The project includes the construction of a 32m-high, five-storey building which will be the city’s Collector’s Office, with the 5t Potain crane lifting steel bars and concrete formwork, as well as pouring concrete.
Contractor Shubham Civil Projects chose the crane due to the limited space at the inner-city job site, and a demand from the customer to keep project costs to a minimum.
The crane was sold to Shubham Civil Projects by Tech Know Earthmoving Services, Manitowoc’s dealer for Potain cranes in Pune.
Vinay Badera, director of Shubham Civil Projects, said: "The job site in Pune posed several challenges that the Potain MCi 85 helped us overcome. First, we have only 12 months to complete the project so productivity and reliability are important considerations for any equipment on this job. Second, we were asked to keep labor costs down and to work within a very small footprint. The rapid assembly time and compact design of the Potain MCi 85 was crucial, and using it has also helped us reduce our workforce allocated to this project."
