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When every minute counts // 4 Reap the wild wind // 10 The people make the difference // 24

Ready for patients Helping in urban Helping to maintain New BMS Group flying in // 6 development // 12 the lifeline // 30 website // 36

Come back home to Burning the midnight Not exactly untested Ballet for three the refinery // 8 oil // 16 grounds // 34 huge cranes // 38 DETERMINATION, ENTHUSIASM, POSITIVITY, AND THE ABILITY TO COOPERATE

Photo: Søren Schnoor. of the metro in the Danish capital, size that the BMS Group attaches repair work on a refinery for the just as much importance to the largest fuel company in Sweden, people working with us. In most and helping the fire-fighters in cases, we carry out jobs in teams Poland to the erection of onshore making the close cooperation turbines in Scotland, between the individual members and testing of lifesaving equip- of the team crucial. Determination, ment for a global company within enthusiasm, positivity, and the abil- maritime and offshore safety. ity to cooperate are key to being Furthermore, we have helped with part of the BMS Group. In short: It maintenance work on the Öland is the people and their ability to Bridge in Sweden, established a collaborate with each other, the Welcome to the third issue of the wind park in the United States, customers, and business partners BMS Group magazine. Once more and built a helicopter platform that make all the difference. we will take you through a few of at a new university hospital in When it comes to a group of companies like ours, it is tempting our assignments performed during Denmark. And we have carried out Safety and working environment to think only of large equipment. However, we would like to emphasize that the last year. lifting assignments for a world- is at the heart of every single part leading subsea fabricator based in of the BMS Group. Our engineer- the BMS Group values just as much importance to the people This time as well we present a very Norway, helped transport enor- ing and HSEQ department makes working with us. diverse excerpt of tasks that we mous elements for a new offshore sure that all assignments are done have carried out in Denmark, Ger- in German waters, correctly and are well documented, many, Norway, Poland, Scotland, and balanced the elements of a setting the standard for the entire Sweden, and the United States. spectacular pedestrian bridge in market. The knowledge of the compa- Denmark. nies in the BMS Group is centred We hope that you will enjoy read- on taking care of heavy loads In 2017, the BMS Group rose to ing about some of the most recent as a preferred global and major no. 16 on the ‘International Cranes BMS Group jobs – and we look for- player within cranes, man lifts, and and Specialized Transport IC50’, ward to doing business with you. transport solutions. We focus on a a listing of the world’s top crane strong local presence when hiring companies using the total load out equipment of any size and to moment rating in ton-meter of any assignment from our net of the cranes in the company’s fleet. offices on four continents. When it comes to a group of Jens Enggaard Thanks to our loyal customers, we companies like ours, it is tempting CEO are entrusted with extremely di- to think only of large equipment. verse tasks. From the construction However, we would like to empha-

2 3 WHEN EVERY MINUTE COUNTS Every minute counts when a situation requires abandoning an offshore installation regardless of whether it is an oil rig, a cruise ship or a freighter. Safely evacuating the maximum number of crew in the shortest period of time is the priority and key performance indicator of any evacuation system. Also, high capacity lifesaving equipment must be easy to handle while requiring limited involvement by the crew.

Viking Life-Saving Equip- tional stability. Therefore Esbjerg has been chosen is immersed in the water ment A/S is a global the Viking products as the sole supplier of next to the ship where company with close to are trusted by offshore crane solutions. it is inflated. When the six decades of innovation crews worldwide and system is fully expanded, and leadership in mari- they protect passengers The Viking development it contains a number of time and offshore safety. and crew on many of department consists of fleets with capacity for Headquartered in Den- the world’s largest cruise dedicated and enthusias- hundreds of people. The mark, the company em- liners and cargo ships as tic people striving to find special feature of these ploys over 2,000 people well as workers on the still more clever solutions fleets is that they are in well over 30 countries most advanced offshore when it comes to rescu- equipped with electric around the world. platforms. ing at sea. BMS Esbjerg motors, allowing them to has been delivering crane sail at a safe distance, for The company designs BMS Esbjerg has been solutions til VIKING for example, from a sinking and produces a number cooperating with Viking many years, most recently or a burning ship. of evacuation systems for many years – first as assisting with the testing providing fast and easy one of more contractors of a new fleet system for evacuation and excep- but most recently BMS larger vessels. The system

4 5 Aarhus University Hospital has 44 clinical departments with 1,150 beds and a staff of 10,200 employees. Annual activities: 803,000 out-patient visits 94,300 discharges 83,200 surgeries READY FOR 44,600 endoscopies 40,700 emergency visits 4,800 births PATIENTS FLYING IN FACTS

