Euro Airport Hangar Mulhouse - France
Heavy lifting of a hangar`s 2,400 t roof
 

Scope of works performed

Lifting of the hangar roof with a weight of 2.400 t
Lifting distance 23 m

Equipment

4 SLU-220/550
8 SLU-330/550

Owner

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg

Main Contractor

Losinger Construction AG

VSL Entity

VSl (Switzerland) Ltd.
Heavy Lifting Department

Date

2008

Project Description

VSL`s sister company Losinger constructed a new hangar in record time at Euro AirportBasel-Mulhouse-Freiburg.

Construction started at the end of 2007 and the first plane rolled into the hangar just a fwe months later on 20th of April 2008.

VSL Heavy Lifting was involved throughout the whole project, from the very early design stages. one of the central questions of the project was how to design a roof that could be easily lifted.

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