Potain cranes lead construction on Chorus Life smart city project in Bergamo, northern Italy

• Potain dealer for the Bergamo area Techind has deployed seven Potain MDT 219 J10 top-slewing tower cranes along with two Potain self-erecting tower cranes - one HD 40A and one Igo 50 - to lift construction materials around the Chorus Life jobsite.
• The contractor, Percassi, needed one main crane model that could be set up in different configurations to maximize efficiency in both operation and servicing.
• With the Manitowoc CCS, Top Tracing III, and CraneSTAR Diag systems, the MDT 219 J10 perfectly meets Percassi's needs, delivering high performance and efficiency.

In Bergamo, northern Italy, real estate company Costim is regenerating a 150,000 m2 brownfield site into a new smart city. The project, dubbed Chorus Life, is one of the most innovative of its kind in the country and will include an arena seating 6,500, a parking lot for 1,000 vehicles, a spa complete with a medical center, a sky jogging track, a 110-room hotel, and a 74-apartment residence.

With around 400 t of iron to be handled on-site every week, along with all the other construction materials, contractor Percassi approached local Potain dealer Techind to identify the optimum lifting equipment for the job.

Percassi needed a single crane model that could be set up in different configurations in order to allow interchangeability, facilitate its use by operators and optimize the management of maintenance and spare parts.

Techind's 25 years of experience in providing customized lifting solutions and a high-quality rental fleet of 65 top-slewing tower cranes and 60 self-erecting tower cranes gave Percassi the trust and confidence to choose Potain.

Techind carried out an on-site layout study of the spaces, the heights and overall dimensions of the individual buildings, the logistics, and the work to be performed, to establish the necessary operating heights, jib lengths, and capacities.