Category: Video
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Video | Big Carl lifts second giant dome into place at Hinkley Point C
Big Carl, the world’s largest crane, has lifted into place the 245-tonne dome of Hinkley Point C’s second reactor building. The 14m-tall dome closes the 44m-high reactor building. Work on Unit 2 was stopped during the pandemic. Although the second dome was lifted 18 months after the first, Unit 2 is further ahead thanks to…
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Video | Footage shows two of the world’s biggest tower cranes at HS2
Heavy lift contractor Marr and the Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra joint venture (BBVS JV) are using three cranes, comprising two of Marr’s 330-tonne capacity M2480D heavy lift luffing cranes, supported by a 96-tonne capacity M860DX, to declutter the site. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Video | Striking footage shows progress at Hinkley Point C
A new video shows Hinkley Point C’s progress as teams at the new nuclear power station get ready to lift the domed roof onto the second reactor building this summer. The footage shows that construction of Unit 1’s buildings is almost complete, as the installation of equipment advances inside. Meanwhile, the second unit, which was…
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Video | Timelapse of Skanska demolishing old Roxton Road Bridge
New footage shows the successful demolition of the Roxton Road Bridge as part of the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements scheme. Skanska subcontractor Armac deployed six excavators to carry out the work during a 48-hour closure of the A421. The process began with breaking out the deck from the centre outward, followed by…
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Video | Rotherham Markets demolition timelapse
New timelapse footage shows demolition contractor Demex demolishing the Guardian Centre buildings of the Rotherham Markets. Demex, appointed by main contractor Henry Boot Construction, also dismantled the iconic tensile fabric tent and its supporting metal structure. The next stage of the project will involve installing the steel frame for the new outdoor covered market and…
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Video | Taylor Woodrow trials AI-powered autonomous excavator
Phil Skegg, managing director of Taylor Woodrow, said: “Over the last 10 years our industry safety record has not improved, and our productivity has declined. As an industry, around 20% of the cost of what we build can be attributed to not getting it right the first time. View the original article and our Inspiration…
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Drone shows one of Europe’s ‘most complicated roof structures’
The building’s framework has also been refurbished to preserve its structural integrity and historical significance. Temporary rigging and birdcage scaffolding were installed to stabilise the frame. The roof sections were removed in sequence, starting with the north and south sections, followed by the main roof central section with its three floating oculi, and finally the…
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Video | 3D model shows how HS2 used ‘reception can’ method for TBM breakthrough
A 3D model created using computer-generated imagery software shows how a 2,050-tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) broke through into an underground reception can. This was then filled with foam concrete and the 4,217th concrete tunnel ring installed to complete the 8km stretch of Northolt Tunnel in London. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Video | Drone footage shows progress of National Rehabilitation Centre
Newly released drone footage shows the last construction stages of the first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), which the Vinci Building and Sir Robert McAlpine IHP joint venture is building in Loughborough. The £105m centre is part of the New Hospital Programme aiming to modernise NHS buildings over several phases. It will have 70 beds…
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Video | HS2 lifts 850t tunnel boring machine using gantry crane
HS2 has removed a huge tunnel boring machine (TBM) after completing an 8km drive from West Ruislip to Green Park Way, West London. The TBM, named Sushila, weighs 850 tonnes and was lifted in one piece using a 750-tonne gantry crane. Its cuttterhead spans 9.48m in diameter. During its journey from October 2022 until December 2024,…