Construction of a large hospital complex in Tournai, Belgium has utilised two 2.5 tonne Geda 2500 Z/ZP transport platforms to handle materials and personnel transport.
The hoist in position
The Geda 2500 Z/ZP is designed to work as a combined material and passenger hoist and features a 1.45 x 3.55 metre loading platform with a lift capacity of 2,500kg or seven people. The transport/passenger platform control has a maximum transport speed of 12 metres a minute. When only materials are being transported the 'materials mode' allows speeds of up to 40 metres a minute.
Belgian contractor Verhelst positioned the two Geda platforms at different points on the construction site to support tower cranes during façade installation and provide personnel transport.
The platforms proved particularly effective during interior construction, which involved transporting palletised building materials. The hospital's façade design prevented direct anchoring of the machines, requiring them to be anchored inside the building using a steel structure extending through window openings.
The Centre Hospitalier de Wallonie picarde (CHwapi) project will bring together four regional hospitals and medical centres under one roof scheduled for completion next year. The €416 million development covers 150,000 square metres and will provide 800 hospital beds and 1,000 parking spaces across two triangular building blocks. It will serve 330,000 residents in the surrounding region and is located near the French border, approximately 30 kilometres from the Lille metropolitan area.
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