An essential part of the new Aarhus University Hospital is a helicopter platform of a size allowing it to receive large military helicopters

In 2011, the two somatic even larger number of Apart from the platform university hospitals in subcontractors. When ac- itself, the structure con- Denmark’s second largest tivity peaks approx. 1,200 sists of a control tower, a city Aarhus merged into construction workers are footbridge and an eleva- physiology testing and Aarhus University Hospi- working at the same time tor that will take patients pacemaker treatment, tal. The merger was per- and 200 shipments arrive directly to Department of including biventricular formed in preparation for at the construction site Cardiology. The platform pacemaker implantation. a new university hospital, every day. is a donation from two The department collabo- which will become one of major Danish charitable rates with the most well the biggest in Denmark. An essential part of the foundations, while the reputed heart centres Today it is spread at four new hospital is a helicop- Central Denmark Region worldwide. Moreover, a addresses around the city ter platform of a size al- administrative unit funds large number of foreign but before 2020 it will lowing it to receive large the control tower, the heart specialists stay in be located at one single military helicopters. BMS walkway, and the elevator the department for a address in the gigantic Aarhus carried out the tower. short or longer period. new facilities currently lifting task in connection being built around one of with the platform: Over The Department of Cardi- The New University the existing addresses in a period of 14 weeks, the ology at Aarhus University Hospital in Aarhus will Skejby, a northern suburb many individual parts of Hospital is an internation- be the primary hospital of Aarhus. the aluminium structure ally renowned and highly for 320,000 citizens in were lifted in place. Due specialised department and around Aarhus and The new university to the dimensions of the for diagnosis and state-of- the national and regional hospital will become one platform BMS Aarhus has the-art treatment of every hospital for 1.2 million of the largest in Europe – to use some of its largest aspect of heart disease. citizens in the Central indeed, the construction equipment: The task was Focused on integrated Denmark Region. On an itself is the largest project performed with mobile patient care, treatments annual basis, it is ex- in Northern Europe at tower cranes as well as span from standard non- pected to service 100,000 this time. Contracts have mobile cranes up to 160 invasive procedures to hospitalized patients and been signed with some tonnes with flyjib. highly advanced heart 800,000 patients for am- 70 contractors and an transplantation, electro- bulant treatments.

The car park is a public-private partnership, where CASA A/S finances, establishes, and operates the house as well as all surface parking until 2031. At that time, the region buys the house. CASA – one of Denmark’s leading companies within development and construction of real estate – also establishes the heliport on top of the car park with the region as the owner. Photos: CASA

6 7 18 mobile cranes (60 ton to 450 ton capacity) 10 truck-mounted cranes (85 to 110 ton-meter) 2 mobile tower cranes (104 and 136 ton-meter) 1 crawler crane (200 ton capacity) COME BACK 1 truck-mounted man-lift (103 m working height) Up to 45 people HOME TO FACTS

THE REFINERY

Preem is the largest fuel company in Sweden accounting for 80 per cent of the country’s refinery capacity and 30 per cent of the Nordic as well. Supplying more than half of Sweden’s industrial companies with heating and energy products the company has refineries in the port cities Gothenburg and Lysekil in southwest of Sweden.

At the refinery in Gothenburg provide an optimized solution for Preem had for a long period of the customer. BMS Kranar AB also time used the same supplier of provided working environment cranes. However, in view of the certification, manageable plan- September 2017 shutdown of the ning, and engineering services to refinery Preem sent an inquiry make Preem feel safe during the to four companies including operation. the Swedish division of the BMS Group. The shutdown as such went very well. After a few hectic start-up BMS Kranar AB was chosen as days the BMS team with Swedes, the company has a wide range of Danes, and Polish people work- crane and transport services – from ing alongside proved that they truck-mounted cranes to mobile not only could operate as agreed. tower cranes, crawler cranes and They were also able to bring in large truck-mounted man-lifts. extra equipment and personnel on Furthermore, Preem emphasizes a very short notice when unex- the ability of its suppliers to see pected requirements occurred. both inside and outside the box For instance, a specially trained and providing different sugges- lift-operator was brought in from tions on what might be better for Denmark within 12 hours. a particular type of lift. BMS Kranar AB had a strong Before the actual shutdown the international management team BMS people spent considerable during the execution phase at the time at the refinery, inspecting refinery, including crane supervi- which crane sizes, types, and num- sors, HSEQ officers and project bers were needed, all in order to management.

