ESTA’s 2009 Award winners

Award winners 2009 (download complete List here)

Crane Jobs of the Year 

Category A: Up to 100t telescopic or equivalent lattice boom 

No.1 JJ Kraner, Denmark.
In less than 14 hours JJ Kraner provided a plan and executed the lift using an 80 tonne telescopic crane and a temporary support, to exchange a 24.4 tonne broken down engine in a confined space inside a power plant.

No.2  Wiesbauer, Germany.
As part of the assembly of a 140 m tall stack in the confined conditions of a steel mill the last 38 tonne section was positioned following a detailed 3D tandem lift plan using a second Manitowoc Grove GTK1100.

No.3 Egger, Emil, Switzerland.
Installation of a 15 by 5 x 0.18 m (LWH) 15 tonne glass pool bottom, in a tandem lift diagonally through the side of the second floor and through the roof of a building in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Category B: 100t and larger telescopic or equivalent lattice boom 

No.1 Sarens NV, Belgium.
To install 325 tonne nacelles at 120 m, a 750 tonne crane on a 40m tall Sarens Multi Lift Tower was used, instead of a 1,250 tonne crane, to overcome weight restrictions on a jack-up barge. Additional eyes on the barge gave superlift force instead of using weight.

No.2 Mammoet (UK), United Kingdom.
Instead of dismantling a 125 m long and 1,450 tonne crane on 40 m height in a nuclear environment, a gantry system provided skidding 40 m sideways, lowering on to a barge in a drydock and
sailing to a nearby quay for controlled dismantling at ground level.

No.3 Sarens Nederland, the Netherlands.
The complicated installation of a prefabricated
curve-shaped bridge pylon, measuring 50 x 2.40 x 3 m and weighing 265 tonnes, required using lifting beams
in a simultaneous double tandem lift.

Transport Jobs of the Year  

Transport Jobs of the Year – Category A: Less than 120t GVW 

No.1 STDR-TEDL, France.
Transport by public roads of a petrochemical vessel,
loaded dimensions 30.21 x 6.13 x 6.40 m (LWH)
and loaded weight 62 tonnes, to Péage de
Roussillon 38 from Forges 88 in France.

No.2 R. Collett & Sons (Transport) Ltd., United Kingdom.
Door-to-door transport and shipping of three
storage tanks, each 9.5 m diameter x 13 m tall and
weighing 60 tonnes, from Geertruidenberg in the Netherlands to
Lindsey Oil Refinery, Immingham, UK.

No.3 BKV B.V., the Netherlands.
Transport by road of a wooden house, measuring 16.50 x 7.85 x 6.80 m (LWH) and weighing 40 tonnes, from Grave to
Dordrecht in the Netherlands, including craneage for loading, river barge crossing and installation.

Category B: 120t GVW and higher 

No.1 Fagioli Spa, Italy.
Simultaneous moving of two bridge sections, each 114 x 23 x 5.3 m (LWH)and weighing 1,250 tonnes,from temporary supports at 13 m height parallel to the A22 Brenner in Italy to connect
over the highway.

No.2 Friderici Spécial SA, Switzerland.

Transport of a valve, measuring 5.80 x 1.50 x 4.00
m (LWH) and 57 tonnes, over unpaved 3.2 m wide mountain
roads with 18% inclines, 3 to 5% canting and hairpins, and
in to a 2.65 m wide cavern road in Switzerland.

No.3 Sarl.Trsp. Locations Courcelle, France.
Non-profit transport by roadof a steam locomotive and tender from Guîtres to a rail site in Saint Yzan de Soudiac in France. Locomotive, dimensions 17.00 x 3.00 x 4.23 m and weight 115
tonnes.

Esta Safety Award 2009

Ainscough Crane Hire,UK

for its fall-restraint system on ballast support vehicle trailers and similar.