The Hills is part of the 2,700-acre Dubai Hills Estate, a series of premium lifestyle communities set around two 18-hole championship golf courses. It consists of two 12-storey and two 15-storey buildings, which will comprise residential apartments, serviced apartments and a hotel.
“Six of the cranes are 60-m high climbing units, attached to the outside of the structure,” says Ahmad Hawari, CCC plant superintendent. “The seventh is due to arrive on site towards the end of the contract, where it will be mounted on a short section of rail and used to build the podium. We are a long-time user of Liebherr cranes, and so we designed the configuration and erected the units ourselves."
“The site is a long and linear one, which means we need six cranes for the tower blocks, but these are all standard units and no special modifications were needed – the cranes came directly out of our fleet.”
CCC has also just purchased two new Liebherr 280 HC-L 12/24 luffing cranes, complete with internal climbing equipment, which are on the Dubai Opera Grand, a high-rise tower beside Dubai Opera House.