8 9 If you have read Dorothy megawatts of power. they are handled by BMS ment and risk assessment L. Sayers’ 1931 detective BMS Lifting Ltd. has been Lifting Ltd. of the task at hand. REAP THE novel ”The Five Red a stable participant in the Herrings” featuring Lord work at Wind In general lifting tasks in The Kilgallioch Wind Peter Wimsey, you might Farm for long periods – the United Kingdom calls Farm is owned by Scot- WILD WIND remember the Barrhill first from April to July for documentation, plan- tish Power Renewables. A 90-meter P900 Palfinger lift mounted railway station. Located and then again from Oc- ning, and safety precau- The company is part of in the western part of tober to November 2017. tions. This is why BMS the multinational group on a 5-axle Scania P450 helps erect the Scotland Barrhill is just In both cases, the work Lifting Ltd. attaches the Iberdrola, one of the turbines at the Kilgallioch Wind Farm in about five kilometres has been carried out greatest of importance to world’s largest utilities the training of the em- and the leading wind western Scotland north of the Kilgallioch using a 90-meter P900 Wind Farm. Palfinger lift mounted ployees. The education energy producer. Scot- on a 5-axle Scania P450. plan comprises every- tish Power Renewables In 2013 the govern- This truck lift is one of 15 thing from instructions, is responsible for pro- ment granted consent new units from 57 to 103 procedures, and service gressing onshore wind for the construction of meter, purchased and to safety, execution and energy projects in the the wind farm and the delivered to the BMS maintenance. All BMS United Kingdom as well work on site began two Group in 2016 and early employees are trained as offshore wind farms years later with the first 2017. IPAF (International Pow- throughout the world, wind turbine deliver- ered Access Federation) managing the develop- ies in early 2016. When Currently, the BMS Group lift operators. IPAF is a ment, construction, and complete, the Kilgallioch has both a 64 and a safety training system operation of all projects. Wind Farm will have 96 90-meter truck mounted for operators working Gamesa turbines, capable lift stationed in the in heights, including the of generating up to 239 United Kingdom, where correct choice of equip-

10 11 HELPING IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT

There is a great deal of building activity going on in Aalborg, Denmark – the home of the BMS Group headquarters. And the business division BMS Aalborg is providing the lifting capacity for a major part of what is being built, from car parks, student housing, family homes, and senior housing to shops, cultural activities, business enhancements, and urban development in general.

In the Middle Ages, The Budolfi square in the For 100 years, Aalborg Hospital, the backbone of Aalborg had numerous heart of Aalborg – close had a liquor factory the regional healthcare streams, but these were to the city’s medieval whose products became system. It will be ready by gradually piped and cradle – is undergoing known worldwide. Now 2020, where all hospital covered. Now, however, significant changes. For production is taking functions in Aalborg will it has been decided that a number of years, the place elsewhere, releas- be gathered at one ad- Østerå once again shall square was used for park- ing a large area where dress. The New Aalborg be an open watercourse. ing, but now an urban the coming years will see University Hospital will Therefore, at the House environment for the ben- the creation of an Eldo- cover 143,000 square of Music on the central efit of citizens as well as rado of art and culture. meters and is the region’s waterfront, a 220-ton visitors is being created. Here too, BMS Aalborg largest construction site, crane from BMS Aalborg A 200-ton mobile crane is involved in the realiza- providing a wide range has been lifting 50 ton from BMS Aalborg has tion of the plans. of tasks for companies in elements, which until helped in putting a tower the BMS Group. now has kept the water crane in place. The same goes for the hidden. New Aalborg University

12 13 Equipment used: Mobile cranes (500, 220, 130 and 60 t) Truck-mounted crane 75 tm Floating crane Taklift 400 t 2 x 4 axle line Goldhofer delivered by BMS Krangården Support beams and module CONNECTING towers Weighing system FACTS OIL WELLS AND

