28.04.2004

The two towers

UK construction company, Shepherd Construction, has been supplied with the first of two tower cranes from HTC Plant for lifting duties as part of the £15.5 million City Square development project in Liverpool’s Central Business District.

The first tower, a TC1 Wolff WK 5520 unit with 51 m under hook and capable of lifting 4 t at a 3m radius, is scheduled to stay on site for 33 weeks, while a smaller TC2 Wolff WK 100EC with 37.5 m under hook and capable of lifting 4.65 t at 25 m, to be delivered shortly, will stay on site for 42 weeks.

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The first MAN tower crane recieves a helping boom as it is erected at the City Square site.

Although Shepherd could not confirm the order at this time, Ainscough Crane Hire's massive 1000 t capacity Liebherr LTM11000DS mobile crane could well be making an appearance on site at around September time over a period of three week-end shifts, to assist with the project’s steelwork programme.

City Square is a joint-venture between Scarborough development Group, Shepherd Developments and Liverpool City Council and on completion, scheduled for June 2005, will centre all civil court operations of the Liverpool Department for Constitutional Affairs.