Sarens entered US Heavy lift and heavy haul space in 2009 by acquiring Rigging International, a company based in California. We officialy changed the name to Sarens USA, INC. in 2012.
Sarens USA, INC has offices in Houston from where we cover the Gulf area, in Wisconsin from where we cover the Midwest, and in Rowesville from where we cover the East coast.
We provide Engineered Heavy Lifting Services
Heavy Lifting
Heavy Transport Services
Decomissioning and Dismantling Services
Rental Services
SARENS IN THE USA
10855 John Ralston Rd
Houston, Texas 77044
+ 1 832 536 3669
+ 1 832 615 2678
info.USA@sarens.com
SARENS IN THE USA
9204-A Highway 61
Sorrento, Louisiana 70778
+ 1 225 450 7027info.USA@sarens.com
SARENS IN THE USA
15095 W 42nd St.
Odessa, TX 79764
832-493-5741info.USA@sarens.com
Sarens USA – East
75 N. Haddon Ave Suite 101
Haddonfield, NJ, 08033
+1 856 503 2121
Paul.Fuerneisen@Sarens.com
SARENS USA OFFSHORE WIND DIVISION
75 N. Haddon Ave Suite 101
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
856-873-0473
Paul.Fuerneisen@Sarens.com
SARENS NUCLEAR & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
1430 South Goodland Road
Hartford, WI 53027
+ 1 414 299 0858
nuclear@sarens.com
Sarens is accelerating the world’s energy transition, and as part of that work we have been installing wind turbines across the globe. On a recent project for client Vestas, on behalf of owner Besix, Sarens was entrusted with assembling a wind turbine in Bilzen, Belgium.
Sarens’ team of four – a crane operator, auxiliary crane operator, SL supervisor, and site manager – increased to six during assembly, disassembly, and reconfiguration. Together, they worked from January through March to first unload and assemble the tower parts and then assemble the wind turbine.
For this project, Sarnens used a CC3800 crane in two configurations: LSL15 and LSL+LF14. The first configuration was used to offload, mount, and install the three lower tower sections. The crew then reconfigured the crane into LSL+LF14 configuration to lift the top turbine parts and blades.
Before installing the wind turbine itself, Sarens assisted with unloading and assembling the tower parts, the heaviest of which weighed 118 tonnes. In total, the crew performed 12 lifts, eight of which were with superlift. The crane had to slew and crawl for most of the lifts, but the crew had the advantage of working on a mostly open job site. The team only had to pay attention to two production plants that needed to remain accessible during the project.
For this project, all equipment was transported to the site via truck. However, due to the outsized measures of some parts, the trucks needed to follow a specific route that was three times longer than regular transport would have been. Assembling the crane in the first configuration took three days, and then another day to reconfigure it into the second configuration.
While the team experienced some challenges, including blade delivery delays, necessary crane programming updates, and two weeks of weather delays, the team rallied to lift the wind turbine into place and successfully complete the project.
“Thanks to the support of colleagues on-site as well as in the office, and good cooperation with the client, we managed to reach a good result,” said project manager Matthias Raeyen.