MANIFOLDS

Agility Subsea Fabrication AS is a energy business British Petroleum plc by Kranringen’s 500 t mobile crane. world-leading subsea fabricator as the end user. The well jumpers were lifted by five based in Norway. The company’s overhead cranes in the workshop in core competence is the fabrication of Each well jumper weighs 40-50 ton a synchronized lift to avoid flexing in underwater template and manifold and has a diagonal length of 40-65 the pipe and loaded onto 2 x 4 axel systems as well as subsea processing meter. Thus, it is a complicated lifting lines SPMT with specially designed systems. Kranringen – the Norwegian assignment that has placed great support steel set-up. Transport of the member of the BMS Group – has re- demands on competence and preci- well jumpers from workshop to sea- cently been involved in the transport sion, both since the site was very side, which had to be maneuvered on and load-out of so-called well jump- narrow with a lot of obstacles and the spot allowing the floating crane ers from the workshop to barges in the well jumpers shape and design to have sufficient space on each side Brevik, some 150 km southwest of itself. During the project, HSEQ have of the lift since there were buildings the Norwegian capital Oslo. had a major focus and been involved on three sides. In the end the float- in planning as well as execution. ing crane picked up the well jumpers The well jumpers – produced by For each load-out a documentation from the SPMT’s and on vessels. Agility Subsea Fabrication at the Vard package consisting of RAMS and Brevik yard – is large underwater engineering as well as transport- and The whole project has progressed equipment connecting oil wells and load-out manual, has been made by as planned on time – without any manifolds. During 2017 Agility Sub- Kranringen. damage to personnel or equipment sea Fabrication has delivered eight and in accordance with everything well jumpers as part of the Shad The first phase of the project was agreed with the customer. Deniz 2 project in the Caspian Sea. to perform a test lift of the module Agility Subsea Fabrication’s customer based (up to 70-meter-long) special is TechnipFMC plc with the global designed lifting beam, performed

14 15 BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL

Had it not been for a few parked In conjunction with a planned the SPMT, a truck mounted crane cars that the police had to re- turnaround in September 2017, collected the steel plates so that move, the operation would have a 40-year-old convection bank the road was safe for the morning been smooth. Now there was a was to be replaced by a new unit traffic. 20 minutes delay, but that is not of 225 ton, 12 meter in height, all that bad considering the total 11 meter in length and 2 meter At the refinery, BMS Krangården transport time of three hours. wide. The convection bank regains lifted the old convection bank Here’s the story: heat from the processing plant for with a 750-ton crawler crane heating elsewhere in the refining (Liebherr LR 1750). Then the unit The Shell Refinery in the Dan- process. was transported outside on an 18- ish port city Fredericia produces axle SPMT and by means of two more than a third of all the fuel BMS Krangården got the task of hydraulic mobile cranes (Liebherr products used by the Danes. The unloading the convection bank LTM 1750 and Demag AC 500), it refinery was originally designed to from a heavy lift ship and putting was loaded unto a modular trailer. process Arabic oil, but as Denmark it on an approximately 100-ton, While the old convection bank became self-sufficient, operations 12-axle side-coupled SPMT. Then was taken for scrapping, the SPMT were adapted to oil from the the unit was transported to the and the crawler crane installed . A 320 km long pipeline Shell Refinery during the night. the new unit at the refinery. supplies about 15 million ton of On route to the refinery, steel crude oil annually to the termi- plates were laid out and high-volt- nal at the Shell Refinery. About a age cables lifted – and just behind third of the crude oil goes on to the refinery for processing while the rest is being shipped to other refineries around the world. The Shell Refinery can process 70,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

16 17 For some years, the BMS The tools in the app and Group has had an app database include inci- UPDATED APP linked to the Health, dent/accident reportings, Safety, Environment, and checklists (including Quality (HSEQ) system. safety inspections, tool- IMPROVES SAFETY While the primary focus box meetings, pre-lift was on reporting near checklists, vehicle/plant misses and accidents, the checklists, peer by peer AND QUALITY app was updated with training, and various site a number of tools in surveys. 2017. At the same time it was made available The BMS Group app that to all employees – with bears the name BMS access to an IOS phone HSEQ is developed in col- or a tablet. Previously, laboration with Mellora. only a limited number of In 2012, this Norwegian specific employees could company launched the use the app. world’s first open and free app for the report- A great many of the ma- ing of HSEQ-related jor customers of the BMS issues and more than Group appreciate that 1,000 companies world- their subcontractors have wide is currently using a good reporting system, the HSEQ app from Mel- allowing the entire or- lora. However, for the ganization to learn from BMS Group, it is a cus- incidents and accidents. tomized solution – And The BMS Group has cho- BMS was only the fifth sen to take things a step company in the world further and attach tools to develop a customized so that the system can be version. useful in various other contexts.

With the updated app comes a new database, where all records from the app are stored and can be sent for further processing if required.

