Western Australia’s Department of Transport has enacted a call-out to help name the Cimolai gantry cranes that will be used on the Metronet project.
Community members from Victoria Park through to Beckenham have been invited to help name the six custom-built gantry cranes that will build the elevated rail for the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project.
Open to anyone who lives, studies or works in the project area, the naming competition provides the community with the opportunity to get involved in this transformational project.
“The gantry cranes will be prominent fixtures in the community during construction, so it’s fitting they get their own names, and the community has the opportunity to choose,” said Transport Minister and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti.
“These cranes play an integral part in the construction of this project and have been custom designed to ensure as many trees as possible are retained while the elevated rail is built.”
Manufactured in Italy by Cimolai Technology, these cranes have been custom designed to fit the exact specifications of the Armadale Line. Distributed exclusively by alternative lifting solutions company MCT Equipment, each crane can lift 120 tonnes, with two required to operate at once for the project’s maximum lift of 140 tonnes.
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Six gantry cranes will be used on the project lifting and storing L-beams at the laydown storage site in Hazelmere. A total of 530 L-beams will be installed to build 4.3 kilometres of dual rail.
The use of gantry cranes instead of mobile cranes is designed to minimise the project’s environmental footprint and help retain more trees and vegetation along the rail corridor, which Victoria Park MLA Hannah Beazley said is “really important” to her and the local community.
“The cranes are vital in achieving this next exciting step of the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal and have been designed to retain as many trees and vegetation as possible,” she said.
Everyone who enters a pair of names goes into the draw to win one-of-five family tickets to the Perth Royal Show.
A colouring in competition being offered to local students also provides another chance to get involved and win a prize.