In Aarhus, work is currently underway on a large building that will be called Sydhavnskvarteret. The quarter is expected to be completed in 2026, and work on the harbor is in full swing.
Danish construction company A. Enggaard A/S is currently building one of the tallest of upcoming buildings in Sydhavnskvartere called, Akson, which in its finished form will become full exclusive commercial tenancies. A. Enggaard has hired BMS to be Supervisor on the project, and in this connection Conductor/Supervisor Lars Bojsen from BMS encounters a challenge with a certain lift. BMS and Fyns Kran Udstyr have therefore collaborated to design and produce a specially designed lifting beam for just that lift.
See the lifting beam in use on the construction site:
Efficiency and safety are the most important things on the construction site
The challenge for BMS was that it took too long to lift the large rionet that will be used for in situ casting of walls. Due to the planned height of the building, a large amount of reinforcement must go into the walls. Where buildings are normally built exclusively with prefabricated elements, situ casting is used here to strengthen the building from the inside. Unfortunately, it took more than 15 mins to rig the rionet every time they had to be lifted. That time has been cut down by the specially designed lifting beam – with each and every lift. As time is an important factor on a busy construction site, it is therefore well worth investing in a specially designed lifting beam for a specific lift.
A specially designed lifting beam from our Danish factory in Aalborg
The lifting beam, designed by our own Technical Department and produced at our factory in Aalborg, consists of a total of 21 padeyes and associated hooks. This means that the cutters can quickly move the chain slings, depending on the size of the individual rionet. Since there is no recipe for the nets, they can easily be heavier at one end than at the other. Therefore, it should be easy and fast for the cutters to be able to add, move or remove chain slings, depending on the individual load.
We met Lars Bojsen, who is Conductor/Supervisor for BMS, on a sunny day in January at the construction site at Aarhus Harbour. He elaborate about the process and the collaboration behind the specially designed lifting beam. "We make a proposal about what we would like, send it to Fyns Kran Udstyr, and when a drawing comes back, we talk about how we would like twice as many hooks. Because then it's just a matter of taking the slings off and moving it, and they [the riggers] can stand in the man riding basket and do that. The Riggers don't have to spend all their time standing and unscrewing a shackle and moving it to the next hole. And that's why we have hooks in all of the pad eyes."
The lifting beam will be used until 2026, when construction is complete. It is galvanized and has 21 pad eyes welded on equipped with 21 sling hooks produced by Gunnebo Industries.
See the video, at the top of the page, where the lifting beam is in use to lift the rionet at the construction site at Aarhus Harbour.
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