18 19 The dismantled construction of the HISTORY tower of the St. Mary’s Cathedral in Gorzow Wielkopolski revealed objects REVEALED of great historical significance. Natu- rally, BMS Kran turned them over to the local museum. In July 2017 a huge blaze engulfed the tower of the 700 years old St. Mary’s Cathedral in the western Polish city Gorzów Wielkopolski. Up to 170 fire fighters worked for 24 hours to contain the flames threatening to ruin the oldest building in the city. In the end, the fire was limit- ed to damaging the tower’s clock face, the copper dome roof and much of the historic timber construction of the 40-meter tower dating back from the 17th century.

BMS Kran – that is the Polish division of the BMS Group – assisted the fire department in the dismantling of the burned roof construction elements. The situation re- quired immediate action without detailed planning and therefore the job had to be based on the common expe- rience of the people involved. Indeed the task was done exemplarily and BMS Kran helped prevent a catastrophe.

The dismantled construction revealed objects of great historical significance and BMS Kran therefore turned them over to the local museum.

The most complicated job during the last year was prob- ably the installation of a flue gas duct system at Grupa Azoty Zakłady Chemiczne “Police” SA, one of the largest and most modern chemical plants in Poland and part of the EU’s second largest manufacturer of nitrogen and compound fertilizers. The job lasted for four months and called for perfect planning and preparation, as it had to be carried out in an extremely tight and hazard- ous environment. The equipment involved included two mobile cranes: A Grove GMK 7450 with luffing jib and a Liebherr LTM 1100.

Over the last year BMS Kran has grown systematically and gained a strong position in the local market. The company has also had a successful entry to the German market and is often involved in projects managed by other parts of the BMS Group. Renewal of the fleet and new office facilities is part of the current picture when it comes to BMS in Poland.

20 21 Calandria: A heating element of an evaporator; especially a part of a vacuum evapo- rating system in which the liquid to be concentrated rises through tubes surrounded by steam and descends through a central well. FROM POTATOES FACTS

TO FLOUR

Since 2016, the BMS meter in width, and 7.20 the transport did not hit Group has included Tor- meter in height, while the other vehicles or obstacles ben Rafn A/S, a haulage overall weight was 200 underway. company with a large ton. Subsequently, the number of tractor units, authorities had decided Prior to transportation, block semi-trailers, and that the transport could the route had been axles for modular heavy not be carried out by the carefully inspected. Steel haulers. direct route and had to be plates had been laid done over two nights. out, road signs removed, A recent example of an and trees cropped – and assignment carried out by The first challenge was three portals had to be Torben Rafn is the trans- the gateway to the temporarily lifted. These port of two calandrias for production hall that was measures cost a consider- the potato flour factory only just high enough for able amount of time and money but were needed in order for the transport to run smoothly.

At Karup Kartoffelmelfab- rik colleagues from BMS Krangården arranged for unloading and installation of the calendarias.

Every year, Karup Kartof- felmelfabrik transforms approximately 365,000 ton of good Danish potatoes to 85,000 ton Karup Kartoffelmelfab- the equipment to get out. of white potato flour. rik A.m.b.a. in Denmark. Safely outside, the cal- The annual production is The equipment had to endarias were lifted and made during the period be transported from the jacked up, so that the low from August to January, Danish process equipment loader did not cause dam- where the nearly 300 supplier Ferreo A/S to the age to the goods during co-owners supply the factory. the transportation. After potatoes to the factory. that, the transport was The finished product is As the equipment was carried out with auxiliary stored in four large silos, of considerable size, the vehicles blocking oncom- so that potato flour can total transport reached ing traffic and helping be delivered to customers 45 meter in length, 6 the driver to ensure that throughout the year.

22 23 THE PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

If someone is living in the delusion that working with cranes is solely a matter of lots of raw engine power, they have apparently not met Project Manager Jesper E. Jensen, Crane Supervisor Neil Joensen and their crew yet.

For decades, the Profen com- wheel loaders as well as the munity in the German federal auxiliary cranes assisting with state Saxony-Anhalt was lifting parts of up to 100 ton to characterized by surface min- a height of over 100 meter. ing of lignite, a product often referred to as brown . How- “All the more crucial is the ever, the company GETEC close cooperation between green energy AG has begun the individual members of the establishing an energy park at team. It requires determination the former mining area with and enthusiasm coupled with a 28.8-megawatt wind power positivity and the ability to plant at its centre – and BMS cooperate”, says Neil Joensen. Heavy Cranes is helping with the erection of 9 Siemens Furthermore, for each one on Gamesa SWT-3.2- 113 direct the team, it is also a require- drive wind turbines at Energie- ment that they possess a good park Profen. deal of perseverance. If you are going to work on a crane team, Working on wind turbines with you must be able to maintain a hub height of 115 meter calls pretty steady nerves and keep for so infinitely much more your head cold in all situations than merely big machines. bringing heavy components perfectly in position high up Typically, a crane team around in the air. a Liebherr LG1750 lattice boom crane would consist of five to In short: It’s the people and seven people, but at the Profen their ability to cooperate with project, there are 10-12 men each other, the customers, and on the team, partly because business partners that make all they are working day and night the difference behind a success- shifts. Also, there are the peo- fully completed project. ple who take care of trucks and

