and fittings and crane - the GL130 grab loader - in update. The basic crane is available XS 622 is still a light crane. It may banks of extra lights. the UK, aimed at rigid chassis trucks with up to nine hydraulic extensions sound like a contradiction but with and trailers from 18 tonnes up, plus four or six fly jib extensions The crane is mounted great engineering we were able to to a three axle although a launch date has yet to be giving a total horizontal reach of achieve both," says Mikael Rietz, extended determined. The new crane has up 33.55 metres and 37.35 metres Cargotec’s vice president of wheelbase to 8.4 metres reach on the main vertically. The standard 10024SP loader cranes. Scania tractor Special crane for art T.H. White, the Palfinger distributor for England and Wales, has delivered a special crane to J A. Mackenzie Haulage of Salisbury, Wiltshire. The crane and vehicle The end product is a highly compact have been designed specifically for truck and crane for delivering and delivering and installing heavy or placing a statue or other pieces of First picture of bulky works of art in city centres - art on the upper floor of a London the new Atlas mainly London. The crane, a 58 apartment. The company offers a GL130 taken tonne/metre Palfinger PK60002 turnkey service – delivering the during testing at Performance installed on an ex- artwork, removing windows if Atlas Cranes UK’s tended wheelbase Scania tractor necessary, lifting the item into the Bradford facility. unit, features an ‘E’ boom with six building, placing it and replacing hydraulic extensions and can lift the windows. In between such boom, while the Atlas Power Glide crane weighs 7,615kg without tank. almost three tonnes at its maximum specialised deliveries, it tows a (APG) jib system based on proven “This is exciting because it is lower, 15.7 metres radius. The crane also trailer either with its drawbar or its timber crane technology can also lighter and requires less fitting includes a removable PJ125C fly jib fifth wheel for more regular work. be added. A 175 litre aluminium with four additional extension space than any of our competitors Maximum reach with fly jib is 24.8 hydraulic tank with twin filters cranes in its class,” says Deborah taking its total reach to 24.8 metres metres at which it can is standard. Deegan of PM Cranes UK. “With a and can handle just over a tonne. still handle over Spherical bearings on the first and height of 2,495mm it does not need The specifications include a 2.5 a tonne. second boom cylinders are said to the added expense or weight of an tonne winch with 65 metres of rope counteract side loads and reduce integral sub-frame and needs just storage; four hydraulic outriggers; the potential for twisting and a 1,835mm mounting space.” full remote controls with engine cylinder and jib protection system By using the latest generation of RPM returning to idle when power 30 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 p1-33:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:41 PM Page 31
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loader cranes c&a TheThe turn turn aroundaround kingking Fil Filipov product. I also like companies that our main markets in the UK, An interview with Fil Filipov of Atlas Cranes & Excavators. loose money because they give me Germany, Saudi Arabia, France and Fil Filipov has a reputation for being a hard-nosed the opportunity to turn them around. Benelux. We also continue to Atlas in Germany has been loosing provide military cranes. Some of our businessman. After joining Terex in 1993 he was a money for more than 20 years and stable suppliers had become very key player in the successful growth and integration of this year is the first time it has arrogant by increasing prices so we many companies into the Terex group at a time when actually made a profit. The UK have had to restructure and go to the business was extremely strapped for cash. He division on the other hand has other suppliers, particularly for steel always made a good contribution. components and other ridiculously ended his Terex career as president and CEO of the Atlas has a majority share of loader expensive small components. crane devision at the end of 2003. Known for his crane market in the UK and has We have also used this exercise to no-nonsense, straight-forward (abrupt) management excellent backup and dedicated improve quality as it was affecting style - and therefore often at odds with management support through its 37 mobile us directly with warranty claims and service vans. I have not spent much costs, so all these improvements and unions - he is always focussed on reducing costs, time in the UK mainly because the have contributed to the bottom line. keeping product prices stable and making a profit. management team there has been About two excavator models and Cranes & Access managed a very quick chat.... doing very well. two loader crane models were c&a How bad were Atlas contributing around 50 percent of Last April Filipov resurfaced after new owner was previous purchaser financial figures? the warranty costs. These have now Filipov, although cost reduction and several years out of the ‘cranes FF: The company was loosing €2 been drastically reduced. turning companies around is his and lifting’ sector, to purchase the million a month. Firstly we speciality. c&a Atlas has three German company Atlas Cranes & reintroduced the Atlas name then Excavators - a company he had facilities in Germany but The deal was finalised in April 2010 reduced the price and reduced the what is the product split? already purchased while at Terex with the new company costs to make us profitable. We in 2001. The first time around FF: Revenues are made up of 60 headquartered at the Atlas crane picked up volume - without volume percent excavators and 40 percent Atlas was a heavily overstaffed plant in Delmenhorst, Germany with you cannot become profitable - business that had lost money for loader cranes with sales about 45 manufacturing in three German because of price and improved percent in Germany 25-30 percent in many years before the acquisition. locations - excavators in product and were also fortunate to Rapid and severe cost cutting - the UK with the rest in countries Ganderkesee, cranes in Delmenhorst benefit from a small construction surrounding Germany such as Italy, including cutting 700 staff - and and hydraulic cylinders in Vechta. ‘wave’ in Germany that has helped restructuring ‘Terex-fied’ the France and Benelux. This interview was indeed quick in to carrying us along. company but it never really We are now profitable, the company that Filipov was travelling at became the ‘global excavator’ c&a Have you made any has no debt and we have a healthy 200 km per hour in a car on the part of its portfolio mainly product improvements? order book. We are doing very well German autobahn in between because it could not achieve the FF: We have modified our but we are in markets where the meetings. He hates lengthy (more product cost advantages required excavators and introduced improved economy has picked up - such as than 30 minutes) meetings of any to be successful, while the loader models such as ‘short tail’ and Germany and the UK, France. kind but always seems to be improved the boom design to reduce crane business seem to have c&a What is the current working wherever he is in the areas that were costing us been forgotten by the Terex senior situation in Germany with world. At the time of the interview excessive warranty costs. In the management. the employees? he was in discussions with the cylinder plant we have improved FF: The unions and the works The strategic repositioning of Terex workforce and unions on quality and reduced overheads council thought they would run the combined with the tough economic restructuring and changes. drastically. With the loader cranes company like they had been doing climate of 2009 and an operating we are not striving to be the number c&a Having bought the for the past 20 years. I told them loss at Atlas of $61 million on sales one in terms of volume, we want to company twice what do that they were misinformed and of $194 million - the majority of the be a customer driven manufacturer. you like about it? they went on a seven week strike. loss coming from its excavators - You can see from our production line FF: I like the name, the German I didn’t give an inch (In fact Filipov caused Terex to draw a line under a variety of models and customer quality, the dedicated dealerships returned to Chicargo). They judged the business and put it up for sale. It and the well established (niche) liveries, primarily from customers in was quite a surprise to learn that its me wrong because I have no
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shareholders to consult, no bank to run the company as it was before debt and no corporate or lawyers to and I’m not going to let them. An tell me what to do. After the seven unprofitable company will not exist weeks they decided to return to for long. work but we do not have a good c&a Why did Terex sell – relationship because they want to was it because of the go to court for every little thing, they labour problems? think I am wrong. I have followed FF: No Terex was looking for a the rules as much as possible to run volume business and this is what we the company. However because the were looking for 10 years ago when company is now doing well I sense I originally bought the company. I a lot of the employees are starting thought that with German technology to question their representation from and sourcing components from other the works council and the union. areas we could be a player in the I said in the letter and to local press crawler market and a niche player in that there are two things that drive the rubber tyre market. But 70 me – one that I am in good health percent of the crawler market is in and secondly I like what I do, which the 19-21 tonne capacity and the is even better when results are Germans could not engineer a good. If the German employment popular volume product. rules will not allow me to run the When I established Terex Cranes I business the way I want then I will did not take Atlas cranes into it get out of the business and sell it. I because the product, customer and do have some candidates but I am distribution is not the same as any not in any discussions at the other crane. It was a wise decision moment to sell the business. So I for Terex to get out but most thought a crazy idea would be to ask potential purchasers wanted one bit employees if they wanted me in or or the other - whereas I knew it as out - I just wanted to know. a whole and I am a risk taker so c&a And the outcome? took it. FF: That doesn’t matter, I will be c&a Are you happy with the only one to know anyway - the decision to buy Atlas? the ballots have been printed in FF: Yes it was an excellent move - Bulgaria and the outcome has been excellent for Terex because we have predetermined! (he laughs). If the not had any trouble, excellent for the unions want to go on strike then employees because they are still in that is their and their members work and one factory scheduled to choice. I will find different ways close last June is still open and to run the business. producing, excellent for the I do not know what their problem is distribution because the Atlas name - I took on the company when they was reintroduced and distributors are were working a short week. I happy and selling products and stopped this and they have been excellent news for me because I working overtime and I gave them a came back and whereas people pay increase of three to five percent thought I would fail I have not and in May of this year. I do not know excellent because I am going to what they want - they seem to want make money.
