Moser uses 13 Potains for Regensburg project
2 August 2017 by Sotiris KanarisA fleet of 13 Potain tower cranes is helping to build a new residential and commercial district in Regensburg, Germany.
The new district, named ‘Das Dörnberg’, is only miles from Regensburg’s historic old town, which has been a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage since 2006.
The cranes are currently working on the first construction phase, in which they are transforming a 250,000m2 railway area. One self-erecting crane and 12 top-slewing cranes, with load capacities up to 10t and jib radii up to 65m, are working at the site. The cranes include a Potain GTMR 386, six MDT 218s, one MDT 192, three MDT 178s, one MDT 162 and one MD 120.
Due to the job site’s tight quarters, the cranes are working extremely closely to each other. Plattling-based Moser Baumaschinen, the company handling the lifting work, chose the fleet of topless cranes to enable operators to swivel the cranes’ jibs over one another and lift in conjunction.
Moser Baumaschinen provided the cranes to several contractors that are all handling lifting work on the project: Max Bögl; August Schmidt; and a consortium that consists of Guggenberger Bau and Implenia Hochbau.
Moser Baumaschinen has been selling and leasing cranes and machines for the construction industry for more than 45 years. Its rental crane fleet is currently comprised of 375 Potain cranes, 75 of which are top-slewing cranes. With four locations in Southern Germany (Plattling, Maxhütte-Haidhof, Altenmarkt and Allershausen) Moser serves customers all over Bavaria.
