FINALIST: Aertssen Lifting
At the BASF site in Antwerp, Belgium, the Aertssen team replaced a 29-tonne motor in a highly congested refinery environment. Major challenges included restricted access, surrounding pipe racks and equipment, and maintaining ongoing plant operations. Detailed engineering, careful lift planning and specialized lifting equipment ensured the safe and precise motor replacement.
FINALIST: AUTOVICTOR
In Bagnolo di Po, Rovigo, Italy, Autovictor installed the new Calà del Moro bridge by lifting two 59-metre, 115-tonne prefabricated steel girders into place. The major challenges involved in this project included tandem lifting across a waterway, restricted working space and the precise coordination of cranes and SPMTs to ensure the safe positioning of the bridge sections.
FINALIST: BMS
BMS installed arch bridge sections over the Nordjyske motorway at Kridtsvinget in Aalborg, Denmark, during two full-weekend closures. Key challenges included limited working space and tight time windows. A 3D simulation was used to prepare for the complex tandem lift, which enabled two cranes to safely install two 92-tonne arch sections and six deck elements.
FINALIST: Mammoet Netherlands
At Damen Shipyards in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Mammoet replaced a 104-metre, 224-tonne boom section on the jack-up vessel Blue Tern. Mammoet engineers opted for a solution involving mobile cranes rather than a crawler crane to reduce costs. Key challenges included precise vessel alignment with a 30-metre container support tower, tight scheduling and the complex coordination of four large Liebherr mobile cranes.
