7 projects that show how varied Tower Crane Solutions projects are around the globe

In the final phase of construction work on the Sagrada Família, Liebherr erected a 710 HC-L 32-64 Litronic luffing jib crane to support the completion of the Tower of Jesus Christ. The crane was positioned centrally above the nave of the basilica and operates in a sensitive environment with limited space. It is the first deployment of a luffing jib crane of this kind in Spain.

Not every TCS deployment takes place on a major construction site. For the restoration of the organ in St Stephen’s Cathedral in Passau, the largest Catholic church organ in the world with 17,974 pipes, a Liebherr L1-24 fast-erecting crane was used. Together with the Beutlhauser Group, TCS provided consultancy and planning for this special deployment. The biggest challenge lay not in lifting capacity but in working to the centimetre: the crane had to be brought to site through the narrow lanes of Passau’s old town under police escort. The largest organ pipe weighs more than 300 kg and is over 11 m long, and the church’s marble floor was specially protected with anti-slip mats. The complete restoration of the organ is scheduled to run until 2027.

With a 135 m tall pylon, the Kruunuvuori Bridge in Helsinki will be Finland’s longest and tallest bridge, designed for a service life of 200 years. A Liebherr 630 EC-H 40 Litronic with a load capacity of 40 t handled the positioning of formwork sections, the lifting of reinforcement cages and concrete placing equipment, and the handling of components at the various height levels of the pylon. TCS was involved from the early project phases to calculate the suitable tower configuration and the complex tie-in geometry. The biggest challenge was the subarctic winter conditions and the exposed location on the Baltic Sea with no sheltering topography, resulting in correspondingly high static and dynamic wind loads on the crane installation.

Two Liebherr 710 HC-L 32/64 Litronic cranes were used to build the 320 m tall MoMA Tower. The site was in the middle of Manhattan, one of the most densely built-up urban environments in the world. Planning had to take account of the limited space and the complex logistics of building in a fully functioning city, which is why the first of the two cranes was erected within just 17 hours of delivery.