An Atlas rubber tyred excavator
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The only reason I can see why the the customer. In Italy Atlas has not unions are adopting their current been sold. We started at the stance is to gain more membership. beginning of this year and have sold They need members and when 35 excavators which is more than in someone like me - a foreigner - the UK - sold because we now have comes in, they do not like it. I am seven dealers and we are providing not the easiest guy to get along a product that they need and we with!! But every place I have been stand behind our products. has needed turning around. I have a We have not changed or cancelled saying – “you don’t have to like me one dealer and are concentrating on but you will!” the markets we already have. c&a And the future? c&a Other businesses? FF: I want to continue to improve FF: I have few small companies in the products and make the company France and Holland and some back into Germany. Jim Smith has a one of those two things change then great which means creating a good investments in Bulgaria but my free hand on gaining new business I will sell but if anything happens to atmosphere, making the employees major investment is with Atlas and I and we have a couple of brand new me I do have a young wife. I did not realise we are all in this together, want to share my time between the models that we are introducing and bring anyone in from outside the creating more and more speciality US and Germany. I am not actively we are actively pursuing the military company to make Atlas successful. products (unlike when I was at looking for any other acquisitions. business. We have a lot of things It has been achieved primarily with Terex when volume was king) I going on in the UK. the existing good staff. And this is & UK loader crane want to be in the niche markets so I c a true for the UK as well. market? c&a Success? don’t need to have so much working FF: We are making large FF: I would measure success by c&a Would you work capital. I will do this with or without investments in IT giving customers making more products, keeping the with your son Steve? the unions. an even better service. Because of customers happy and making FF: I couldn’t afford to pay him c&a Strategy for different the exchange rate we are looking to money. I am 65 years old, I have my what Terex pays him so no - there markets? source some parts/components in health and like what I am doing so are no plans at the moment. FF: I only have one strategy, satisfy the UK for the UK market or supplied why would I sell the company? If Service every step of the way Atlas has led the UK loader crane market for many years being particularly strong with builders’ merchants, brick and block manufacturers and utilities, as well as being preferred supplier to the ministry of defence. It claims that the key to its success is its ‘national company – local service’ mentality with the largest number of directly employed engineers in the UK loader crane sector. oldest being a boat crane installed around 35 years ago. Almost 8,000 Atlas Cranes UK has the of those were delivered within the largest backup and support past five years,” says Smith. “With of any company in the UK this population and around 6,500 loader crane sector services a year, we need the large service and support team to ensure be sent to the next call. tour. The level of backup is illustrated that Atlas is the most cost-effective “We have more than 2,500 by the standard annual hydraulic oil crane on the market.” cranes on contract service - sampling - which tests for the presence of water and metal - giving Jim Smith The company has 36 service vans with customers such as Travis an early indication of potential wear operating across the UK from Perkins, Jewson, Ryder and Atlas Maschinen was purchased Inverness in the north to Cornwall Wincanton - most of which are problems. The company also takes by Fil Filipov in April 2010 (see and Kent in the south, carrying a 100 percent Atlas,” says Smith. working at height seriously - each interview above) and parts stock of more than £3 million. “In 2012 we are implementing a engineer equipped with a folding Bradford-based Terex Atlas UK For some time now, the company new parts management system work platform which is included acquired a few months later. The has operated a sophisticated with live mobile data to speed up with every new service van. business then adopted the original telephone system which logs and the process even further, allowing “We must be doing most things Atlas logo and orange livery and records calls and immediately customers to track each enquiry - right as our new owner, Fil Filipov, began trading as Atlas Cranes UK, passes the even to seeing if the engineers are rarely visits the UK,” says Smith. with one of its longest serving customer to the correct department en-route. The system will also link “He is a firm supporter of what we employees, commercial director depending on their requirements. into its Sage accounting system are doing and the way we go about Jim Smith and financial director The system - run by four controllers speeding up associated paperwork.” the business. We are all striving to Jackie Kilcoyne jointly at its helm. based in Bradford - also tracks Seeing the current system in achieve ways of producing a more “There are 20,000 Atlas loader service van movements via GPS, so operation is impressive and as such cost-effective product and a cranes operating in the UK, the the nearest available engineer can every new customer is given a full happier customer.” 34 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:24 PM Page 35 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:24 PM Page 36
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There was a good deal of Arizona interest in the showcases In early November North American crane and access comparable product range is that of manufacturers descended on Scottsdale, Arizona for JLG, with its 69LE line. MEC has also been a pioneer in the sector the first ‘Lift and Access Showcase and Symposium’. and has two strong products which offer the option of four wheel drive. While its title is a bit of a looked good, but for an exhibition… While the platform heights are mouthful, the event did Machine presentations were in different at 30 and 37ft, they encompass a number of different general also very well attended certainly offer a strong alternative. elements, including the long with some very insightful questions However the new Genie DC models established product posed by the audience. The quality will give JLG a good ‘run for its comparison/presentation event of attendees was also extremely money’ and are likely to provide a organised by Guy Ramsey - high with key staff from most of the strong boost to the sector. Apart The new Genie scissors originally the ‘Lift Equipment USA’s largest rental companies use direct AC motor drive from drive at full height, lower Rodeo’ - and more recently attending - the very ones that are weight, lower stowed height and dubbed the ‘Lift and Access currently refreshing their fleets. The a longer extended deck the key Showcase’. organiser claims that the companies feature on the Genie is its modern direct 48 volt AC electric wheel drive system. Driving the rear axle the motors are totally sealed, to the point that they do not require covers.The new scissors are very stable in terms of platform rigidity, exceptionally easy to service and boast far smoother controls than IC equivalents. The platform is a good size, especially when extended, but sadly the 1.5 metre deck extension of the ANSI models will be blocked at 1.17 The four seminars were extremely well attended metres on CE models. The single joystick operates the drive and steer only, a separate switch This year a conference was added, attending the event represented with two speed option controls while the Showcase was expanded around 60 percent of the aerial lift the lift function. into more of a specialist exhibition. purchasing power in the USA. In the past only manufacturers The following is a roundup of the entering equipment into the ‘Rodeo’ Controls are new products and show news clean and clear and a few component suppliers at the event. were invited, but this year the Electric RT scissor expanded event included rental concept goes main stream companies and other interested parties. Held at West World on the The most significant new product launch at the event was Genie’s DC north side of Scottsdale, Arizona powered range of compact Rough the idea was to provide time for Terrain scissor lifts. Based on the manufacturers to present their company’s popular 69 IC powered equipment to visitors and The 26 and 33ft models have an eight scissor lifts and includes three component suppliers, with plenty unit 350AH battery pack as standard, models, the 26ft GS2669DC, 33ft the 40 has 370AH batteries which are of space to demonstrate on both GS3369DC and the 40ft GS4069DC. available as an option on the 26 and 33 slab and rough terrain, attend the All three offer similar performance informative seminars and in characteristics to the diesel between, be an exhibition. The first powered versions, including drive at two elements worked really well, full height. Genie claims that the 14 but the numbers attending - around metre working height GS4069DC is 250 over the two days - made it a the world’s first 40ft drive at full little lean as a trade show, even a height compact electric RT scissor specialised trade show. lift. The sector itself is interesting in Senior product manager Jeff Weido with This expanded event has to be seen that while it has been around for the GS3369DC, the full 1.5 metre deck Access to all components as a ‘work in progress’. If it had some time, it is only now beginning extension will be blocked at 1.17m is a breeze on CE models been a conference the numbers to take off. The only directly November 2011 cranes & access 37 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:24 PM Page 38
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Oddly this is not a product sector March. The first production models that has attracted European of the 62ft platform height A62JRT producers such as Holland Lift or articulated boom and 66ft T66JRT H.A.B, although Haulotte has had straight telescopic boom with a good deal of success with its articulating jib were on display, as Compact RT models, though most the company prepares to start have been diesel powered, its shipping them. The T66JRT can also electric RT models appear closer to be ordered without the jib as the its slab scissor range. Holland Lift 60ft T60RT. The new lifts replace and H.A.B produce products that the rather dated Snorkel TB66JRT can perform outdoors, with high and TB60RT models. platform capacities, long deck extensions and good ground The new Snorkel T66JRT replaces the TB66 The new Snorkel A62JRT clearance, but they tend to be longer, heavier and have limited Self-propelled trailer completely self-levelling and fast. gradeability. The following charts scissors The company has CE approval for show how the various the new machine and is looking Another totally new launch at the models stack up. for European dealers. show was the latest version of what How does it stack up? was originally the 24ft PLE trailer 40ft models scissor lift. The company, now Make Genie JLG known as Innovative Equipment, Model GS4069DC 4069LE has continued to refine its products which now have excellent build Platform height 12.2m 12.2m quality and a far more rugged Platform Capacity 363kg 360kg The company design. New for the show was the Overall width 1.75m 1.75m says that at 1.37 TPX 9000 IC, a 23ft (7m) platform The new model easily metres, the coped with slopes Overall length 3.12m 3.07m T66JRT offers by Stowed height 1.65m 2.04m far the best inside Drive height Full 9.14m turning radius of GVW 4,792kg 5,300kg any two-wheel steer boom in its Platform Extended 4.3m* 3.83m class. The unit is Gradeability 30% 35% also compact Battery 48v/350ah 24v 370AH with an 8.5 metre overall length and Drive 4x2 4x2 The TPX9000 battery powered 2.5 metres friction drive model Oscillating axle Yes Yes overall height. height, direct drive self-propelled How does it stack up? Tail swing has also been reduced version of its TPX9000 trailer 33ft+ models compared to the old models but is scissor. Until now the TPX has been battery powered and more recently Auto level from the platform Make Genie JLG Haulotte MEC self-propelled via a friction drive. was fast – founder Marc Bogue Model GS3369 3369LE Compact 3772EHD The new IC unit uses a Subaru at the controls 12RTE petrol engine - although a diesel will Platform height 9.96M 10.06m 10.15m 11.28m also be offered, hopefully one that is Skyjack was out in force Platform Capacity 454kg 450kg 450kg 454kg quieter than the Subaru - and drives demonstrating its 66ft straight boom - the SJ66T - spec for spec Overall width 1.75m 1.75m 1.8m 1.83m the wheels through the trailer axle. The unit is very solid and is one of the best products in its class, Overall length 3.12m 3.07m 2.65m 2.98m particularly in terms of gradeability Stowed height 1.47m 1.98m 1.6m 1.95m The new TPX9000IC has direct and turning circle. drive and freewheeling hubs for Drive height Full Full Full Full high speed towing GVW 3,587kg 4,600kg 3,800kg 3,998kg Platform extended 4.3m* 3.83m 3.70m 4.01m Grade 30% 35% 25% 40% Battery 48v/225ah 24v 370AH 48v/255ah 24v/350ah Drive 4x2 4x2 4x2 4x4 opt Oscillating axle Yes Yes No No The Skyjack SJ66T is put through its * CE models will be limited to 3.96m converted from trailer mode to a paces on the RT track self-propelled unit in around 60 New Snorkel booms ready still greater than its competitors. When Niftylift presented its Hybrid seconds. The lift can then drive The new boom lift uses the same HR21- or SP64 as its known in The other big launch at the show under its own power across rough Polaris chassis as the 62ft A62JRT North America – in the showcase came from Snorkel with its three ground, easily coping with the and is also common to the there was a great deal of interest new 60 to 66ft booms lifts, first slopes at the showground. Once in company’s 40/46ft booms. from buyers, particularly in the seen as prototypes at Conexpo in position the outriggers are Hybrid power system.
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lift & access show c&a JLG put its M600JP electric/ bi-energy powered 60ft boom lift into the showcase in order to show off something a little different. It also showed its full size and compact telehandlers in the showcase walk arounds as well as bringing along one of its Hinowa-badged spider lifts. Haulotte showed its Bil-Jax 45XA All Terrain boom, a Star mast boom and A young – compact scissor lift. possibly future buyer - trys out JLG’s compact telehandler
There was much interest when Niftylift presented its HR21/SP64 at the Showcase
Spider cranes were well now looking to add cranes to their represented with Maeda, Unic and fleets. We also heard that United Custom Equipment with its 8 and 10ft Jekko all out in force. It seems that Rentals had ordered a number of low level self-propelled scissors. more access rental companies are Valla pick & carry cranes. Fassi Denka/Falcon dealer Reachmaster - loader cranes master dealer Winner of a LEAP award Xtreme Fascan showed off an interesting still owned by Skako, at least for showed a single telehandler now - displayed two Bluelift spider trailer mounted crane and lifts, which it distributes in North announced the acquisition of the America. The company faced C4 crane sales business, which several challenges trucking them includes the Jekko distribution. from the North East to Arizona in Kevin Parr of United Rentals time for the show opening but checks out the Jekko cranes made it in time for day two.
Reachmaster presented two Bluelift spider lifts on day two
Reachmaster’s big Peterbilt drove direct from a show in the North East
The 18 metre Platform Basket spider lift makes a late entry
Manitou/Gehl had a selection of telehandlers on show - the Manitou MT625T winning a LEAP award at the show.
Manitou and Gehl
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MEC showed its Crossover compact out around the middle of next year Rough Terrain scissor lift with offset with the first six months production & lift & access show deck and sheet handling rack along already sold. Jim Tolle of Mec also c a with a Speed Level. It has confirmed said it was considering an 80ft that a larger model of its Titan boom model. scissor lift - a 60ft model - will be
Demonstrating a Maeda was out in Teupen Leo GT23 force with its spider cranes
The MEC Crossover offers an easy load sheet rack on one side while the platform extends full width on the other side for getting in close.
