Twelve Potain tower cranes are working on a new concert hall construction project in the Ørestad area of the Danish capital Copenhagen. The cranes are under the control of main contractor MT Hoggaard and have been supplied by AJOS, the contractor’s own rental equipment subsidiary. A combination of Potain models MD 175B, MD 285B, MD 305B, MD 365B, GTMR 386, and HD 40A are on site, all of which have been supplied on a full-service contract.
The concert hall will form part of a distinctive new multi-media centre, to be known as the D R Byen Building, being built for the Danish Radio Broadcasting Corp. Its exterior design has been modelled on a Middle Eastern Kasbah and it will eventually comprise four sections, the last of which to be built is the concert hall.
The cranes are handling steel and concrete on the project, with loads of up to 16t (17.6 USt) being lifted. The cranes are working at heights of up to 61m (200ft), and jibs extend up to 65m (213ft).
Potain said its Top-Tracing anti-collision software was proving useful as the work is taking place in the middle of a variety of other renovation and building projects. The company said: “The technology ensures strict operating area control for the cranes preventing them from over-swinging other sites and also the nearby Metro rail line.”
Operating out of three main depots, the 170-employee strong AJOS is the only Potain distributor in Denmark, and in addition to sales the company also operates a rental fleet of about 80 tower cranes, most of which are Potain units.
The D R Byen building will cover an area of 130,000 sq m (1.4 million sq ft). A different architect has designed each of its four sections. The first segment housing the major television studios and the director-general’s office, opened in December 2003. The next two sections are due to be completed early next year, and will accommodate among other things, the News and Sports departments and Copenhagen Radio. The concert hall, meanwhile, will comprise 25 rehearsal rooms, a choral room, an orchestral room, four concert halls, five stages and a rhythmic studio. The state-funded project will be completed in 2008.
