Magnificent buildings steeped in history, famous cultural attractions or stadia with thousands of people watch matches and concerts. In short – venues that are exciting for all of us and leave their mark. And venues about which we can proudly say: Made with Liebherr.

Completed in autumn 2016 with a height of 110 metres, it has become the new landmark of the Port of Hamburg – The Elbphilharmonie in HafenCity was opened at the beginning of 2017 after ten years of construction. By then, Liebherr mobile cranes already had a successful appearance behind them.

The US states of Nevada and Arizona are separated by the Colorado River – and since 2010 officially by the Mike OʼCallaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. On completion, the bridge was one of the longest and highest concrete arch bridges in the world. With a total length of 580 metres and a width of 26.8 metres, the dimensions of the bridge are impressive – as are those of its support piers, with the highest one measuring just under 88 metres. The arch itself has a span of 323 metres. The bridge, which opened in 2010 after a construction period of around seven years, was named after former football star Pat Tillman and former Nevada Governor Mike OʼCallaghan – both of whom died while it was under construction. Las Vegas-based crane contractor Dielco used Liebherr cranes on multiple occasions. In our picture, you can see one dismantling a support pier. These piers were specially erected as a temporary structure to enable the large concrete arch to be completed piece by piece. An LTM 1400-7.1 can be seen here dismantling the individual concrete parts high above the river.

But the location is almost as much of a highlight as the Liebherr crane – many visitors and admirers of the Hoover Dam can now take the opportunity to get a birdʼs eye view of the huge dam on a walkway over the large bridge.

Las Setas (English: the mushrooms) is a landmark in Seville in southern Spain, around 150 metres long, 70 metres wide and 26 metres high, which grew between 2005 and 2011. When it was completed, it was the largest wooden structure in the world – created with a mobile crane from Ehingen.

In autumn 2020, an LTM 1500-8.1 owned by Mobi-Hub completed a job in the centre of Berlin in front of a large crowd – the 8 axle crane placed the magnificent cupola on the new Humboldt Forum. The historically reconstructed cupola is decorated with eight angel figures and palm leaves. The reconstruction of Berlin Palace, which was destroyed several years ago, has been undertaken to restore Berlin’s historic cityscape.

The reconstruction of the former Berlin Palace was started in 2013. Since 2021 it has been home to non-European collections and other exhibitions. It also provides a new venue for lots of public events. The LTM 1500-8.1 crowned the Palace with its magnificent, almost completely historically reconstructed cupola. The public watched the cupola being hoisted by the 8-axle crane with great interest. It had been set up with a 42 metre luffing lattice jib and 90 tonnes of ballast to enable it to hoist the filigree load to a height of 70 metres.

The Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York is the largest tennis stadium in the world and the venue for the US Open. Built in 1997 and named after American tennis star Arthur Ashe (1943–1993), the court can hold around 24,000 spectators.

Plans for a roof structure were started in 2013 and the modification work was completed in 2016 – with hard-working Liebherr cranes lending a helping hand. Today, the roof can be closed in 5 minutes 42 seconds.

A sophisticated material transport process was the start of a spectacular crane job for a Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane in Copenhagen, which lasted almost two months. The heavy duty crane was required to hoist five roof segments for the construction of the new opera house. In 2003, over 50 low loaders set off to transport the flagship of crane contractor Riga Mainz (then known as Riga & Eisele) to the Danish capital over 800 kilometres away. The team from Mainz had to maintain a minimum distance of six metres from the temporary quay wall for positioning and moving the LR 1750 heavy duty crane. The crawler crane was not allowed to get closer to the bank as during its hoisting processes with full ballast and a gigantic load on the hook, a total weight of around 1,300 tonnes was pressed into the ground. “During the lifts, some of which were carried out at night due to bad weather, we had a net weight of 235 tonnes. With hook block and slings, such a load case added up to about 265 tonnes,” recalls Uwe Langer, owner of Riga Mainz and at the helm of the crane at the time. The roof structure was towed from the Danish mainland to the Copenhagen port basin on a floating bridge and then hoisted into place by the LR 1750. After hoisting the load, the crane had to move around 25 metres to the site. The heavy components remained on the hook for up to 24 hours after being positioned before they were welded accurately into the structure. “This LR 1750 was clearly the start of a new generation of crawler cranes, which is now fully established. With a wide range of features which Liebherr implemented for the very first time in this crane model and which today seem to be a matter of course”, says Langer.