The assembly of the world’s largest land crane is now complete and it is ready to start operating as part of the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset.
Belgian company Sarens has designed, built and will operate the SGC-250 crane, nicknamed ‘Big Carl’, which can lift a maximum of 5,000 tonnes.
Even at a radius of 100m, it can still lift 200t and while doing so the ground pressure remains below 25t/m2.
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