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Cases

Welcome to the BMS A/S news page, where you can keep up to date with the latest technologies, strategic partnerships and lifting projects that continue to ensure efficiency and safety in the industry. Read more about our exciting news and cases right here:

Efficient and precise lifting of transformers for Aalborg Forsyning A/S

BMS provided a complete solution for the mast hoisting

BMS provided a complete solution for the mast hoisting

Hoisting of a telecom mast

Hoisting of a mast on a site with very limited space

64 meter & 6 tonne heavy chain is changed at Asfaltfabrik in Ejby

Our Grove 300ton GMK6300L mobile crane is allowed to fully extend. With a full 80 m main boom, there was exactly only 1 meter left when the chain at NCC Ejby Asfaltfabrik had to be changed. The chain had a total length of 64 meters and a weight of 6 tons.

BMS Wins ESTA Award for Complex Crane Operation in Kastrup

BMS impressed at this year's ESTA Awards with a win in the "Telescopic Cranes Over 120 Tons" category for a challenging lift at Kastrup Airport.

Sigrid brought to the surface - BMS hoists 113 tons tunnel boring machine with Liebherr mobile crane

After months of work underground, the Sigrid tunnel boring machine saw the light of day again when “Basse” - our 450 TS Liebherr mobile crane - hoisted the 113-ton tunnel boring machine up through Halmtorvet

BMS Module Crane - Innovative solution for complex lifting tasks in Denmark

More and more people have noticed our so-called modular crane working around Denmark. The modular crane is a 100% BMS invention, developed in close collaboration between our engineers, project department and the executive crew.

Safe lifting of silo roof at Nordic Sugar

When an older silo roof was due to be replaced at Nordic Sugar Danmark in Nakskov, the durability of the structure was in doubt.

Successful crane operation on Oceankaj in Copenhagen

BMS on a cruise. When we had to help one of our cruise customers at Oceankaj in Copenhagen, it was crucial that everything worked to avoid costly delays and with very little time for planning, we efficiently lifted everything into place with our 450 tons mobile crane with tilt.

Precision work at Sundkrogsgade

When we had to lift drop-gate frames on Sundkrogsgade with one of our truck lifts, it was crucial that our driver Muhidin operated with extra precision on all parameters, as our truck lift was on top of a parking garage. The support legs thus had to be placed carefully on top of the supporting beams before we could lift the frames directly from our basket in the CE approved lifting brackets.

Effective renovation of the Little Belt Bridge - Cooperation and precision at height

Renovation of the Little Belt Bridge 🌁 In connection with the renovation of the Lillebæltsbroen, together with our good partner Liftservice A/S, we helped with the work on the underside of the bridge.

Unforgettable day in the heights with ETAC's friends - Esbjerg seen from 50 metres

One of those working days you live for a long time. Neither fear of heights, disabilities nor minor brain damage could hold back a bunch of cool members from ETAC's friends from new everyday adventures when they were offered to see Esbjerg from a height of 50 metres! 👏🏻

Efficient replacement of a bridge section on Svanemøllebroen – When planning and teamwork ensure success

When good planning and execution meet. When we had to replace a bridge section on the Swan Mill Bridge, we had to take into account a number of weight restrictions on and by the bridge.

Renovation of the historic bridge at Egeskov Castle – A unique architectural project

We recently contributed to the complete renovation of the old bridge over the moat at Egeskov Castle, one of Northern Europe's best preserved water castles.

UP HERE THE JOB TAKES A MAN

Some 650 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle lies the archipelago island Hitra, the seventh largest island in mainland Norway. Here 24 wind turbines were erected in 2004 and since then Hitra Wind Park has been expanded with a similar number of turbines, bringing the total production facility to 300 GWh. That equals the consumption of about 15,000 households.

IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE

For almost 160 years the Victoria Tower has been standing at the southwest end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. With its 98.5 metres it is slightly taller than the more famous sister Elizabeth Tower that was formerly known as the Clock Tower – and popularly referred to as Big Ben – at the north end of the palace.

EYE IN THE SKY

When the studio album ‘Eye in the Sky’ came out in 1982 it was an instant success for the progressive British rock band The Alan Parsons Project.