24 25 The Cityring, which will consist of almost 16 kilometres of underground tunnels, has a total of 17 stations that will connect large parts of the central metropolitan area. When the Cityring opens in July 2019, 85 per cent of the inhabitants of Copenha- gen will have less than 600 meters to a metro or train station. FROM 60 TO 116

FACTS MILLION PASSENGERS

The metro in the Danish capital transports more than 60 million passengers a year – and soon more will be added, as the metro network is currently being expanded with the so-called Cityring. In fact, the expectation is that by 2019 there will be 116 million passengers in the total Copenhagen metro system.

The metro construction is lead from street level and an international large- down to the construction scale project that requires sites under Copenhagen. great experience, preci- In parallel with these sion and perseverance. lifting tasks, BMS trucks From the big lines drawn have transported materi- on a map to detailed al from storage locations analyses and legislation to the construction sites for the construction as these often have very work. From dialogue re- limited operation space. garding the environment to managing over 20 Throughout the project major construction sites a supervisor has been at- with more than 1,500 tached, giving the many employees. From adapta- international companies tion to an international involved in the metro labour market under construction a perma- rapid change and to nent point of contact completion of the entire within the BMS Group. construction. This supervisor has also been in charge of the Logically, for a project of planning of larger and such complexity, the metro more complicated lifts, construction involves a which has been done in large number of compa- collaboration with BMS nies. One of them is BMS Engineering. Copenhagen, which dur- ing the busiest periods has had 19 units operat- ing simultaneously from 7 AM to 10 PM six days a week. Mobile cranes and crews have been involved in lifting elements up and down in the shafts that

26 27 The Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane is typically used in power plants, refiner- ies, on bridge construction sites, and for erecting wind turbines. Thanks to the compact dimensions of the crane components and their moderate weights the crane can be transported to the site at modest cost. Maximum load capacity 750 ton SAVING UP TO Maximum hoist height 191 meter Maximum radius 156 meter 1.2 MILLION FACTS

TON OF CO2 ANNUALLY

For more than a century the city and a supervisor on site lifting Sassnitz on Germany’s largest is- the 60 TP’s with a height of 18 land Rügen has been renowned meter, a diameter of 8 meter as a seaside resort as well as the and a weight of 290 ton each. gateway to the Jasmund Na- tional Park with its unique chalk Operating within three key cliffs. However, in recent years, areas of business Bladt Indu- the significant activity at the stries provides steel solutions port of Sassnitz has attracted a for the oil and gas industry, for fair share of attention as well. infrastructure, and for the wind and renewable energy sector. In Recently, BMS Krane GmbH – the specific case, the 60 TP’s the German subsidiary of the are for the offshore wind farm BMS Group – has contributed to Arkona-Becken Südost located the activity at the port as one of in the Baltic Sea approximately the company’s Liebherr LR 1750 35 km north of Rügen. cranes with a 56-meter main boom and super lift has been The wind farm will have a total assisting in lifting heavy loads installed capacity of 385 mega- bound for a new offshore wind watts and is calculated to supply farm in German waters. renewable energy to 400,000 households. Compared to elec- Specialised in large-scale and tricity generated conventionally, highly complex steel structures the wind farm will save up to

the international steel contrac- 1.2 million ton of CO2 annu- tor Bladt Industries has manu- ally. When fully commissioned factured 60 transition pieces in 2019 Arkona-Becken Südost (TP’s) at its facilities in Aalborg, will consist of 60 six-megawatt Denmark. From here they were Siemens turbines. The wind shipped to Sassnitz for storage park – an investment of some before final installation – and 1.2 billion EUR – is owned and BMS Krane carried out the lift- developed by German E.ON and ing assignment. Norwegian Statoil.