In addition to the outside stands, a socks and battery companies. central marquee housed a wide From Europe Gantic Battery collection of component and service chargers was testing the North Valerio Rampini of Oil & Steel with an suppliers including IPAF which had American market potential for its Octopussy - in search of North American dealers a strong presence along with unique product offering. hydraulics, electrics, tyre, tyre
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42 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:25 PM Page 43 InIn expansionexpansion c&a LTC mode? mode?As probably the worst performing lifting equipment sector during the recent economic crash, tower cranes are now showing some signs of life and may even be in recovery mode. One manufacturer that is in the cranes – now just luffing jib tower process of changing its direction cranes following the sale of our flat and product line-up is German- top designs to Zoomlion,” says based Jost Cranes. A few months Alexander Jost. “The agreement ago it sold its flat-top designs to allows LTC to sell both the JTL and Chinese manufacturer Zoomlion JL luffing ranges on an exclusive JTL208.12 – a world first and will now be concentrating on basis and is effective immediately.” chosen. To reduce the crane’s its luffers and perhaps a new Jost was in London recently, not outrigger loadings three, five by crane design. Mark Darwin only to finalise the distributorship one metre mats were used under reviews its latest flat top luffer - agreement, but also to see the each outrigger on the the JTL208.12 - and takes a closer installation of the first new Jost pavement/sidewalk side to reduce look at its newly appointed UK JTL208.12 in the world which has the distributed load to 4.6 tonnes and Ireland dealer, London Tower been added to LTC’s fleet of 60 per square metre. On the road, Crane Hire & Sales (LTC). Jost luffers. three metre by 2.5 metre pads The JTL208.12 cab Martin Harvey (L) The 12 tonne capacity JTL208.12 were used resulting in a loading managing director is the largest luffer in the Jost of 9.2 tonnes per square metre. The world’s first JTL208.12 has of LTC with hydraulic topless range which This gave the crane a capacity of just been erected on a 23 storey, Alexander Jost. includes the four tonne 68.4, six 12.1 tonnes at 22 metres – more residential housing association tonne 108.6 and 158.6. The new than enough to erect the crane at development in Bethnal Green, crane replaces the more traditional a radius of 20.7 metres. London. The 24 month long Jost JL216.16 as it can fill the The LTM 1500 was rigged with 84 contract will use three topless capacity gap up to the JL256.16. metres of main boom, 40 metres The Pagliero’s began with Jost luffers – the JTL208 and It has a maximum length jib of 55 of luffing jib and 45 tonnes of simple farm carts two JTL158.6 - on the site metres and at this radius can lift 2.6 counterweight. The Jost arrived which is complicated by being tonnes. With a 30 metre jib its tip on 10 trucks and the jib was built situated adjacent to the main capacity is 7.7 tonnes. on the closed section of road Bethnal Green Road and also alongside the site to the rear of Using the 1.74 x 1.74 metre mast about 40 metres away from the mobile crane. “We decided to In our recent UK & Ireland Top 30 section the maximum installation part of the new Network Rail erect the luffer to its full height at Rental Company survey load is 7.1 tonnes which is the London Crossrail link. the beginning of the contract (August/September 2011 Issue section that includes the turntable, Jib height of the crane is 72.25 mainly because of the difficulty 13.6) LTC was the fourth largest slewing and hoist unit. The metres (total height 80 metres) of road closures etc for the 500 tower crane rental company with mast/counter jib is 9.7 metre long and it is fitted with a 40 metre tonner. This meant that the next a fleet of 160 cranes. Taking the and out of service radius can be jib with capacity of 3.9 tonnes time it will be needed will be to dominant market leader Select Plant a small as 10 metres. at 40 metres (de-rated by 25 dismantle the tower crane when out of the equation, LTC is one of a The standard JL range has percent) and an out of service the job is finished in 24 months’ group of four companies with similar maximum capacities ranging from radius of 11 metres. time, while also avoiding the need sized fleets (between 155 and195 the 16 tonne LTC decided that for overall ease, to climb the crane,” says Harvey. units). Below this, fleet numbers JL256.16 to its currently largest speed and safety it was best to drop to less than 100 units. luffer, the 32 tonne JL616.32. erect the crane to its full height The JTL208.12 However the UK tower crane sector Larger models from 900 to 1500 during installation. Difficulty in fully erected is perhaps peculiar in that the major tonne metres capacity can be ‘built gaining permissions and road rental companies are also the to order’ says Jost. width restrictions meant that distributors for most of the major “Apart from its 12 tonne capacity, the mobile crane used to erect crane manufacturers. Comedil, the new JTL208.12 has an excellent the tower crane could only be Peiner, Wolffkran, Benazzato, Jaso, out of service radius and can be part rigged allowing one lane Yongmao, Saez, Arcomet and Potain erected in just a day,” says Martin of the road to remain open are all represented by the top five Harvey, LTC managing director. “Its during erection. rental companies. This list has now increased performance also allows been extended with the addition of Given its height and component us to compete in a different client weight, a 500 tonne capacity Jost luffers to the London Tower sector in the UK, particularly those Crane stable. Liebherr LTM 1500 from crane looking for larger capacity topless rental company Bronzeshield was “LTC has been appointed as UK luffers. No other manufacturer in the and Ireland distributor for Jost tower world has this type of crane.”
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The JRL Group knowledgeable ‘hands-on people in LTC is part of the JRL Group of our top management team which companies which was set up in are available 24/7. We also have a 1996 by John Reddington and has good fleet mix which includes grown from a company Comedil, Yongmao, Liebherr, specialising in sub and Saez and Jost.” superstructure packages to a “A few years ago saddle jib business that offers a full range cranes were more popular primarily of solutions for the built because of the additional cost of a environment. The company luffing crane. However, the last now encompasses seven recession has meant that the luffing divisions – crane hire rates have fallen to the LTC, London Concrete Pumping level where most customers now (LTP), Millar Piling (MP), go for the similarly-priced luffers. J Reddington RC frame and We have also seen a resurgence groundwork, Midguard main in the second-hand tower crane contracting, Thames market – particularly to Russia but Reinforcements and Stair Master also Ghana, Nigeria, Brazil, prefabricated steel staircases Barbados and Israel – to the tune and boast revenues of more of about two to three units a month. than £100 million. Rental rates have been improving slowly but they are still 60 percent down on 2008. The recession meant 10 new cranes have already been added that a lot of good operators left the to LTC’s fleet this year industry and there is now a shortage. We currently have 120 operators on our books and only use agency operators for holiday cover.” Business is quite good at the moment with utilisation running at about 80 percent with about 125 cranes currently erected and working. “With finance more difficult to obtain, many companies are looking to rent rather than buy cranes.” LTC is based at the JRL head office in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. It also has a crane yard in nearby Elstree to service London and two other depots including its main eight acre storage, maintenance LTC has a fleet of 60 Jost luffers and repair facility in Peterborough LTC was formed in 2003 with and now a depot in Lanark with 10 systems over the past two years. Two Jost hydraulic luffers Harvey joining as operations cranes that is the base for its In May this year, LTC formed an manager primarily to supply cranes northern division. agreement with Dutch crane rental to its own group company “We are the only company that company Neremat, allowing LTC to businesses. When it first started carries out eight weekly service draw on additional cranes when LTC had 10 cranes but this has now intervals after the initial four week necessary – particularly big saddle grown to 170. It purchased its first service for the duration of the hire jib units up to 600 tonne/metres. Jost crane in 2005 and now has a period,” says Harvey. “This is "We are delighted to have agreed a total of 60. Despite the general lack carried out by our 12-strong fleet of deal Neremat. It will help us supply of investment in tower cranes over service vans and results in reduced large capacity cranes for big power the past three years, LTC has breakdowns. All cranes also station construction and continued to invest and has undergo a third party independent refurbishment projects throughout purchased 10 new cranes already Thorough Examination every six Europe,” says Harvey. this year. It claims that around 70 months while erected in service.” However at the moment, around percent of its tower crane fleet is Another group company – three quarters of its work is now less than five years old. Euro TCS which began trading in London-based, although there is a “About 80 percent of our business 2008 – is the European master growing amount of work in Scotland is hiring outside of the JRL Group distributor for the TAC 3000 Tower with the some contracts being let companies,” says Harvey. Crane anti-collision, boundary and for the Commonwealth games in “We have a very high proportion of zoning protection system (Norway, Edinburgh (there is even a Jost repeat business, probably because Sweden and Denmark are not luffer on the 18th tee at St we have a small group of included) and has installed about 70 Andrews gold course.)
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Jost sells its designs between 70 and 600 tonne/metres will only be to Zoomlion available from Zoomlion. In July this year, Munich-based Jost Cranes “There are more than 300 factories in China sold the designs of its flat-top tower cranes alone making flat-top cranes and most use old – designed by founder and prolific engineer technology and designs dating back to the Franc Jost - to Chinese manufacturer 1970s,” said Franc Jost. “We did not see any Zoomlion. Jost will use the funds to develop long-term future for us with this type of crane its luffing tower cranes as well as looking so it was an easy decision to sell to Zoomlion at a new, larger port crane design. which allows us to invest and concentrate on expanding the range of luffers and on new designs. The timing was perfect for us.” “At the moment Zoomlion only has limited access to the world markets for tower cranes,” says Jost. “It does not have a sales network large enough and the reputation of Chinese cranes is still not the best. We believe our association will help them access a wider market. We will introduce them to our dealers and will train Zoomlion staff over a period of two years.” Franc Jost will not look to replace any cranes in the flat top range up to 600 tonne metres. However he said that JOST is looking at a new type of crane that was introduced at Bauma 2010 as a concept study. The JUL68.4 is a combination of luffer and flat top. The larger versions will have a different jib structure, specifically aimed at shipyards with capacities currently up to 2,500 tonne/metres which will be manufactured in Germany. The JRL Group has seven “The first part of the jib would be luffing and divisions including LTC and the second section would be a trolley jib,” London Concrete Pumping (LCP) says Jost. “It was tried about 20 years ago but was not a The purchase came at a very good time big success. We already have the load chart for Jost as in recent years, luffers have data and specifications but need an order to represented up to 90 percent of its output. build one. The main markets will be South East The deal allows it to continue to produce and Asia, Malaysia, India and Korea, anywhere sell its flat top cranes until the end of this year, there are big shipyards.” after which all 12 Jost-designed models
LTC has a wide range of tower cranes
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Greater than the c&a IPS sum of its parts… IPS - Independent Parts & Service - has just celebrated its 10th anniversary. Mark Darwin visited the Telford-based company to find out more. In a nutshell, IPS is a parts very much UpRight focussed, given distribution specialist and our backgrounds and the huge aftersales provider selling parts population of UpRight machines, and service for access equipment. particularly in the UK.” It doesn’t rent or sell new or used “In the days before on-line searches Reinvesting in the Doors started to open and the next equipment - although it has done and Google, finding and cross- company in the past (more of that later). referencing parts was a nightmare, big breakthrough was push around The company is owned by the manufacturer Pop-Up. “Pop-Up was Any money made was reinvested although work by a similar company into the business. Its first year management team and three in the States - Equipment Parts selling machines by the thousand directors - Tony Jennings, Kevin without any parts and service (2002) saw revenues of £1.3 Wholesale - EPW - helped,” adds million but a £194,000 loss. Shadbolt and Rick Mustillo - Shadbolt. Aerial lift parts were infrastructure,” says Shadbolt. “In who worked with each other generally only available from the March 2007 we were asked if we “Our plan was £5 million turnover at UpRight prior to 2001. manufacturers, although while they could offer the same service we in five years,” says Mustillo, Shadbolt and Mustillo set up the were selling lots of new machines provided for UpRight. As customers “however when the recession company in early 2002 sensing that this side of the business was called us for these machines we started to bite in 2003, sales of there was an opportunity to provide usually low on their agendas.” could sell them parts and service new machines plummeted and for other products in their fleets.” manufactures started to look at a one stop parts source for rental “There is a bit of a myth that there companies after UpRight USA filed are huge mark-ups on parts,” says for Chapter 11. Jennings. “If manufacturers were making 50 percent we might make 35 percent, and would reduce prices if we could source a part more cheaply.” The company was initially based in Newport, Shropshire, because there was a good workshop and office facility there and Shadbolt lived nearby. Mustillo had been working with UpRight in Rotterdam and moved to the UK once the business was up and running. “We bought what we thought was a huge (l-r) Equal partners Tony Jennings, Rick Mustillo and Kevin Shadbolt at the IPS amount of stock and it ended up on 10th anniversary celebrations just one row of racking in a huge The first IPS workshop in Newport We initially set up with four mobile empty shed,” says Shadbolt. “As a service engineers on the basis that new company we had no reputation By this time the Mustillo family had other revenue streams i.e parts, we, had product knowledge, knew and people were sceptical so we decided to return to Australia – he’s which made it tougher for us.” had to build relationships.” the customers and where to source Australian she’s British. In 2005 a In 2003 sales increased to £1.7 the parts,” says Mustillo. “At the Big breakthrough subsidiary business in Australia was million (with a £70k loss), in 2004 - time we were the only company Even from the beginning, there was created with a view to him going the first year after Jennings joined - focussed on aftermarket access no reason why customers had to back to help build that operation. it was £2.2 million with a £42,000 parts in the UK.” pick up the phone and use IPS. “After that an ex-UpRight contact profit and in 2005 it went to £2.9 With inventory and credit lines However the big breakthrough came approached us to set up IPS million with a £75,000 profit. 2006 being critical in this type of when Tanfield purchased UpRight France,” says Jennings. “The was £4 million with a big jump to business, cash is king, with neither and Richard Tindale asked IPS to general investment requirement was £7.8 million in 2007. having a financial background the look after UpRight parts and service 30 percent new investor and 70 “Two major changes occurred in pair soon realised that they needed in the UK. The official appointment percent parent company, so the 2007 – we formed UpRight Powered an additional cash injection and greatly boosted its credibility. main support is IPS but the man on Access Sales UK (UPAS) – to sell financial expertise. Enter Jennings, “Tindale recognised that as UpRight the ground is the owner manager.” new UpRight machines in the UK previously managing director and had declined, it had offered an IPS followed this same route in and we were also awarded the fixed then part owner of UpRight UK, increasingly poor level of product Finland but soon realised that a price servicing contract for SGB’s joining the company in 2004. support and for UpRight to start large amount of managerial and 780 strong powered access fleet,” “Tony joining gave us a good spread selling machines again in the UK it financial resource was required so says Jennings. “This continued for of expertise – Mustillo (parts), had to have decent backup,” says abandoned subsidiaries in favour of three years and enabled us to build Shadbolt (service) and Jennings Mustillo. “IPS was the obvious dealers. The company now has our service division, taking on (financial) – even though it was ‘all choice, having already picked up distributors in Sweden, Germany, another 15 engineers and extending hands to the pumps’ in the early around 50 percent of the parts and Finland (now a dealer not subsidiary), our coverage from Aberdeen to days,” says Shadbolt. “We were service business.” Turkey, Poland and Spain. the south coast.”