DEFYING THE FORCES OF NATURE

The wind can be a costly opponent, for example when mountainsides need to be secured and wind turbines and mobile antennas serviced and repaired, sometimes at more than 100 metres above street level. Until now, the major crane and lift solutions have not been approved for use at wind speeds of more than 12 metres per second – equivalent to force 6 on the Beaufort scale or ‘strong breeze’.

BMS HELPS TOWARDS A WORLD BASED ON GREEN ENERGY

Back in the year 1900 the transatlantic shipping enterprise Hamburg America Line built a large ocean liner terminal at Cuxhaven to the northwest of Germany. For almost three decades it served as the major departure point for German and European emigrants to not least the United States.

TRUCK MOUNTED CRANES GO FAR

Truck mounted cranes are getting bigger and bigger. This is also the case for BMS Esbjerg, who recently invested in a very large crane with a huge range in both height and outreach.

BMS ON THE ROAD

With effect from November 2016, the BMS Group also includes the 100 per cent owned subsidiary Torben Rafn A/S, located in Sommersted in the southernmost part of Denmark.

A GENUINE ZERO-JOB

Since the goal was zero injuries, zero damage to equipment, zero emissions to the underground and zero customer complaints, you can call this a genuine zero-job. Here is why:

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.

WHEN THE CHIPS ARE UP

DONG Energy is one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe, engaged in developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms, generating power and heat from power stations, providing energy to residential and business customers, and producing oil and gas.

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

While BMS Heavy Cranes has been lifting the tunnel boring machines to and from the working sites of the Copenhagen metro line all through 2016, another BMS Group company – the Copenhagen based Kranexpressen – has been working at the central station.

MEN AT WORK DOWN UNDER

After the European discovery of Australia by Dutch explorers in 1606 the eastern half of the continent was claimed by Great Britain 164 years later and initially settled through penal transportation from 1788.

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.

IDEALLY LOCATED ON THE QUAYSIDE

Since the extraction of fossil fuels began in the Danish part of the North Sea some 50 years ago, the Port of Esbjerg has been the principal base for Denmark’s oil and gas activities. However, thanks to its setting on the Danish west coast the Port of Esbjerg has been a centre for the transportation of goods between Denmark and other European harbours ever since it was founded in 1868. Today it is an international, multimodal transport centre with more than 200 companies and 10,000 people working here, serving as a Scandinavian gateway to the rest of the world.

FROM WATER TO WIND POWER

Back in 1967 there was nothing but water – today there is the city of Lelystad with 75,000 inhabitants. In February 2016 there weren’t any 4 MW wind power turbines here – today Lelystad has the newest Enercon prototype E-126 EP4.

FROM AIRFIELD TO RENEWABLE ENERGY

Once Zerbst was the name of one of Europe’s largest military airfields – today it is associated with renewable energy: What in the years 1936-1991 served as a central airfield for first the German and then the Soviet Air Force, has since 2011 been transformed into a centre for non-fossil energy sources.

BY SCIENTISTS, FOR SCIENTISTS

The construction of the European Spallation Source (ESS) – a multi-disciplinary research centre based on the world’s most powerful neutron source – began in Lund, Sweden in the summer of 2014.

BLOWING IN THE WIND

Until recently the small South African town Loeriesfontein 425 km north of Cape Town was best known for the Fred Turner Museum. It commemorates the travelling bible salesman who in 1894 established a general store around which the town settled.

UP HERE IT’S ALWAYS WINDY

In the outermost northwest corner of Denmark – closest to the North Sea – strong winds are often posing particular challenges. This was also the case when BMS Krangården was to replace an 80-tons generator installed at about 85 metres in height on a two-winged Envision prototype wind turbine.

MOBILE CRANE ON TASK IN AARHUS

Recently the BMS Group acquired yet another mobile crane from Liebherr – this time an LTM 1350-6.1 – and its home base is at BMS Kolding.

CABLEWAY TO THE TOP IN NORWAY

The north Italian company Leitner AG, which already built its first cable car for passenger transport in 1908, specialises in transporting winter sports enthusiasts up to the mountains, solving traffic problems in large cities, and making leisure facilities even more attractive through gondola lifts.

