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Included in the renewal project are: a new
garden; extended pedestrian precinct; simplified
walkways; a larger, more functional RER
train station; more modern shopping centre;
reorganised underground road system etc. The
entire area will be covered by ‘la Canopee,’ a
17 000m² nature-inspired, giant unfolded leaf,
fitted with glass sections.
According to Kurt Schoellenberger, Managing Director of Liebherr-Ettlingen GmbH, “As an
original manufacturer, we also have the ability to access required parts quickly, or to produce
them according to demand without great expense. The latter applies particularly to older
models that are no longer produced. Our series production operations can outsource this
work for us if needed. This has clear time and cost benefits for the customer.”
Before being delivered to the customer, each component is tested at a state-of-the-art
test bench, identical to that used by the series manufacturer, and is subjected to the new
component test protocol.
Liebherr stresses that components that are remanned in its facilities must be on an equal level
with new components and the component can thus offer the same guarantee for remanned
components as for new ones.
From the start of 2013, and presented at bauma 2013, the OEM offers three different
processing levels: Exchange components, general overhaul and ‘classic’ repairs.
Les Halles Renewal Project
On a visit to the Canopée Les Halles construction site, in the heart of Paris, the media team
was given an exclusive peek behind the scenes.
La Canopée is part of the wider redevelopment project of the Forum des Halles in the First
district of Paris, which, since the 70s, became a focal point of the Paris area. It is Europe’s
biggest urban transport hub, comprising a huge shopping centre, sports and cultural facilities
and pedestrian precinct.
With 750 000 people passing through the Les Halles every day, the site needs restructuring
and the renewal project’s objective is to give back to the area its metropolitan function, and
make it an improved experience for visitors.
On site are two Liebherr 380 EC-B 16 Litronic flat-top cranes and a 280 EC-H 12 Litronic
top-slewing crane.
The flat-top models are being operated with a 50m boom, one with a hook height of 30m
and the other with a hook height of 40m. The 280 EC-H 12 Litronic is being used with a 60m
boom, offering a hook height of 80m.
In the cramped Parisian inner-city, mobility is key and the assembly weights of the EC-B header
can quickly be reduced by the easily divided modules, allowing for use of small mobile cranes
for assembly. Quick-action connections are used to assemble the cranes rapidly and safely.
While the tower crane operates as a feeder crane for lifting materials onto the construction
site, both flat-top cranes are being used for concrete work and the assembly of structural
steel works. One of the two 380 EC-B Litronic models was assembled on the roof of the
underground line. In order to distribute the forces on a large scale, a special steel construction
was assembled under the 6m x 6m cross base.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