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IPS c&a episode aside. The current split is £5 million parts to £2 million service.” “One of our earliest innovations is our mobile parts vans which take 350 to 400 line items into major rental depots every two weeks,” says Shadbolt. “Companies like this as it saves delivery The company outgrew this parts building in 2008 costs and keeps their fast IPS management: standing (l-r) John Mckie (service) Tony Jennings (MD), Tony Lock (workshop) Kevin Shadbolt (operations director) and Sander Mellaard (parts) Unfortunately revenues dived to moving items replenished. We currently have four mobile parts Sitting (l-r) Angela Cooney (financial controller) Lucy Bebbington (marketing) £4.8 million in 2009 when SGB quit and Natalie Hedges (service admin) the aerial lift market and UpRight vans with another due shortly, machine sales dried up. “We were each van typically visits three to The current workshop facilities in Telford given two weeks’ notice of SGB four customers a day.” closing its powered access “We are also helping customers operation,” says Jennings. “That left manage their fleet maintenance by us with too many people and not advising on the essential stock enough revenue, so we had to make items they should keep. £1,000 of 10 redundancies. We then started parts at each location can save a discussions with other companies, huge amount of downtime, caused including Genie and in July last year by not having a small, cheap part we acquired the service division of when a machine is inspected Planet Platforms which doubled our between hires. Some of the UK’s service engineers from nine to 18.” largest rental companies operate At the same time Genie undertook this system and are all very a major reorganisation of its after positive about it and the sales service and formed a benefits they receive.” partnership with IPS. It put its Hi-Tech operation customers into five tiers, based on Computer systems play a big part The parts packing area their annual parts spend. Genie in the operation. Its latest bespoke looked after customers in tiers one system can interrogate customer to four- those spending over order histories and give detailed $15,000 a year - around 60 information on parts bought for companies in the UK - while 850 each machine. Service and parts smaller-spend companies were van operators have a mobile link to classified as tier five and outsourced the system and the £1 million to IPS. “Although a good idea in inventory. A major breakthrough principle, Genie changed its was when the service engineers discount structures, eliminating started logging service reports while discounts for tier five customers. In still on site, using digital reader pens hindsight the transition could have and special paper allowing work to been handled better. We ended up be recorded instantly, improving with alot of disgruntled customers accuracy and speeding up invoicing. who blamed IPS for the changes,” “We currently service 2,000 says Jennings. “This was a difficult platforms so the amount of time for us but it has settled down information we need to have at our and is now working well.” Telford parts store fingertips is huge,” said Shadbolt. According to Jennings, Genie now “What is impressive is that we can sells more parts in the UK than instantly supply every document before the change, while IPS has relating to a particular machine - benefited from a further boost to critical if the platform is involved in its credibility. a HSE issue. Marketing plays a big “Genie and JLG are the market part in promoting the company. leaders, so being the Genie parts We realised from the start that little and service provider is huge,” says things help and every parts order Shadbolt. “Genie probably has the ships with chocolate or sweets most engineers in the UK - five of its in the box - it works. own plus 19 IPS engineers - We have been going 10 years and giving nationwide coverage. over the next decade new We haven’t really seen a recession opportunities will arise. The UK may in the parts business, as revenue represent 80 percent of our sales, has gone up every year – the SGB but this a long way from saturation.”
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Going up in the World c&a books & models – Denis Ashworth A review by Chris Wraith, IPAF technical officer Denis Ashworth has produced a personal and enlightening insight into the history of the powered access industry and specifically Simon Access. Engineering and design can be a dry old subject, best left to the “experts”, but Denis has managed to bring the subject to life in an easy-to-read book. Short entertaining chapters not led to a student apprenticeship only track his career path from with the Renold and Coventry Chain his school days through his Company in 1939 at the age of 16. viable than others, many at the a preface by IPAF, is a fascinating apprenticeship and development The training and education that whim of the sales team who just read. It helped fill in some of the within the Simon Empire to his Denis gained in the following 11 wanted something they did not gaps in my 20 years of powered retirement and beyond, but also years proved invaluable experience have. But it was reassuring to access experience, yet I feel it give an insight into the growth of (something today’s post-graduates know Denis always had safety would be just as interesting to the powered access industry. do not get the benefit of) and were and an in-built desire to improve someone new to the industry His conversational manner to serve him well when he joined the powered access industry at seeking some background interspersed with personal Simon Engineering as a the heart of his work. information. comments and humour, along management trainee. This was something he continued It is the knowledge, experience with the well-chosen selection From the first encounter between after his retirement with his tireless and dedication of pioneers such as of interesting and relevant Henry Simon’s grandson and a committee work for IPAF and Denis that have made the powered photographs, make the technical mechanical device to help pick involvement in developing the access industry the success it is details easy to comprehend. apples in Canada through to the European design standard EN 280. today and I trust that more will From his early days of designing development of SS600 Super As the recently appointed IPAF follow where he has shown the and costing his own model Snorkel, this book highlights the technical officer, I can understand way. After all, “People have aeroplanes, it was obvious that trials and tribulations of powered Denis’s frustration at the speed and memories; businesses do not!” Dennis had an inquisitive and access design and development efficiency of European committee Going Up in the World is published practical mind. This did not go within the Simon organisation. work and find it amazing that nearly by The Vertikal Press and is unnoticed by his father, who helped It is interesting to learn of the many 10 years on, the industry is still available by mail order for £19.50 nurture the “engineering bug” when different design variations Simon debating the same issues as we plus postage and packing. Use the giving him a tour of the Henry developed for numerous markets attempt to update EN280! form in this magazine or email: Simon Engineering works, which worldwide, some more financially The whole book, which starts with [email protected]
European countries with a of time over this book working on Walking with Giants knowledge of specific machines, it for more than seven years, both historic and new that visiting most of the locations and just for a quick look and found it While not directly related to highlights his fascination and gaining an unparalleled insight into to be far more interesting than cranes, we received a copy of enthusiasm for his subject. each machines working life, current expected and felt that it would Walking with Giants to review What is likely to make this a book condition and the mine’s future be of interest to many of our and spotting that it was more of of interest to our readers though is equipment plans. This is a book more enthusiastic readers. an earthmoving book it sat in the the large number of excellent that works very much on two office for a few weeks without The book is written by Steven Vale photographs with full captions levels, it is both a great read being opened. Then on a quiet day who writes for Earthmovers and information and some of the and/or a coffee table book to dip after the last issue had just been magazine and is as much of a big interesting insights into how the in and dip out of. published one of us equipment enthusiast as you machines are operated and kept As we said in our introduction opened it … will find. This book is like a running. The book includes a look this is not a crane or access tour of big mining shovels at some of the oldest machines at related book, but it still contains and excavators through 14 work and goes right up to the many fascinating bits of information present and insights into some fantastic with a look machines, from the massive at what bucket wheels of Germany to the Bucyrus last two Marion walking draglines mining left in European mines. shovels might look Walking with Giants is published like in by Old Pond Publishing and can be Caterpillar purchased from good bookshops livery. for 29.95 or online with Amazon or other book specialists from Vale has around £18. taken a great deal
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Stabilisers books & models c&a at the front Palfinger PK100002 An increasing number of truck models are appearing with knuckle-boom loading cranes and the largest modelled so far is the 100 tonne/metre Palfinger PK100002. Conrad has produced this version mounted on a MAN TGS four-axle chassis. It is decorated in the colours of Wiesbauer, the German crane hire company and is modelled after a real truck in the Wiesbauer Outriggers out and transport fleet. the crane working The chassis is very detailed with rear there are two stage plastic the transmission and suspension beams which have a long reach but modelled in plastic, but the main could do with being more rigid. structure is metal, including the Outriggers are also located on each fuel tank and rear bumper. side of the crane, in the centre of the The two front axles have linked truck, and these pull out from the steering and can achieve a transport position and jack moderate amount of movement, cylinders rotate downwards. the rear axle can also steer. The knuckle-boom portion of the The wheel hubs look particularly crane looks the part and has some crisp and the tyres have a good good graphics and equipment boxes tread pattern. around the base. The bottom boom The MAN cab looks great because sections are metal and the hydraulic the Wiesbauer livery is striking and lift cylinders are stiff enough to the detailing is very good, with enable the boom to be posed in any colour-coded door mirrors and very position without slipping down. The MAN TGS sharp looking graphics. It tilts The eight telescopic sections are with Palfinger forward for service access and a plastic and similarly they have plastic engine is revealed under- some friction between them to neath. At the rear of the model there hold set poses. Each telescopic is a removable metal ballast box section has its own cylinder and which can be used to carry loads, piston although there are no and when the box is removed it hydraulic hoses modelled. reveals a fifth wheel to enable a A fixed hook can be positioned at two trailer to be connected. points on the boom and there is also The model has a number of the option to use a working winch outriggers to maximise stability which has enough friction to hold a and provide 360 degree lift duties load on the hook. With the boom on the Palfinger. At the front of the fully extended an impressive model cab there are small twin front jacks results and it can reach to a height which can be lowered, while at the of 480mm. However although the extended The Palfinger boom can support its own weight it reaches an impressive height would not support much load without the telescopic sections slipping. Cab decoration is excellent The strength of this model is that it looks great with fine detailing and the large Palfinger is impressive. It is collectible and reasonable value at around £130. To read the full review of this model visit www.cranesetc.co.uk Cranes Etc Model Rating Packaging (max 10) 7 Detail (max 30) 24 Features (max 20) 18 Quality (max 25) 20 Price (max 15) 11 Overall (max 100) 80% 52 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:25 PM Page 53 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:25 PM Page 54
