DUBAI Cranes & Technical Services LLC, a subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC, has announced the opening of the first-of-its-kind crane storage and assembly facility in the region, which will significantly reduce the delivery time for standard cranes across the GCC and MENA region and lead to massive savings in cost and time for clients and partners. The new Dubai Cranes facility, within the Dubai Investments Park [DIP], is currently the one-stop destination for a wide variety of standard, overhead crane kits which are high in demand amidst the unprecedented construction activity across the UAE, GCC and the MENA regions. With its advanced storage and assembly capabilities, Dubai Cranes – one of the region's leading manufacturers of overhead material handling equipment, can now deliver standard cranes for projects across GCC and MENA within four weeks – compared to the average turnaround period of 16 weeks, which factored in time required for manufacturing in Europe, assembly, shipping and delivery time. All hoists, controls, end carriages and electrical equipment offered at Dubai Cranes' new facility are built and supplied by UK-based Street Cranes. Street offers one of the world's most comprehensive ranges of crane components with capacities from a few kilograms to 250 metric tonnes incorporating important safety and operating advantages which make the equipment particularly suited to conditions in the region. The new facility will stock over 50 standard overhead crane kits from the Street ZX and LX product range offering various lifting capacities and able to accommodate crane spans of up to 20 meters. Apart from storage, the facility offers fabrication services for crane beams, gantries and other structural crane parts and also spare parts for both the company's cranes as well as for competitor crane companies. Andrew Kay, General Manager of Dubai Cranes, said: “We are thrilled to offer a unique facility, which will revolutionize the entire crane industry in the region. With our new storage facility, we have cut the average turnaround time for cranes from 16 weeks to 4 weeks, which will have significant implications on the overall costs as well as the project schedules. This is a major lift-up for the construction sector in the region.” “Apart from the storage, we offer a holistic range of value-added services directed towards crane installation, fabrication, overhauling and also provide spare parts to make it a one-stop shop for anything related to cranes. We understand that when a crane is down in the field, customers need spare parts and maintenance as fast and as economically possible and we provide that,” added Kay. The company is currently catering to a vast number of projects, including EMAL, DUBAL and Dubai Electricity & Water Authority. Dubai Cranes is also witnessing a huge demand for its cranes in a wide array of infrastructure projects in the midst of unprecedented construction under way across the region. — SG
