YES, PRIME MINISTER

Lifting old roof covering material and worn out elements for a ventilation system down from 63 meters and hoisting new equipment up again might not sound like much of a job. But when it takes place at a hotel where all 497 rooms are booked and the conference facilities are filled with 2 x 500 participants – and one of them is the Norwegian Prime Minister – the task really is a bit out of the ordinary.

From the roof of the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotell rising 22 stories above the Norwegian capital there is a magnificent view of the stunning Oslo fjord. And up here – as well as down at street level in Holbergs Gate – BMS Kranringen Oslo was at work.

BMS Kranringen Oslo was commissioned to handle all the logistics and security, including permits, road closures, temporary removal of street lighting, driving away all waste and naturally the rigging of the crane that would carry out the approximately 120 hoists.

Three days were allocated for the first part of the project. In less than four hours the area was closed off with among other things 70 meters of constructing barricade fencing and the crane was ready to work. Everything went as planned. And a few weeks later, people and gear from BMS Kranringen Oslo was working at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotell again – only now to take equipment off the roof after completion of the roof covering and to hoist up the elements for the new ventilation system.