ALLMI focus c&a Sales soar for DVD Sales of the new ALLMI / FTA training DVD “The Safe Use of Lorry Guidance on Loaders” have soared since its release on 29th September, with over 5,000 copies shipped to more than 100 companies. independent ALLMI executive director, Tom Wakefield, said: “we’ve been delighted with the response to the DVD. We received extensive interest and a large number Thorough of orders before it became available, but the actual level of demand has far exceeded our expectations. The feedback indicates that it is proving to be Examinations an excellent training aid for periodic and on-going formal training and As part of its contribution to the the draft section for lorry loaders assessment, and that the revision of BS7121 Part 2 (Safe that we’ve submitted to the Part 2 documents on Disc Two are Use of Cranes - Inspection, working group, we’ve provided assisting employers and Testing and Examination) and members with some interim operators in adopting best further to some lively debates at guidance on the subject. The key practice procedures and the General Meetings in June, point is the importance of taking all complying with the legal ALLMI has been reviewing the reasonable measures to ensure that requirements demonstrated in requirement under LOLER (Lifting the person conducting the Thorough the DVD. We’re continuing to Operations & Lifting Equipment Examination is sufficiently impartial receive orders on a daily basis Regulations) for persons from those carrying out routine and it’s great to see that the conducting Thorough maintenance and where this cannot guidance is reaching all areas Examinations to be sufficiently be achieved, that the employer of of the industry and playing a impartial. the competent person has a suitable key role in raising standards.” Technical director, Alan Johnson, audit trail in place to demonstrate To order the DVD or to view a says: “this has been an issue of that the impartiality and integrity of trailer, visit www.allmi.com some debate within the lorry loader such examinations is periodically industry and we’re hoping that the measured and documented by a new version of Part 2 will provide senior engineer or manager of the clarification on the matter. In the company.” Work at Height meantime and in accordance with Guidance Standard Terms and As a result of the recent Forum Executive Committee meeting and further to discussions at previous General Meetings, ALLMI has started the process of producing guidance for operators who perform work at Conditions working group height, with particular emphasis on the issue of using the loader crane Further to a recent meeting of the Operators’ Forum executive committee, as an anchoring point for fall arrest equipment. ALLMI has formed a working group to look at the production of a standard The issue has already been the subject of considerable debate amongst fleet set of “Standard Terms and Conditions for a Lifting Contract with a Lorry owners and crane Loader.” Heading the project is ALLMI’s technical director, Alan Johnson, manufacturers, who says: “ALLMI members have made a commitment to ensuring that best but ALLMI is now practice is adopted at all times and we know that they sometimes become in a position to frustrated when clients place business with other (non-ALLMI) companies move forward due to price or ignorance, which on most occasions results in the trimming with the project of standards. We have therefore decided to form a working group which will and will discuss compile a set of Terms and Conditions, with the aim of making this the the matter at the benchmark for the industry and something we can promote at all levels, so Operators’ that members’ clients ask for and expect it as a guarantee of best practice. Forum General We emailed members in October asking for working group volunteers and Meeting on 24th the response was overwhelming. The next step is to discuss this issue in November, further detail at the Operators’ Forum General Meeting on 24th November, after to which a draft which the working group can set a first meeting date and an agenda in line document will be with the wishes of the membership.” uploaded to the The working group will consist of representatives from the following ALLMI website companies: for members to •Portakabin •Travis Perkins comment. •Saint Gobain Building Distribution •Rapid Response Solutions •Speedy Services •Advante •19 Transport •David Watson Transport 54 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:25 PM Page 55
Revision of ISO Standard c&a ALLMI focus 15442 - Safety Requirements for Loader Cranes The ALLMI Technical Committee has recently been involved in the consultation process for the revision of ISO standard 15442 “Safety Requirements for Loader Cranes”, with feedback channelled via ALLMI’s BSI representative, Bryan Flintham of Atlas Cranes UK. “The current draft is based on discussions held at international level in which the UK has played an active part. Whilst promoting loader crane safety, this revision to the standard is also intended to facilitate global trade by harmonizing the various safety requirements of participating countries. The feedback stage has now closed and BSI has until 9th December to submit its comments to ISO,” said Flintham. General Meetings – New training database 24th November & 8th December ALLMI recently launched its new web driven database, a bespoke system ALLMI will soon hold its second set of General Meetings for 2011 for designed to facilitate the processing of operator training registrations. “At fleet owners (24th November) and manufacturer / service company present we’re only using the facility on an internal trial basis, but when it (8th December) members. goes live, instructors will log into the system via the ALLMI website and In both cases, members will be provided with updates on a range issues inform us of the courses they have scheduled. This will enable us to and projects being dealt with by the association, including a full technical increase auditing activity levels and carry out unannounced monitoring and legislative report. The meetings will also review the ALLMI / FTA visits, which we feel will further raise the already high standard of training training DVD, and discuss ALLMI’s affiliation agreement with CPCS. Fleet being delivered, and build upon the excellent levels of consistency across owner members will also be asked to debate the merits and possible the ALLMI Training Provider network. Whilst this is the primary reason content of a Terms and Conditions document for a lifting contract with a for introducing the new system, it will bring many other benefits, such as lorry loader, as well as guidance for operators performing work at height. further enhancing the credibility of the ALLMI scheme with end users and “The General Meetings present an excellent opportunity to provide site personnel, providing instructors with the ability to view and manage members with updates on a number of fronts and just as importantly, to their course schedules online, while facilitating a more streamlined and get their feedback on the projects we’re involved in. Members also find automated administrative process. The new system will also provide the them beneficial in terms of being kept up to date with issues affecting lorry potential for improved statistical analysis of training activity,” said Tom loaders and as a means of networking with their peers,” comments Tom Wakefield of ALLMI. Wakefield of ALLMI.
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Telehandler c&a training blindspot causes injury An Exeter-based company in the UK - Leese’s Ltd - has been hit with fines and costs totalling more than £5,300 following an accident at its Kenbury Wood Waste Management Centre. Andrew Grist was dumping waste vehicles have all-round visibility. when a telehandler reversed into Grist was sitting in his truck as the him almost severing a toe, ripping load was being removed. He his calf muscle and breaking believed he had been given a bones in his leg. The company "thumbs-up" sign from the operator was fined £4,500 and ordered to unloading him, meaning he could pay £818 costs. leave. He climbed out of his vehicle The court was told that the machine to close the sides and back of his had a blind-spot for which no device truck and was hit by the telehandler. - such as a reversing camera or Leese's had pleaded guilty to additional rear view mirrors- was breaching the Provision and Use fitted. By law, site operators are of Work Equipment Regulations. required to ensure drivers of such Fatal fall costs roofer£6,200 £20,600 for lack of safety equipment A roofer has been fined after a man fell to his death in Leicester in SPVIf Roada telehandler Carpet hasLtd aof blind Walsall spot harnesses to prevent falls. It was March 2010. Landlord Trevor Hall, 65, died after falling around 3.5 hassome been form charged of rear £20,659 view aid in must fines discovered this unsafe system of metres through a fragile rooflight at premises he owned. He had gone andbe costs fitted. after three roofers were work had continued over a period onto the roof to observe Kristian Varnam, a director of Roofwise (UK) spotted in May 2009 by a passing of three weeks, risking injury to the Ltd, whom Hall had asked to quote for repairs. HSE inspector working on top of a roofers and to employees and The roof was made of fragile Nottingham cash and carry store customers inside the store. asbestos cement sheets and clear without any safety equipment. HSE inspector Frances Bailey said: plastic rooflights, but Varnam took SPV employee Lewis Male, was “Roofing work requires careful no reasonable steps to ensure his also prosecuted for failing to take planning and assessment of the safety or that of others in going on reasonable care of himself and risks involved. In this case to the roof. The investigation also employees had been working for others and fined £480 plus costs found he had failed to inform the three weeks without the correct of £650. building’s tenants. equipment to protect them from falls Varnam, of Saunderson Road, Male was replacing sky lights with and without adequate supervision. Stocking Farm Estate, Leicester, two others on the roof when he was Fortunately no one was injured on spotted. The inspector noticed the pleaded guilty to breaching the The roof after this occasion, but both employees Health and Safety at Work Act and the incident workers were using no safety and members of the public inside was fined £3,500 with £2,742 equipment, edge protection or the store below were at risk.” costs. HSE inspector Sam Russell said: “This tragic incident was avoidable. As a professional roofing contractor, Varnam should have Who been aware of the dangers and used appropriate equipment available to him - such as crawler boards - to Trained safely carry out his assessment. Instead he put his own life in danger and that of Hall. In addition, no him then? efforts were made to inform staff in the workplace below that people Spotted in Concepcion, were on the fragile roof, or to put in Chile - seven men, truck, place appropriate precautions for scissor lift, backhoe their safety. It is crucial that loader and clearly no employers and individuals make proper raining on the sure work is properly planned, correct use of an appropriately supervised and that aerial lift. sufficient measures are put in place to protect staff and members of the public from the risks.” November 2011 cranes & access 57 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:26 PM Page 58
