LH 110 C High Rise Industry Litronic Fulfills Bertelsen & Garpestad’s Requirements for Recycling North Sea Platforms

The North Sea is home to some of the oldest offshore oil and gas platforms in the world, which need to be gradually removed and recycled. Aker Solutions has the expertise and experience to dismantle such installations in a safe and cost-efficient manner. At Stord Quay, Aker Solutions is coordinating the professional decommissioning of several platforms. Bertelsen & Garpestad, who carry out the local decommissioning work with personnel and machines, were looking for a new machine for the job.

Bertelsen & Garpestad AS, with over 60 years of experience, has positioned itself as an established player in the construction industry in Norway. Since its foundation in 1959, the company has enjoyed continuous expansion and today employs 350 dedicated employees across the country. The diverse range of services includes construction, decommissioning, concrete, property and recycling.

After two R 974 crawler excavators and an L 580 X-Power wheel loader proved to be reliable Liebherr machines, the customer was looking for another Liebherr machine for this job.

The challenge was to configure a machine with a reach height of up to 22m in order to be able to cut steel beams and pipes.

As the customer already owned a scrap shear, the carrier machine had to be perfectly matched to it. Suitable opening widths and cutting forces played a decisive role here. Together, they developed a customised solution that met the requirements, and the customer ultimately decided on the LH 110 C High Rise Industry Litronic.

Per Inge Gravdal, Machine and Plant Coordinator at Bertelsen & Garpestad, explained, “The Liebherr LH 110 C High Rise Industry was chosen primarily because of its impressive reach height, load capacity, performance and extensive service network – the machine fulfils our demanding requirements perfectly.”

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