Imperial Liebherr hydraulic cranes working at Chicago State University’s new Convocation Centre

The first crane to be set up on site was a Link-Belt LS-138H II crawler crane, which was soon joined by several 135-foot aerial lifts and a Link-Belt RTC 8060 60-ton rough terrain crane. The largest cranes Imperial supplied to the job were our two Liebherr LTM-1300/1 360-ton hydraulic truck cranes, each of which made several trips out to the job site to hoist the 85,000 lb (39t) trusses that frame the Convocation Center.

“This job was particularly difficult because of the confined space when the two big cranes were brought in for setting the large trusses”, says Bill Tierney, Vice-President of Imperial Crane and engineer for these heavy lifts. “The job went great, safely and timely.”


Imperial Liebherr hydraulic cranes working at Chicago State University’s new Convocation Centre Imperial Liebherr hydraulic cranes working at Chicago State University’s new Convocation Centre