training c&a HCEA scholarships The scholarships are awarded annually and funded by a grant of $75,000 by the Ruth St. John and John D. West Foundation of Scaffold Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The HCEA was founded in 1986 and has over 4,300 members in hit by bus twenty-five countries. In addition to its magazine and hosting an annual Self-employed Mario Mazzarella through the town. working exhibition of restored equipment, it operates the National fell more than four metres to the HSE inspector Martin Giles said: Construction Equipment Museum ground after a scaffold he was “The scaffolding should have been and archives in Bowling Green, Ohio. working on was hit by a bus in erected in a safe manner, and the Erik Zirkle November 2009. finished scaffold should not have The scaffold - built for him by jutted out over the road at a height The Historical Construction Panther Scaffolding at the Helal where it could be a danger to Equipment Association (HCEA), a Restaurant on Mercer Row in Louth passing traffic. The failure to provide not for profit organisation dedicated - had been built out over the road. adequate scaffolding was caused by to preserving the history of the Andrew Mark Judge, 44, trading as inadequate planning before work construction, dredging and surface Panther Scaffolding of Old Main started and a failure to check that mining equipment industries, has Road, Scamblesby, Louth was the finished scaffold was safe announced two recipients of its prosecuted by the Health and Safety before handing it over.” 2011 $1,000 engineering Executive (HSE) for failing to ensure Mr Judge pleaded guilty to scholarship. Erik F. Zirkle of Lebanon, that the workers who erected the breaching the Work At Height Ohio, is enrolled at the University scaffolding the day before worked Regulations 2005, and was fined of Cincinnati, and Eric Salter of in a safe way and that the finished £15,000 and ordered to pay Jasonville, Indiana, is enrolled at the scaffolding was a safe structure £3,739 costs. Rose-Hullman Institute of for its user and vehicles moving Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. Eric Salter
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Enter now for the c&a IPAF focus IAPAs 2012 in Rome • New Product of the Year – Self-propelled (booms, scissors, atrium lifts) • New Product of the Year – Mast climbing work platforms/hoists Students demonstrating the safe use of platforms • New Product of the Year – and artistic talent. Low-level access Entries are now open for the • Award for Outstanding International Awards for Powered After Sales Service Combining art and safety Access (IAPAs) 2012. The award • International Lifetime Visitors to the ceremony and dinner will be held Achievement Award recent A+A health on 29 March 2012 at the Sheraton There are two categories designed and safety exhibition Roma Hotel in Rome, Italy. They for IPAF member companies and in Düsseldorf were follow the IPAF Summit which individuals only: drawn to IPAF’s starts at 13:30 on the same day. stand with its unique IPAF Instructor of the Year The IAPA awards, entering their • combination of fourth year in 2012, celebrate best • New IPAF Training Centre of creativity and safety. the year practice and excellence in the Over the four-day powered access industry. The Slight alterations have been made to exhibition, students The finished piece of art. categories, open to all companies the award categories this year in from the art school and individuals in the powered order to better reflect the industry Wandsbek painted an eight by four metre picture celebrating “the art of IPAF”, access industry, are: and make it simple to enter. working from a scissor lift and a boom on the stand. The students all had PAL • The Access Rental Company The judges are looking for best cards and were trained to use platforms safely, in line with their motto, of the Year practice, excellence, innovation “No amateurs on my platform!” and professionalism. • IPAF Safety Champion of the year Entries must be for work done in Contribution to Safe Working • 2011. The deadline for entries is Review of IPAF Hire Terms & at Height 23rd December 2011. Entries must Conditions: Call for comments Access Project of the Year • be submitted in English using the The IPAF Hire Terms & Conditions General Rental Conditions. IPAF • New Product of the Year – official entry form available at are due for review and the contributed to the drafting of these Vehicle/trailer-mounted www.iapa-summit.info federation is seeking comments documents as an ERA founder mem- and participation from members. ber. The Terms & Conditions are Are you working on solid ground? The most recent Terms & Conditions available free of charge to IPAF The IPAF Powered Access 2012 magazine is out this month. of Hire for the powered access members for their exclusive use. The federation’s annual journal features a debate on the industry were released in 2009 They are available in versions for issues surrounding the use of spreader plates with aerial to improve service levels and England and Wales, Ireland, Northern lifts and what managers and operators should be aware of. harmonise with international best Ireland and Scotland. Those interested It can be viewed online or you can download the app for practice. These Terms & Conditions in taking part in the review should your iPad at the Publications section of www.ipaf.org. meet the recommendations and e-mail comments to Free printed copies can be obtained by e-mailing guidance notes set out by the Rupert Douglas-Jones, IPAF Research [email protected] European Rental Association in its & Development, [email protected], by end Rental Checklist and Framework for November 2011. Safety alert: Good housekeeping Two incidents of boom-type aerial New member service: lifts catching fire have recently been reported to IPAF. Discounted deliveries with TNT These are the first such cases Do you use a courier service to send known said Wraith, who has been parcels or documents within the UK researching the matter. However, or internationally? Do you struggle to users of aerial lifts who are aware of get cost-effective pricing because any other incidents are asked to send the volume of items is low? information to IPAF members in the UK can now tie in [email protected] to the introductory 50 percent IPAF Ltd, Moss End Business “These cases of boom lifts catching discount rate offered to IPAF by courier Village Crooklands Cumbria Debris can LA7 7NU fire remain isolated,” said IPAF be a fire hazard. company TNT. This rate is guaranteed technical officer Chris Wraith. Keep the platform clean! for six months, after which the rate Tel: 015395 66700 “Fires and other potential hazards will depend on the volume of deliveries Fax: 015395 66084 when using aerial lifts can be should do the pre-start inspections made by IPAF and its members. www.ipaf.org [email protected] prevented through best practice and daily checks. This would help The more members that use the service, Offices in Chile, Germany, Italy, and good housekeeping. Operators identify any debris, leaks, spills, the better the chance that those signed the Netherlands, Singapore, up will continue to benefit from the should maintain a clean area of work damaged cables and wiring, or Spain, Switzerland and the USA. on and around the platform and base, other fire hazards, and allow 50 percent discount. Details are at the keeping it clear of debris. They preventive action to be taken.” Services section of www.ipaf.org November 2011 cranes & access 59 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:26 PM Page 60
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CPD seminars c&a PASMA focus run nationwide As reported in the October issue of Cranes & Access, PASMA is running a series of CPD seminars following the publication of its Fall Protection Review, designed to ensure that all PASMA instructors are fully conversant with, and have an in-depth knowledge of, the developments in Advanced Guardrail (AGR) mobile access towers-particularly the latest generation of integral AGR towers. The seminars, held at different Running from 09.30 to16.30 each PASMA training centres around day for a maximum of 12 delegates, the UK, are mandatory and, the series continues until early next judging by the comments of year. More information, and a instructors so far, extremely detailed schedule, from useful and informative. [email protected] More toolbox talks Manufacturing PASMA technical manager, Don Aers, has recently completed filming two more Toolbox Talks. members of PASMA The videos, which will be free to The following updated list, in alphabetical order, includes all of the view online shortly are entitled: manufacturing company members of the association: Mobile working platforms - • Aliscaff Ltd www.aliscaff.co.uk Tel. 01279 406270 low level access; • Fall protection in mobile Alto Tower access towers. Systems Ltd www.alto-towers.co.uk Tel. 0845 1776644 The talks are part of the association’s on-going commitment to providing useful, Aluminium practical advice and information that can be used on site on a day-to-day basis. Castings Ltd www.alcast.co.uk Tel. 01579 383513 Euro Towers Ltd www.eurotowers.co.uk Tel. 0160 4644774 Instant Upright Ltd www.instantupright.com Tel. 00 353 16209300 Practice makes perfect Layher Ltd www.layher.co.uk Tel. 01462 475100 Lyte Industries This latest version of the PASMA Operator’s Code (Wales) Ltd www.lyteladders.co.uk Tel. 01792 796666 of Practice is in full colour and includes the most Pop up Products Ltd www.popupproducts.co.uk Tel. 01244 833933 recent legislation and guidance. In addition to its function as a stand alone document for users, Towers & their supervisors and managers, plus health and Sanders Ltd www.scaffoldtowersales.co.uk Tel: 0845 257 5991 safety professionals, it is also intended to Turner Access Ltd www.turner-access.co.uk Tel: 0141 309 5555 supplement PASMA approved training courses by Youngman Group Ltd www.youngmangroup.com Tel: 01621 745900 serving as a reminder of the good practices that Zarges (UK) Ltd www.zargesuk.co.uk Tel: 01908 641118 delegates have learnt during training. News in brief Training: New courses due for imminent release include ‘Towers on Stairs’ Frequently Asked and ‘Towers for Managers’. Work also continues on the cantilever and bridging courses. Questions (FAQs) 2012 Tower Supplement: The publication of a second tower supplement in There are five questions that the association gets asked more than collaboration with Vertikal Press and Cranes & Access is planned for early any others by far, they are: next year. Members wishing to submit images or subject matter for Q What is the safe working load of a tower? consideration for inclusion should send them to [email protected] A You must check with the manufacturer or supplier of the tower. 2012 PASMA Tower Week: Q Do I need an instruction manual to assemble, dismantle or move a tower? Early bird information about A Yes, you must be in possession of the manufacturer’s instruction manual next year’s inaugural Tower before assembling the tower. Week will shortly be posted on the association’s website. Q What is the maximum height an alloy tower can be built to? A Again, you must consult the manufacturer’s instruction manual. Access Industry Forum (AIF): The Forum is already in Q I have successfully completed the Towers for Users course. discussions with United Can I therefore assemble low level access towers? Business Media (UBM) A You must complete a separate course in order to be qualified to about its presence at next assemble low level access towers. year’s IOSH Conference in The AIF stand at this year’s Q How do I find my nearest PASMA training centre? Manchester and Safety Safety & Health Expo A Simply visit the PASMA website www.pasma.co.uk & Health Expo in Birmingham.
