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With only five 100% emissions free cranes in the world three of them being employed by Laing O’Rourke’s Select Plant arm showing the way forward in environment busting construction techniques.
The two giant crawler cranes a 250-tonne and 160-tonne have been put to work constructing the 850m long Old Oak Common Station box, which will house six high-speed rail platforms, working for Balfour Beatty, Vinci Systra joint venture.
Select is also supplying the third 160-tonne Liebherr LR1160E to Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture at HS2’s Canterbury Road vent shaft site.
SCS Air Quality Lead,Robert Lockwood commented saying that: “At SCS we want to make the transition to electric plant wherever possible in order to reduce emissions and noise.
“To keep the momentum going, we’re already looking to procure our second electric crawler crane for delivery in March 2022.”
As reported by nationaltradesmen.co.uk last year decision order and switch to electric crawlers follows a trial at HS2’s Curzon Street Station site in Birmingham last year.
The massive government project under the umbrella of HS2 has set a target to be net zero carbon from 2035, and looking to achieve diesel-free construction sites by 2029.
Alex Warrington from Select Plant Hire said: “At Select we recognise the environmental impact of every action that we undertake, which is why in addition to the investment in our electric cranes we have also invested in a range of electric concrete pumps, MEWPs, new technology tower cranes and hoists.
“This will allow our clients to demonstrate the value of sustainability, achieve energy consumption and zero carbon targets on their projects.”