Source: Bladt Industries A/S Over a long period, BMS Krane GmbH has had a crane operator

28 29 The Öland Bridge is a 6,072 meter long concrete beam bridge with 155 spans. It opened in 1972, but as severe breakdown was observed only a few years later, most pillars were rebuilt already in the 1980s and 1990s. The bridge is Sweden’s long- est, which is exclusively on Swedish territory. HELPING TO The Øresund Bridge is longer, but it is divided between Denmark and MAINTAIN THE LIFELINE Sweden.

FACTS

The Öland Bridge (Ölandsbron) is the only fixed connection between Öland – one of the easternmost Swedish islands – and the mainland.

As such it is an important lifeline for com- Advanced and cost-effective equipment muters, tourists, visitors, and companies requires competent and flexible employ- In order to preserve the bridge, the Swe- ees. Therefore Svevia has emphasized dish Transport Administration performs having a subcontractor with a strong periodically planned maintenance work. focus on safety, credibility, performance and responsiveness. 18,600 vehicles on average cross the bridge per day, in summer as many as 25,000. This rather heavy use of the bridge implies constant wear and tear while sea and wind affect the construc- tion and the lifetime of the bridge. The most recent maintenance work began in 2016 and will last until 2019. Although it represents an expense of 124 million SEK (12.5 million EUR), it is both time- and cost-effective to renovate the existing bridge, compared to building a new one.

The work has been outsourced to Svevia, a Swedish company specializing in build- ing and managing roads and infrastruc- ture. Svevia has approached the BMS Lift Division, as it is well known that this is where you will find the necessary exper- tise when it comes to bridge inspection lifts.

For this specific task, the BMS Lift Division has used an MBI110 bridge inspection lift. This 11-meter custom-built lift is one of presently five in the company, reaching from 5 to 21 meter.

30 31 20-25 MM CLEARANCE SHOULD WORK

The story of the Danish company pK Chemicals began during World War II with two Swedish Nobel Prize winners, Professors Theodor Svedberg and Arne Tise- dextran derivatives and in Køge and BMS Kruse lius, who initiated basic customized products to was called. The tank was research at the Univer- world-leading companies maneuvered in place sity of Uppsala, Sweden in the pharmaceutical lying down and raised based on sugar beets. and cosmetics industries. indoors using a specially In 1941 two of their In 2013 the company designed crane able to students, Bjørn Ingelman changed owners to the operate under very tight and Anders Grönwall, present private owner conditions. This saved identified and separated group. However, the the customer three days dextrose and in coopera- heritage from Pharmacia of costly production tion with the professors is up to this day reflected shutdown. Leading up developed dextran for through the “p” in the to the lift itself, BMS use in freeze-drying name and the sugar beet Kruse performed risk of blood plasma for in the logo. assessment and method military medicine. As description as well as a the scientists discovered At the facilities in Køge thorough walkthrough that dextran could be approximately 30 km of scenarios in coopera- utilized as a replacement south of the Danish tion with BMS Engineer- for blood plasma during capital Copenhagen pK ing. At that point, it was blood transfusions they Chemicals manufactures clarified that it should contacted Pharmacia, dextran derivatives as be possible to carry out one of the oldest inde- well as contract manu- the lift with a 20-25 mm pendent pharmaceutical facture ingredients and clearance to pipes and companies in Scandina- intermediates according ceiling. And indeed it via founded in 1911. to customers’ require- was. ments. pK Chemicals combines its chemical and phar- Recently an 8.6 ton tank maceutical expertise to had to be transported to manufacture dextran, and installed at the site

32 33 as BMS Heavy Cranes to erect wind farm sites Buckner has been involved in a large portion of the turbines that exist across North America.

Bearkat I will consist of 57 turbines with a total capacity of 196.7 MW. The park is constructed by Black & McDonald, a leading contractor in the North American onshore wind market. Vestas will provide operational and maintenance services and E.ON Energy Services will provide route to market services and will be responsible for the operation, mainte- nance and management of the wind farm.

The project places significant demands on KranWind as around 130 men,14 cranes, and a large amount of auxiliary equipment is in use on the site.

The mechanical and electrical installation of Bearkat I is carried out by Global Wind Service, one of the largest companies in Europe offering onshore and offshore installation and servicing of wind turbines around the world. NOT EXACTLY

Although it is only seven years since the company was UNTESTED established, the fund management company Copen- hagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) already has more than 5 billion EUR under management. The invest- GROUNDS ments include a wide range of energy infrastructure assets such as offshore and onshore wind, offshore power transmission, biomass, and waste to energy. One of the on-going projects is the onshore wind farm Bearkat I in Glasscock County, Texas, USA. Here CIP is making a net equity investment of 68 million EUR.