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Easy to programme LMI c&a innovations Load Systems International has launched a new Load Moment Indicator The LSI GS820 screen (LMI) for telescopic cranes. It features a pair of pressure transducers that read the rod and bore side pressures of the lift cylinders to provide a load readout within a one percent error rate. Data from the transducers is transmitted wirelessly to the GS820 display in the cab along with data from other wireless sensors. The system provides manufacturers with the ability to save the calibration data on their first machine to a USB drive and load readable screen, on-board data logger and the calibration to subsequent machines via the ability to upload load charts via the the on-board USB port. On subsequent USB port or download the logged data via machines, the calibration will only require USB stick. The unit provides a simple minor tweaking relative to the pressure readout of all crane geometries, working variances of each individual machine, load limit, actual load, selected allowing for a simple and fast calibration. chart/counterweights, wind speed, The LSI transducers and LMI The GS820 display features a large sunlight alarms and system faults. Torque efficient Carbon fibre technology is coming of age winch motors Following the introduction of the first carbon fibre commercial aircraft Parker Hannifin has launched a new range of hydraulic motors, this year, German crane manufacturer Liebherr says that it is also developed to provide improved efficiency and performance for a range planning to introduce more carbon fibre technology into its cranes and of applications including crane winch and hoist drives. The new other products. The company first demonstrated the technology at V14 110 and 160 variable speed bent-axis motors feature Parker’s Bauma 2007 and is now fitting standard carbon fibre pendant straps unique nine piston configuration and produce extremely high levels of to its HS 895 HD duty cycle crawler crane, while offering them as an start-up torque, rapid acceleration and fast shaft speeds, while option on its LR 1300 crawler lift crane. ensuring quick response to changes in operating load or conditions. The material combines high strength percent of their steel counterparts. The new motors are designed for The new motors are available with low weight - up to three times The material also has better use with open and closed circuits, with a choice of mounting, lighter - with a higher tensile long-term wear properties and is far have a wide shaft end, control and strength than for a steel pendant more resistant to fatigue. As such it displacement range of 5:1, valve options. with the same cross section. The virtually eliminates the fatigue and are capable of operating at company says that the carbon fibre problems associated with flat steel pressures of up to 480 bar with a pendant straps allow the crane to pendants, particularly for high cycle displacement of between 22 and self-erect longer boom cranes, or those that spend much 160cc per revolution, depending combinations, while providing of their working life in windy areas. on model. Maximum power greater heights and working radii. As a result Liebherr claims that the output is 335kW, for They also provide higher lift economic pay back is relatively the larger of the two motors, capacities, particularly at long radii. rapid, which should encourage with 255Nm of output torque An additional advantage is that they more companies to choose them at 100bar. are far easier to handle during crane if they are an option. assembly, weighing less than 30
November 2011 cranes & access 63 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:26 PM Page 64 letters c&a Readers etters The Editor Dear Mark Darwin, The following letter and responseL was triggered by In respect of the three pictures on page 50 of the October 2011 – a BBC video on Vertikal.net that showed a Bronto Skylift platform owned and operated by Facelift, being used volume 13 issue 7 of Cranes & Access, I note that all chassis frames by the Police to assist with the eviction of protestors at the are well clear of the ground surface i.e. wheels. illegal Dale Farm encampment. We were always led to believe that the main chassis bulk of the Dear Leigh, crane should just remain in contact with the ground and the Having watched the video on your website the use of a lorry mounted suspension locked. In the days of manual screw type outrigger jacks platform used to evict protestors from the Dale End Farm site, I would be operated by hand, they were only just lowered until the outrigger interested to see whether you and your readers are concerned to have beams came into contact with the boxes and not to raise the crane watched what I would describe as a total lack of adherence to the chassis so that you can drive a bus under it. Working At Height Regulations. The use of these mats does not exclude the basic rule of soft or The lorry mount appears to have at least a minimum of five police officers unstable ground material. Putting the total weight of the crane onto in the basket. Working on the basis of each person being 180kg, that just four points would require load charts for each outrigger leg. works out to a total workload of at least 900kg (in reality I suspect that this is well over 1,000kg) the maximum capacity if this machines is either Also having the crane chassis so high, if a mat were to fail the crane a Bronto 46DXT or a Bronto 56XDT which at its optimum outreach has a has that extra distance to fall before ground contact. Ouch! capacity of 600kg, to make matters worse you can clearly hear and see The only use I can see of being so high off the ground would be to that they are intending to use the machine to pull demonstrators off the structure and therefore increase further the already overloaded work have a higher tip/block height –if things are this tight do they also re- platform. move the anti-two block cut off switch? In addition to exceeding the platform capacity it is obvious that not all of To see these photos I wonder why there are accidents. those within the platform are wearing a harness or if they are whether Yours they are attached. Fred Pole, The machine appears also to be operated from the ground, which brings into question whether given the proximity of the scaffold structure and the Darlington potential to cause a catastrophic accident by failing to see clearly (red Ex Grove Coles demonstrator. material used over the front of cage) whether this is a safe system of work to employ. I would be very interested to see a copy of the method and risk assessment for this operation. As far as we have always understood it modern cranes and platforms I suspect that the opportunity to get some free publicity (questionable require the crane to be lifted completely clear of the ground in order to whether helping evict children from their homes is good business) ensure that the entire weight of the crane acts as counterweight. overtook common sense here. If even a little weight is left resting on the ground through the wheels it The company website devotes a significant part to its health shifts the crane stability point. We do agree though that jacking a crane and training credentials so it is surprising that they should feel that this or work platform up unnecessarily high adds to the risk, not only should flagrant disregard for people’s safety should be one of the jacks give way, but also due to the fact that long legs equals broadcast for all to see. less stability/rigidity. Jack clear but not to the max. A concerned powered access employee. We would be pleased to hear any other views on this subject. Letter sent in to our offices by post with no Ed indication of sender.
Dale Farm eviction We were concerned to see what appeared to be several examples of poor Practice in the eviction, the platform appeared to be Dear Leigh, overloaded with five fully equipped riot police in the platform (See In response to the comments on the dale farm footage I would like to letter from Gordon Leicester on this subject). Much worse still was make it clear that at no time was the machine overloaded. Not only does the way the suspended crane platform was being used in this effort. the Bronto have a highly accurate cage load sensor which would prevent We were however encouraged that most of the police, if not all had this from happening there are also only five people in the cage. I am harnesses on and generally appeared to be using them. For the personally what I would call "larger than average" 6ft5 and 18stone evictions perhaps a large scissor lift with long roll-out deck would =114kg 5 x 114 = 560KG The Bronto's cage capacity is 600kg so have been handier? More like a siege engine of old. there would have been spare capacity for their helmets etc. One thing that is highlighted is that the police ought to look at how For the machine to have been overloaded then they would have all had they might use such equipment in the future. It is interesting to note to been approximately my size or bigger which looking at the average that at one time every police force in the UK and Ireland received a policeman nowadays would be almost impossible!! copy of Cranes & Access magazine – given that they frequently need Regarding the use of safety harnesses I understand that all the officers to source cranes and platforms for emergencies, not to mention were wearing them and attached when the cage left the ground, the work on their own premises etc… Yet in recent years as staff have machine was also being used close up and my operator had a clear changed, several of them have said that they no longer require such view and was also being directed by a policeman from the cage. information – perhaps they should re think? Regards Gordon Leicester Ed MD Facelift
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Hi Leigh c&a Just to let you know Allan Access Platform Services Ltd one in a long line of Allan Access companies has had a company winding up order Dear Mark, placed on it at the High Court of Justice in Birmingham on the Crawler Cranes and the Golden Age of Cranes 10 October 2011 some 16 months after making its final worker’s I was most interested to read both articles in your October edition. As export Director of Priestman from 1970 to 1984 redundant in May 2010 without any pay. (the year that Acrow Group, owners of both Coles and One of its former directors and one director from its former incarnations Priestman, went into Receivership), I knew Ken Gibson having removed themselves as far from the company as possible (MD of Neagron Plant) well. He was a frequent visitor to declared themself personally bankrupt in the Northampton court in the Hull Works and a loyal Priestman customer. The sad fact is that Priestman failed to do what their overseas Feb 2011(check individual insolvency register). agents and distributors unanimously advised them to do This just left a Mr Herbert Jones as the director (company house records) at the first Dealer Convention which I held in Hull in 1973, who took over two weeks before they laid the last workers off. which was to build larger crawler cranes. As you have pointed out in Cranes & Access the laws of insolvency This strong recommendation from the market-place was in this country do need tightening up with a bit of forward planning superseded by the decision of the Chairman of Acrow, Bill de Vigier, to force Priestman into investing their it’s far too easy for people to walk away. Anyone who knows about Allan innovative design capacity and financial resources into Access Platform services will know who was responsible for the day to building Offshore Cranes to take advantage of the North day running of the company maybe not in the eyes of the law but we Sea Oil Bonanza. The Sealion, the result of this all know who was running it at the end. development, was a superb crane technically, but a financial disaster for the company. Every crane was Having taken the company to an Employment Tribunal in April 2011 and special, the oil companies were very demanding won our case we then had to wind the company up to receive all the customers, insisting on all kinds of modifications within money owned to us at some cost to ourselves. This is the way the law a contract price, and Priestman lost money on every works, it has taken from mid-June 2010 to October 2011 to get a result. crane produced. We are now in the process of applying to the government to get They did eventually use this expertise to produce an 80 tonne all hydraulic crawler crane, the Lion 80, but this our money. was not until the early 1980s, and it never developed Regards into a production machine. Former worker Yours Sincerely PS Dick Lloyd (Author of 40 years a salesman) Leigh You may wish to print this you or may not it’s up to you Kingsbridge Devon
Nothing new under the sun Regarding a new Modular Wind Turbine Maintenance Platform – Page 6 Cranes & Access August September 2011 – I note with great interest this ‘new system’. It is possibly new to wind turbines and to the Spider division of Safeworks, but we have been using Rig Platforms on chimneys since the early 1970 period. The Rig consisted of a wire rope around the top of the chimney, with Tirfor ropes hung down from the same. Frames, Tirfors and lightweight walkways formed the working deck. Yes the system was much simpler (See photos) than the one on your pages. As always the most difficult part of the job was getting to the top of a structure which has no access – unlike the wind turbine towers. As in the case shown in the photos from 1976 of the Drakelow ‘B’ power station at Burton Upon Trent, ladders had to be erected up the brick structure to a height of 450ft (136 metres), before the deck could be installed. From this deck 96 heavy steel bands were winched up and fixed into place on the chimney. As steeplejacks we have been erecting more modern electrical powered machines like this in various configurations. So the device show is not a new system but simply a different application. Clients looking to overcome access problems should contact steeplejack companies who are part of the trade group A.T.L.A.S who have fully trained operatives to carry our all aspects of any high level works required. Regards JD Avey Senior contracts manager H&A Height Services
