Case
Jacking & Skidding
Crawler Cranes
Construction
HOW DO WE GET THAT ONE IN?
How do you get a crane into a backyard when the entrance is not high enough – and there are no alternative access roads? That was the challenge BMS Esbjerg was faced when the hotel chain Cabinn booked crane assistance for the construction of a new wing to the hotel in Esbjerg, Denmark.
The original idea was to use a 220 ton mobile crane, but it soon turned out that the entrance would cause problems both in width and height. The element cars alone were 70 cm higher than the maximum of 3.48 meter. In the end the assignment was carried by using a crawler crane, which is only 3.22 meter high – and it was transported through the entrance to the backyard on a pair of skates. In consequence, the total height was kept at 3.38 meter.
The original idea was to use a 220 ton mobile crane, but it soon turned out that the entrance would cause problems both in width and height. The element cars alone were 70 cm higher than the maximum of 3.48 meter. In the end the assignment was carried by using a crawler crane, which is only 3.22 meter high – and it was transported through the entrance to the backyard on a pair of skates. In consequence, the total height was kept at 3.38 meter.
The hotel in Esbjerg is part of the Cabinn chain, currently consisting of eight hotels in Denmark with more than 2,000 rooms. The new wing in Esbjerg adds more than 70 rooms for this portfolio.
A Danish engineer who got the idea for his hotel concept on board a ferry established the Cabinn chain in 1990. He noticed how the functional design of the cabins conserved space without compromising on comfort. By applying the concept on land he thought it would be possible to create new types of accommodation at entirely different prices. His plan was to open hotels at central locations in cities where property prices are often very high, but to make the rooms slightly smaller in order to keep the price for each room low.
A Danish engineer who got the idea for his hotel concept on board a ferry established the Cabinn chain in 1990. He noticed how the functional design of the cabins conserved space without compromising on comfort. By applying the concept on land he thought it would be possible to create new types of accommodation at entirely different prices. His plan was to open hotels at central locations in cities where property prices are often very high, but to make the rooms slightly smaller in order to keep the price for each room low.