The problem
The site just off Kilburn High Road in London is to have a 5/6storey building constructed across the entire front and right hand elevations. The remaining open courtyard area of the site behind this was 9m x 9m square completely enclosed by existing buildings to the left and rear. The courtyard space was the only area on site to locate all materials storage, their temporary offices and a crane.

The solution
R & B were asked if they had a solution as no other U K crane hire company could offer a self erector that would fit within the site (and for cost reasons, a top slew crane was not an option).

We had recently taken delivery of the first IGO26 SETC delivered in the UK... when folded down this crane has the most compact footprint of any 1000kg min. payload class crane available.

The result
The contractor was able to use the IGO26 SETC to erect all structural steelwork, pc units, brickwork, blockwork, cladding and roofing materials...all for a cost of less than £500/wk.

The project manager said "with deliveries often affected by London traffic congestion having the IGO26 on site 24/7 made planning delivery schedules much more flexible and allowed every inch of this tight site to be accessible for loading out and storage".

When the time came to remove the SETC crane it was folded down diagonally across the site, clearing the elevations of the buildings with less than 100mm each end to spare. It was then lifted out using a 120 tonne Grove Mobile Crane.