Gilan Holding chooses Liebherr cranes for Baku skyscraper construction
19 July 2016 by Sotiris KanarisGilan Holding is using four Liebherr luffing jib cranes in the construction of ‘The Crescent Bay’, a skyscraper complex in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku.
The project was designed by South Korean architecture agency Heerim Architects & Planners and comprises of three parts, the Crescent Hotel, the Crescent City and the Crescent Place.
The "La Luna" luxury hotel is to be built on a small artificial island and will reach 166m high. Next to the luxury hotel, "The Crescent Bay" will be a shopping centre covering an area of around 50,000sqm with an indoor and outdoor area, a residential complex with 100 apartments and 20 duplex terraced houses as well as an office building with 38 storeys.
Gilan Holding decided on four Liebherr luffing jib cranes, two 280 HC-L 12/24 Litronic and two 542 HC-L 18/36 Litronic, while the Tower Crane Solutions department at Liebherr provided support for planning this major project.
The two 280 HC-L cranes have a maximum hook height of 177m, a radius of 35m, a lifting capacity of 11t at the jib head and a 110kW heavy-duty hoist gear. The two 542 HC-L cranes have a radius of 50m, a lifting capacity at the jib head of 9.7t and a motor capacity of 160kW to reach a maximum hook height of 194m.
The first storeys of the building had been completed when the cranes were assembled in April 2015. That meant that all four Liebherr luffing jib cranes were attached by a crawler crane from above to the external frame. The entire reinforced concrete structure for the hotel will be erected by the four Liebherr cranes.
