For the “L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped” project, the Christo team and Les Charpentiers de Paris chose Tractel by Scanclimber to design and supply a number of access platforms. These were specially adapted for the installation of the structures that support the covering fabric under the vault of the Arc de Triomphe.
The Onkalo nuclear waste disposal facility under construction in Olkiluoto, Finland, will be the world’s first permanent geological repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Posiva is using a Scanclimber hybrid hoist-work platform SC2000 in assembly work inside the personnel shaft in Onkalo. The product was custom-built according to Posiva’s requirements. The SC2000 hoist-work platform is a hybrid of a hoist and a mast climber (MCWP).
Around Heidelberg Europlatz main building, Zech had twelve Scanclimber SC8000 mast climbers with glide rails helping in a demanding window and facade element installation. The Zech installers fixed the elements from the mast climbers and used the glide rails to position the heavy window elements accurately.
IPAF has awarded Scanclimber® by Tractel® multiple times because of its industry-leading in rack and pinion-based vertical access solutions.
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) is a non-profit organization that promotes the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide. Every year, IPAF awards companies in the powered access industry for the best practices, product innovations and in several other categories called the International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) .
In 2017, Deutsche Telekom vacated a high-rise building in Bielefeld, Germany. Subsequently, the idea was to convert it into a residential student building. The centrally located facility has 18 floors and stands 76m tall or 95.5m when including the building’s telecommunications tower. The Goldbeck Nord GmbH construction company used Scanclimbers SC8000 twin unit mast climber with a full-length capacity of 46.2m for the facade renovation work.
Opposite the Luxembourg railway station, the ‘Centre Postal Gare’ construction work is progressing at full speed. The building of the new official headquarters of the Luxembourg Post is on track for completion in 2022. The facade work started at the beginning of 2021 on the 27,700m2 complex.
Weather covers are used in the construction industry to protect buildings against bad weather and to keep structures dry during the construction process. Weather covers are also increasingly used in renovations – for example in roof replacement projects. The growing use of wood in construction, especially in Nordic markets, is also increasing demand. So far, the use of scaffolding to build a weather cover solution has been the norm.
Växjö is the centre of the wood building industry in Sweden. The new town hall and railway station is mostly of wood and glass construction with inclined facades. Skanska used Scanclimber’s inclined mast climbers for the facade installation work.
ABB Company constructed the Mülheim-Kärlich nuclear power plant from 1975 to 1986. The plant is located on the Rhine, close to Mülheim-Kärlich, Germany. The plant operated for only three years before taken offline in 1988 because it stood on an earth-quake-prone area.
The student housing organization KOAS, is building new student housing in the city of Jyväskylä, in central Finland. It aims to provide 160 new apartments for students studying in the city.
In the heart of Frankfurt 2.8 meter high noise cancellation panels were used with Scanclimber MCWPs on renovation project of old office building.
The Clarion Hotel Helsinki is a 16-storey building including two towers, the highest being at the height of 78 meters. Scanclimber contributed to this construction project with two SC5000 and one SC6000 mast climbing platforms and a SC1432 construction hoist. Mainly the mast climbing platforms were used for façade work of the hotel. Construction hoist SC1432 was deployed for quick and efficient transportation of material and labor inside the building.
A petrochemical plant in India needed a unique solution to renovate its 100-meter-high chimney because of lack of space at ground level. Scanclimber delivered its mast climbing snake platform, allowing the customer to complete the whole job in just one month.
Lahti’s water tower, with its bright new-looking façade, stands tall and gives a spectacular view of the city from the top. The tower’s facade was in real need of renovation and Scanclimber mast climbing work platforms with special extensions were put forward as the best solution for the project.
Once a renowned international racing circuit, Keimola is being converted into a residential area. Scanclimber MCWP’s ensure optimal ergonomics and high efficiency in the facade bricklaying work.
The OP Financial Group is Finland’s largest financial services group. This major OP-Pohjola project in Vallila consisted of renovating and building offices for the Group’s use. This project included the employment of 3 000 personnel altogether. The new building covers an area of slightly over 60 000 m2 and the combined floorage is 132 000 m2. Scanclimber had a key role to play in the successful construction of this versatile model, which after completion won a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certificate.
Radisson Blu Hotel Latvia dates back to the early 1960s when the idea emerged to build a 10-storey hotel for a Russian travel agency. This agency was titled as ‘Intourist’ which was responsible for managing the foreigners’ tourism within the Soviet Union. The specifications of the project though kept changing with time from 10 floors to 23 and finally up to 27. With a height of 98 meters, Hotel Latvia is the largest hotel in the country till date.
The historical brick water tower in Pietarsaari was taken out of use for several months at the end of May 2014. During the extensive renovation, the water supply network has been left without a high level water tank to equalise the pressure.
The Petronas Twin Towers are not the only high rise buildings in the city of Kuala Lumpur. There are several other tall buildings in the city which exceed 200 meters – the IB tower will be one of them. The estimated year of completion of the tower was the end of 2014. Upon completion it is the fourth tallest building in Malaysia.
Mast climbing work platforms, in tandem with monorail lifting equipment, provided an efficient solution for the demanding façade element installation work at Hotel Stadt Lörrach. Lörrach is situated in south-west Germany, near the border with France and Switzerland. Though the city is culturally and economically significant and boasts some rich historical monuments, Lörrach had only a few three-star hotels but no four-star hotel – for which there was a need. It is expected to benefit the city’s development plans and to increase tourism in the area.
Mast climbers played an important role in the Amager Bakke façade work. Amager Bakke is a state-of-the-art waste to energy plant, one of the best in the world in terms of efficiency and environmental impact. The plant is equipped with two furnace lines and a joint turbine and generator system. A special feature is a ski slope on top of the plant.
The Grand Tower in Frankfurt is the tallest residential building in Germany (2018). Scanclimber delivered 12 customised units of Monster SC8000, 2 units of Maxus SC5000 and 4 units of Kosmos SC4000 mast climbers for challenging facade work on this construction project.
HUS – The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa invested 63 million euros in a major Hyvinkää hospital expansion project. 15 mast climbers helped to complete the building’s plastering work.
Care home developer Tyvene is building a sheltered housing complex in Hyvinkää. Although it is only a two-storey building with a maximum height of 12 metres, mast climbers were used for bricklaying in this project.
A demanding mast climber solution was required on the 150-meter-tall zig-zag form buildings in Kuala Lumpur. Sliding decks of almost four meters made façade works possible.
Villa Engelin Monaco was a challenge for the constructor. It meant building a mixed-use complex in challenging circumstances within a very tight schedule on the Boulevard Exotique, Monaco.
The facades of tallest Dallas residential building, the 30-story Katy Station, finished with the help of heavy-duty mast climbers in Texas, USA.
The luxury 10-storey One Thousand Ocean condominium is undergoing an extensive restoration project with the help of Scanclimber mast climbers in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
Maxus SC5000 mast climbing work platforms were used on the Dallas High School historical building for façade restoration work. Building went through a transformation that brought life back into this piece of history which stands adjacent to the DART Pearl Street rail station in Dallas, US.
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