Earlier this year, Sarens installed a complex event structure for the Ghent Jazz Festival in Belgium, lifting preassembled frames for the main tent as well as other smaller marquees.
Louis Huys Special Transport tasked Sarens with the lifting work, with the frames having a maximum weight of 6 tonnes and a maximum height of 15 m. The preassembled frames had to be lifted and installed in a confined space in the centre of the city.
Considering the load details and the space available, Sarens used the LTM 1150 as the main crane and two smaller AC50 cranes.
The equipment was transported by road within two days. Once onsite, it took the crew about two hours to set up the equipment, working within the limitations of available space for pre-assembly. Four crew members proceeded with the lift by uprighting the pre-assembled frames, which were fixed on hinges.
Obstacles had to be removed and steel plates had to be installed to reduce the ground bearing pressure.