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letters Dear Paul, c&a There is no single answer to this, as it varies enormously depending not Dear Sir, just on the manufacturer, but also on the size of crane. Most companies are doing an excellent job in equipping their larger new cranes with all of I am the Senior H&S Specialist for Vestas Northern Europe(NEU) and chair the the equipment required, such as guardrails and anchor points while Vestas NEU Subcontractor Workshop. The workshop is attended by leading Sub attempting to eliminate some jobs that require working at height. contractors involved in the construction, erection, maintenance of Wind turbines The problem comes on smaller cranes where weight and dimensions are and farms (not only for Vestas) in the industry. One question that is repeatedly more critical, prices are also lower and fewer companies are buying new being raised during the workshop by our crane operators/providers is that the models. The situation is made worse by the fact that the UK market for cranes used for construction are still not being supplied by the manufacturers smaller cranes is very sluggish and the rest of Europe is not enforcing with appropriate safe climbing and working at height provisions! Lack of fall the work at height rules anywhere near as aggressively. arrest/restraint, anchor points etc…, solutions for which are readily available. Add to this the fact that meeting the new emission and noise regulations What is Crane & Access/Vertikal's view on this, are manufacturers placing has soaked up enormous amounts of engineering hours at a time when enough emphasis on the serious working at height safety issue? manufacturers were cutting back and you can see the dilemma. It is a Paul Robbins fact that most crane manufacturers are reacting more to pressure when Vestas Wind Technology selling a crane than joyfully embracing the challenges that the work at height rules present. Publisher Leigh Sparrow responded to Mr Robbins with his rather long winded views on the subject the following letter opposite is his response: Lest crane hirers over-egg this issue you need to know that: 1. Manufacturers have and will supply big cranes with full protection – Spiders on my mind although they are less keen to provide modifications for older cranes Dear Sir, given their engineering limitations and a preference for buyers to sell their older models to markets that do not require or even want such My ex-demo Multitel 225 SMX has finally arrived, hand delivered by Melvyn equipment. Else. I felt like a kid at Christmas and also rather nervous as it had just sunk in that I had spent over £80,000 in two days, machine, land rover and trailer, up 2. Smaller cranes are increasingly available with full remote controls graded training for four of us and the list goes on. such as Liebherr’s Bluetooth system which allows many jobs to be done from the ground and standing in a safe place, the big challenges involve I justified it to myself by these facts, 80k wouldn't pay my mortgage off, a new such things as the installation of counterweights on some cranes, where Overfinch Range Rover will plummet like Nick Clegg’s popularity and I wasn't operators need to be up on deck and it is hard to install a fixed guardrail getting much for it in the NatWest savings account. system. Fold up protection is available but not a realistic solution. Hook So the process started. Now I'm not the quickest decision maker, you can ask block reeving can usually be done now from the ground, although all Melvyn Else at Multitel about that, as it took over a year for me to part with the companies do provide a ladder to reach the boom nose with a stowage money and I had an informative 40 minute chat with Paul Hyde from Higher place on board. Access to the hoists can generally be avoided on site Access, but I must say it's been a fantastic move. with a little pre-planning, so that leaves access to the cab which is not Based in the North East, we are a small specialist cleaning / maintenance really a significant risk. company specialising in drain jetting & CCTV surveys, industrial cleaning and 3. There is another example of working at height which is the most risky now anything to do with high level maintenance, gutter cleaning & repairs, and most challenging, and one that is prevalent on wind farm inspections, window cleaning etc… applications – that of rigging extra jibs or boom support systems. On The dilemma was that I needed a machine that would cover the jobs our larger jib or boom sections some companies have now installed previous CTE Z20 carried out, towable with a vehicle that could be utilised walkways and anchor points or other forms of protection, I am not sure within other areas of our business and we needed company that would look though that an anchor point alone really improves things much, as a fall after us. The spider was the ideal piece of machinery, could be used internally is less about hitting the ground and more about hitting the structure, so a due to its dual power, narrow accessibility, light weight and the fact that it can fall with or without a harness can be serious. Manufacturers have also be used on various terrains. supported a new product from Standfast – its TRAM system does Although we have only had the machine one month we've managed to get over provide a moving harness point for walking along the top of booms and ten thousand pounds worth of work and half of it is work we would otherwise jibs, which when combined with a walkway really works and some UK have had to pass over if we didn't have a spider lift. Now that’s good business crane hire companies have already adopted it. in today’s financial climate. So Paul… I realise that the above is a long winded way of not giving a I’ve attached a couple of pictures of our new machine in action. very straight answer to your question “Are manufacturers placing Many thanks enough emphasis on the serious working at height safety issue?” Paul Rider If I had to answer in a word or two it would most likely be – ‘probably Rider Industrial Services not’ The attitude with some manufacturers is more one of being seen to be providing a solution for a problem that they do not see as the most important and which most safety authorities around the world are not Yugoslavia 25th October 2011 pushing. Gentlemen, If the wind industry as a whole were to stand up and say “ This has to be Looking through the October edition of C&A, I noticed that your house ad treated more seriously on small as well as larger cranes” the industry on page 79 - "Did you know" - mentions that you distribute the magazine would perhaps devote more engineering time to move the technology to Yugoslavia. Given that it has introduced on larger newer cranes to all of its models. that the country finally Crane hirers also need to look at their older cranes and either install their disappeared with the We checked this out and in fact the reason it is own solutions or replace the cranes. However as a final word I would break-apart of Serbia and there is that we have several readers still say that with the wind industry pushing hire rates down by as much as Montenegro in 2006, claiming this as their address – or rather they 25 percent over the past two to three years something has to change if that does seem like a bit have not updated it yet. Most of the Yugoslav this is to happen. of Balkan-style double- addresses are in fact in Serbia, while one is in Paul this is a very good point and I would very much like to run your counting . Montenegro. Other readers from the region use letter in Cranes & Access so that we might get some more input from Yours pedantically, just Serbia or Montenegro. The data used to other crane users. Please let me know if you can agree to this.. if not it will of course remain confidential. Simon Walker compile that advert was simply taken from Principal, I.E.T.S Ltd the mailing data used for the October 2010 Many thanks and Charlbury England issue. Best Regards, Ed Leigh Sparrow
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c&a Pagliero 100 years The founders, Lorenzo and Giuseppina Pagliero – 1911 and going strong In the last issue of Cranes & Access we reported on the 100th anniversary celebrations of Italian truck mounted and spider lift platform manufacturer Multitel Pagliero. Few companies in our industry to work for Alfa Romeo on the can truly trace their roots back production of war material. much more than 70 years and After the war, business continued fewer still are still owned and run much as before, making products by the same family. Given this and for the local agricultural market. the excellent material that the In the early 1930s the couple had skills and produced some classic introduction of tipper trailers and company has uncovered we their first son Giorgio who joined the bodies for Fiat cars. bodies for trucks, followed in 1959 thought it would be worthwhile company when he was 11 and As the 1950s progressed the by a loader crane with a work publishing a more detailed story. worked there for the rest of his life. company began to develop its platform version. The Pagliero family business began A couple of years later he was expertise in hydraulics though the in 1911 when Lorenzo Pagliero and joined by another son Piero. his bride Giuseppina along with a As the Second World War brother moved from their birthplace approached the company began to in Marene to Saluzzo 14 miles Pagliero body on a develop its expertise in body work, Fiat Balilla 1941 (22km) away and opened a mainly for industrial vehicles. workshop building farm carts and A pick-up type body for the Fiat trailers in wood and iron. Balilla was one of its particularly In 1914 the First World War successful products. interrupted business with the young After the war and into the 1950s the Pagliero obliged to move to Milan company developed its bodywork
The Pagliero’s began with simple farm carts A 1956 Fiat with Pagliero bodywork – with the current directors Renzo and Sandro in the passenger seat
Cranes became a popular product line for Pagliero, including loader cranes The Pagliero and small mobiles. Trailers were the company staple well into the late 1930s workforce 1955
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Construction of the new facility in Manta Pagliero c&a
The first platform was introduced in 1959
Pagliero introduced its first aluminium telescopic boom in 1985
Piero Pagliero
Pagliero was always innovative, its big booms use gearboxes to rotate its jibs as well as allow some unique configurations
The 1950s also saw the second The current directors, Renzo and following the death of Piero Pagliero company and being groomed generation take over the day to day Sandro, sons of Giorgio, joined the aged 70, after 53 years with the to take over sometime in the running of the company with Giorgio firm in the early 1970’s and with the company. Throughout his career he distant future. and Piero running the business company increasingly specialising had been the technical force behind together for many years. The in cranes and truck mounted work the company, having said that some partnership combined Giorgio’s platforms the name was changed of the company’s most innovative In 2005 the 20 business sense with Piero’s again in 1979 to Op Pagliero Spa and influential products have been metre Multitel technical creativity, a winning Gru e piattaforme. In 1980 the introduced by the company in the MX 200 took the combination. Multitel name was born as the years since. company into high volumes product name for Pagliero’s truck The twin boomed, low profile MX mounted aerial lift range, while the range launched in September 2005 cranes carried the AP designation. with the MX200 took-off like no In 1985 Pagliero introduced its first other new Pagliero product before aluminium boom on a 3.5 tonne it and introduced the Multitel range straight telescopic machine. into rental fleets that had until then In 1989 Giorgio passed away had not considered Pagliero leaving his two sons and brother products. It has also spawned a Piero to manage the business. huge development in low overall It was around this time that the height 3.5 tonne truck mounted lifts. company gradually shifted away Today a fourth generation of Giorgio Pagliero from cranes towards its Multitel Paglieros are working in the aerial work platform products. In the 1960s the company had The second half of the 1980s also reached the limits of its Saluzzo saw export sales really begin to base and moved two and a half take-off, particularly in Germany miles (4km) south to its current and in France where the first location in Manta, in its first overseas subsidiary was purpose-built industrial facility established in Lyons in 1989. capable of building products in The company continued to expand series. At the same time the its Manta production base as company changed its name, demand steadily increased and it dropping the Carrozzeria became a market leader in the (Bodyworks) part of the name in truck mounted lift market. favour of Officine Oleodinamiche In 2004 Renzo and Sandro took Sandro Pagliero far left and Renzo far right with some of the fourth Pagliero reflecting its mobile over as joint managing directors, hydraulics specialities. generation Paglieros and the anniversary demo team. 68 cranes & access November 2011 C&A 13.8 P34-69:Layout 1 11/24/11 2:26 PM Page 69
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Genie Z-45/25J Bi Genie Z-80/60 Genie S-45 Genie S-125 Articulated boom Articulated boom Stick boom Stick boom 16m - 2004/5/6/7/8 26.40m - 2005/6/7/8 15.7m - 2005/6/7 40m - 2005/6/7/8
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BRONTO S34MDT SIMON SS263 OMME 3000RBD MAEDA MC285CRM-E Truck mounted Truck mounted Specialised boom Mini crane 34m - 2002 27.8m - 2002 30m - 2006/7/8 8.70m/ 2.8 Tonne - 2007
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JLG E 450AJ HAULOTTE STAR 6 JLG 1930ES TYPE BOOM LIFT TYPE MAST LIFT TYPE SCISSOR LIFT YEAR 2003 YEAR 2007 YEAR 2004 POWER ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC PRICE £11,200 €12,880 PRICE £3,598 €4,138 PRICE £3,650 €4,198
JLG M450A SKYJACK SJ3226 LIFTLUX LL153-12 TYPE BOOM LIFT TYPE SCISSOR LIFT TYPE SCISSOR LIFT YEAR 2000 YEAR 2004 YEAR 2003 POWER BI-ENERGY POWER ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC PRICE £6,820 €7,820 PRICE £4,620 €5,313 PRICE £16,900 €19,435
NIFTYLIFT HR12 HAULOTTE C12DX UPRIGHT XRT27E TYPE BOOM LIFT TYPE SCISSOR LIFT TYPE SCISSOR LIFT YEAR 2005 YEAR 2004 YEAR 2001 POWER BI-ENERGY POWER DIESEL POWER ELECTRIC PRICE £12,500 €14,375 PRICE £9,200 €10,580 PRICE £4,100 €4,715
UPRIGHT X32 JLG 450AJ HAULOTTE H25TPX POP-UP TYPE SCISSOR LIFT TYPE BOOM LIFT TYPE BOOM LIFT TYPE PUSH AROUND VERTICAL YEAR 2002 YEAR 2001 YEAR 2004 YEAR 2007 POWER ELECTRIC POWER DIESEL POWER DIESEL POWER ELECTRIC PRICE £3,125 €3,594 PRICE £11,400 €13,110 PRICE £33,000 €37,950 PRICE £2,600 €2,990
NIFTYLIFT HR15N HAULOTTE H23TPX UPRIGHT MX19 TYPE BOOM LIFT TYPE BOOM LIFT TYPE SCISSOR LIFT YEAR 2003 YEAR 2004 YEAR 2005 POWER BI-ENERGY POWER DIESEL POWER ELECTRIC PRICE £3,867 €4,447 PRICE £14,200 €16,330 PRICE £23,200 €26,680 Please note photographs are for illustrative purposes only.
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GENIE Z34/22 4WD GENIE GS2668 RT GENIE Z34/22 4WD TYPE BOOM 4WD & OUTRIGGERS TYPE BOOM YEAR 2006 TYPE SCISSOR YEAR 2007 YEAR 2006 POWER DIESEL POWER DIESEL POWER DIESEL QUANTITY 7 QUANTITY 1 QUANTITY 7
GENIE GS2646 GENIE Z34/22 4WD GENIE GS2646 TYPE SCISSOR TYPE BOOM TYPE SCISSOR YEAR 2006 YEAR 2006 YEAR 2006 POWER ELECTRIC POWER DIESEL POWER ELECTRIC QUANTITY 15 QUANTITY 3 QUANTITY 15
GENIE Z34/22 4WD GENIE GS2632 GENIE GS2646 TYPE BOOM TYPE SCISSOR TYPE SCISSOR YEAR 2007 YEAR 2006 YEAR 2007 POWER DIESEL POWER ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC QUANTITY 3 QUANTITY 2 QUANTITY 11
GENIE GS2668 RT GENIE GS3246 GENIE GS3268 RT 4WD & OUTRIGGERS TYPE SCISSOR 4WD & OUTRIGGERS TYPE SCISSOR YEAR 2006 YEAR 2007 TYPE SCISSOR YEAR 2006 POWER DIESEL POWER ELECTRIC POWER DIESEL QUANTITY 10 QUANTITY 3 QUANTITY 3
GENIE GS1932 GENIE GS3268 RT GENIE Z45/25 JIB 4WD TYPE SCISSOR 4WD & OUTRIGGERS TYPE BOOM YEAR 2007 TYPE SCISSOR YEAR 2007 YEAR 2007 POWER ELECTRIC POWER DIESEL POWER DIESEL QUANTITY 3 QUANTITY 8 QUANTITY 1 Please note photographs are for illustrative purposes only.
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