Flexible climbing systems are often used in the construction of high-rise buildings, which move upwards with the building as the construction process progresses. This method is very efficient, but poses challenges when facade elements such as glass panes have to be installed during the ongoing construction process.
The glass panes have to be installed under the ‘moving’ scaffolding structure and often under building projections.
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Heavydrive offers a simple and safe solution for this: The facade panes can be precisely balanced and ‘threaded’ with the aid of a counter traverse, which is attached to a conventional construction crane.
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What weights can the counter beams carry?
The Heavydrive counter beams are available in different versions and have a load capacity of up to 12 tonnes. These systems can be customised and combined with different suction systems.
Heavydrive offers an extension for the counter lifting beam for installation behind large scaffolding or extremely deep building projections.
In order not to block construction progress, Heavydrive develops suitable solutions in close cooperation with the client in advance, taking into account any potential difficulties. On request, such solutions can be tested in a mock-up.
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Such Heavydrive assembly solutions have proven their worth in major international projects. One example is the One Madison skyscraper in New York, where glass elements weighing around 2.3 tonnes had to be installed on the 10th and 11th floors under a 4.8 m deep overhang while construction work was ongoing. With the help of the Heavydrive LSG 3000 counter beam with extension, the glass elements were installed safely and efficiently.
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Available both for hire and for purchase
The Heavydrive lifting beam was also used for the installation of glass elements in the upper section of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, in order to cope with the enormous altitude differences and the complex scaffolding construction.
In London's Wood Wharf neighbourhood, facade elements were also assembled using the Heavydrive counterweight traverse. Thanks to the Heavydrive SWS quick-change adapter, which allows the suction systems to be quickly adapted to different sizes and shapes of glass panes, the various facade elements could be placed under the scaffolding and the building projection within a very short time.
The Heavydrive counter beams are available both for hire and for purchase. For even more efficient use, the installation specialist recommends the addition of an experienced equipment operator.
