LEAVE THE CONCRETE ELEMENTS TO BMS

In Denmark’s case the reduced construction activities during World War II meant a great shortage of housing. As most construction work was still traditional, there was also a scarcity of skilled labour – and this problem was not fixed before the industrialization of construction work from around 1950.

The mounting of concrete elements introduced industrially manufactured parts. The advantages of this type of construction are a reduction of the manual labour and the fact that elements can be produced industrially away from wind and weather. In addition, buildings are erected and can be finished in less time than with conventional construction.

Traditionally, a disadvantage of mounting of concrete elements has been handling, but here BMS has contributed significantly to reducing the problems. Over the years, BMS has built up considerable expertise in the assembly of everything from small to the very largest and most complicated elements.

Mounting of concrete elements and project assignments are typically carried out with mobile cranes up to 250 ton, while truck mounted cranes perform ad hoc tasks. The BMS Group also has low loaders, steel plates and manpower for rigging assignments. Mounting of concrete elements can last from as little as a few hours to long-term rental of equipment and personnel for 12 to 24 months. For the really big and long-term jobs BMS mostly uses crawler cranes.

It requires a large amount of planning to organize mounting of concrete elements, getting the equipment to work as much as possible and using the optimum gear for each task. The BMS conductors assess a given assignment before the machines and manpower are put to work.

All BMS-cranes are equipped with two winches in order to turn elements in the air, regardless if they weigh one or 40 ton.