Greenwich Peninsula faces challenges. To address these challenges, the cranes are fitted with WINDCRANE, a remotely accessible wind monitoring system providing live, historical and forecast wind speed data to everyone simultaneously involved in the project ..read more

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Impact Production Services (IPS), a supplier to the events industry based in Milton Keynes, supplied a custom stage and various other supporting structures for the Big Eurovision Welcome in Liverpool, UK ..read more

The WINDCRANE Mini Jib End Kit in currently being used in HS2 project and it accomplishes three main functions: live weather monitoring, historical reports a crane-specific weather forecasts ..read more

Case Study: Wind Turbine Noise Assessments Client name: Dragonfly Consulting Location: United Kingdom ..read more

Planning crane lifts is a process that requires careful calculations and judgment ..read more

Sword Construction required an accurate and reliable wind monitoring solution for the Devonshire Dock Hall expansion, where they used two Wolffkran luffing cranes. The facility is owned by BAE Systems, and the expansion will be used to assemble Royal Navy submarines ..read more

Why is the wind speed sometimes different on one or two of my cranes when they are all on the same site and within close proximity. The max (gust) values vary above and below each other. Often they are similar, but occasionally there are large differences, especially on days of high wind speeds like on Oct 31st. In the chart above we have one crane measuring a wind gust of 42.4mph and another crane measuring 27.2mph ..read more

BMUs are vulnerable to high winds and building managers must ensure safe working conditions for cleaning crews. Weather forecasts provide a general idea of what to expect but only a wind monitoring system can track outdoor conditions in real time. When a BMU is equipped with a wind monitoring system, it can detect the early warning signs of high wind and turbulence. This way, building managers can suspend any cleaning or maintenance activities before the wind threatens the crew ..read more

Eduardo Estelles, Managing Director of UK-based Windcrane, will be speaking at the International Tower Cranes (ITC) conference on 2 December to highlight new approaches to the use of crane wind speed data, providing benefits for the entire supply chain, from crane rental companies to contractors and clients ..read more