Mini cranes kick off Christmas in Liverpool
7 December 2015 by Daniel SearleGGR used UNIC mini spider crane to assemble the UK’s largest Christmas tree, at the Liverpool ONE shopping complex.
The 23t steel tree, which stands at 30m high, includes a 12-sided steel cone, 280 heart-shaped lights, 314 light rods and more than 2,000m of power cables.
GGR's team used the company's UNIC URW-706, one of the biggest mini cranes available with a capacity of 6t to a radius of 3m and a height of 7.2m. Construction of the tree took two weeks to complete, and involved two halves of the tree, each weighing 450kg, being lifted to a maximum height of 12m.
GGR Group's CEO Graeme Riley said, "It is always fun to be involved with Christmas decoration projects and it is something we do a lot of every year.
"There is extra excitement when we get involved with a job like this though; the UK's biggest Christmas tree is a bit special. The finished tree looks great and the work that has gone in to design and build it is truly impressive."