While Bearkat I is the first CIP equity investment in onshore wind in the United States, it is not exactly untested grounds for the US joint venture KranWind established by BMS Heavy Cranes and the American partner Buckner.

For decades Buckner has been the driving force be- hind some of the largest projects in the United States. With a focus on innovation and progressive projects, North Carolina based Buckner has become a leader in the wind energy industry. Working with partners such

34 35 NEW WEBSITE PRESENTS THE

A short while ago the BMS Group BEST OF introduced a new website at the main address bms.dk. THE BMS GROUP The website is divided into a few but carefully selected sections that make it easy to locate the desired information for example on Knowl- edge, Markets, HSEQ, Equipment, and Cases.

The knowledge of the companies in the BMS Group is centred on taking care of heavy loads as a preferred global and major player within cranes, man lifts, and transport fied when it comes to areas such as Furthermore, the website includes solutions. The group focuses on a Oil & Gas, Telecom, Infrastructure, an overview of the variety of BMS strong local presence when hiring Construction, Industry, and Power equipment – from Crawler Cranes, out equipment of any size and to Plants. Mobile Cranes, and Mini Cranes any assignment from a network of over Mobile Tower Cranes, Truck offices on presently four continents. As safety is the first priority for Mounted Cranes, and Truck Mount- every part of the BMS Group, all ed Lifts to Bridge Inspection Lifts, This Knowledge part of the website activities are embedded in a corpo- Jacking & Skidding as well as SPMT’s takes the visitor through areas like rate Health, Safety, Environmental & Trailers. Heavy Lifting, Heavy Transport, & Quality (HSEQ) system, providing Bridge Inspection, Mountain Safety a safe working environment for Finally, the website contains in- Restraint, Jacking & Skidding, En- every employee, subcontractor and formation about the BMS Group’s gineering, Project & Site Manage- customer – and naturally there is a mission, vision, and values, extracts ment, Personnel Access in Height, specific section of the new website from more than 60 years of BMS Port Handling, and Wind Turbine dedicated to HSEQ. history, and news from the group. Installation. Also you will find contact informa- Also, you can find business cases tion for all parts of the BMS Group. Over the years the BMS Group has describing some of the many and gained significant insight into a extremely diverse assignments Presently the new website is in number of vital markets. For more carried out by the companies within English, but the BMS Group aims at than three decades the companies the BMS Group. introducing the central parts of it in within the group have worked with Danish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Offshore Wind as well as Onshore and Swedish over the coming Wind – and they are equally quali- months.

36 37 The Køge North Station pedestrian bridge consists of six steel sections of in average 10 meters width and 40 meter length and a weight of 108 and 144 ton. It will serve as a new gateway to Copenhagen with 100,000 people passing on a daily basis.

FACTS

Foto: Jesper Blæsild, Banedanmark

Three massive cranes from railway tracks blocked for Denmark, a line of the a closed southern facade sted approximately 60 km Also, it will serve as the BMS Krangården – two traffic while the lift was hybrid urban-suburban that shields against direct from the capital. This line, basis for extensive urban BALLET 750 ton and one 500 ton carried out. Later, five rail serving the metro- sunlight, while an open prepared for passenger development in the vicin- – conducted several more sections, also weigh- politan area, and a future north facade provides trains running at speeds ity of the station. coordinated ballet perfor- ing more than 100 ton high-speed train line will a stunning 180-degree of up to 250 km/h, will be FOR THREE mances as they balanced each, were lifted in place meet. panoramic view of the the first in Denmark for The current railway be- the elements of a spec- over the motorway. cultural landscape and the high-speed trains. tween Copenhagen and tacular pedestrian bridge A quite significant part of dynamic lines of the busy Ringsted is of internation- HUGE at the Køge North Station The Køge North Station the station is a 225-me- traffic arteries. The new station will be a al importance as it forms in place. – located some 45 km ter pedestrian bridge of distinctive landmark for part of the trans-Europe- southwest of the Danish about 1,000 ton of steel, Until 2019 a new double- green mobility as it gives an network connecting CRANES Initially, the cranes lifted capital Copenhagen – is including lifts and escala- track electrified railway passengers easy access to Scandinavia and the rest the first element of more a new hub where the tors. When completed the is constructed between changing from a number of Europe. than 100 ton over the busiest motorway in new bridge will consist of Copenhagen and Ring- of modes of transport.

38 39 YOUR CONNECTION TO CRANES, LIFTS AND MORE

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