DISTINTIVE LANDMARKS

Back in the 1200s a castle surrounded by a moat was built in what today is the village Kurzen Trechow in the municipality Bernitt, about 40 km southwest of the German port city of Rostock. For centuries, the area was known primarily for this castle, but most recently new, distinctive landmarks have been raised in the form of so far four wind turbines.

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.

COPENHAGEN GOES GREEN

Amager Ressource Center (ARC) is an integrated part of the Danish capital, turning waste into energy, nutrients and new materials. ARC receives and processes waste from more than half a million residents and 45,000 businesses and in turn deliver electricity and district heating to some 150,000 households.

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

The part of the BMS Group called BMS Krangården has practically been growing up alongside the Danish wind industry. Therefore, the company has over the years accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience in carrying out of both onshore and offshore assignments for this part of the energy sector. However, one of the company’s latest major tasks is not on a wind farm, but in connection with the extensive Marienholm Connection infrastructure project in Gothenburg, Sweden.

EXPERTS ARE JOINING FORCES

Quite often you will see the manpower and equipment from various parts of the BMS Group joining forces in the effort to solve a task in the most efficient manner. This is for example the case in Belfast where for months BMS Heavy Cranes and BMS Krangården were working closely together.

WORKING IN A COUNTRY OF BRIDGES

Denmark – the home country of the BMS Group – consists of one peninsula north of Germany and 443 named islands. Of these, 74 are inhabited and bridges connect quite a number of them.

INVESTING IN FUTURE CHALLENGES

During the last couple of years, the BMS Group hasincluded the haulage company Torben Rafn A/S with 25 tractor units, extendabletrailers, semi-trailers, lowbed trailers, and modular axles. Furthermore, thecompany has a considerable amount of gear for modular axles, such as low beds,tower adaptors, boiler deck, spacers, turntables and bogie equipment.

WHERE TRAFFIC MEETS

A new double-track electrified railway is being built between Copenhagen and Ringsted some 70 kilometres southwest of the Danish capital. The line is being prepared for passenger trains running at speeds of up to 250 km/h and will be the first in Denmark capable of being used by high-speed trains.

LIGHTS OUT!

Raskiftet wind park in a joint venture between three partners: German Stadtwerke München, Norwegian Eidsiva Energi, and Gudbrandsdal Energi also from Norway. The park consists of 31 Vestas wind turbines delivering 370 GWh – that is equivalent to the annual consumptions of 18,500 households.

SCULPTURE FOR THE CHILDREN

No tasks are the same, but in between, there is one that leaves a quite special impression. This applies, for example, to BMS Aalborg’s lift of the 900 kg heavy and one-meter high sculpture Cocoon, that was to be installed in an institution’s sense garden.

FROM INNERWORLDS TO OUTER SPACE

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art some 40 kilometres north of the Danish capital Copenhagen has a special place in the heart of many Danes. That has to do with the fact that when the museum opened in 1958, the founder, Knud W. Jensen, wanted to create a museum where his countrymen could see modern art, which until then really had no place in Danish museums. In the following decades, through his intensive exhibition activities, Mr Jensen helped teach the Danish people to look at art.

THIS CONTRACT IS FAR FROM BORING

When metro lines are being established, a very great deal of the work naturally takes place underground. It is also the case in Copenhagen, where the tunnel boring machines Eva, Minerva, Nora, and Tria currently are working hard on the Danish capital’s new city circle line.

THE NORTH SEA IS MUCH MORE THAN OIL

Offshore wind is expected to be a key pillar ofBelgium’s future energy mix and is projected to represent around 10 per cent ofthe total generated electricity by 2025.

ON HIGHER GROUND

Like many international airports the one in Copenhagen, Denmark is almost constantly undergoing improvements and expansions.

LESS WASTED LOAD OUT TIME AND LESS DOCK TIME

The BMS Group is the right partner if you are looking for less wasted load out time and less dock time – just ask MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S.

REVIVING OF A DEPARTMENT STORE

In the heart of the Danish capital Copenhagen lies the 125-year-old department store Illum. Since its foundation in 1891, it has offered not only the finest in fashion and beauty but also the latest trends in interior design and decoration.

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

Narrow streets characterize the inner city of the Danish capital Copenhagen. Often the access is very limited, especially when it comes to building renovation and construction. Obstacles such as street lighting and transmission lines only add to the challenge.