In preparation for line electrification, Balfour Beatty carried out permanent way works to re-align the track and update the points for high-speed trains. TRS supplied the road-rail excavators for digging and ballasting the track.

As the project progressed we were then contracted to provide full POS services for the electrification work. We employed our Doosan 270 Long Reach machines to lift the electrification infrastructure into place. Realising the need to increase lift capacity, we worked with our equipment manufacturer, GOS Engineering Services, to adapt the Long Reach by adding stabilisers to improve stability and increase hydraulic capacity, resulting in a 25% increase in lift capacity.

As the project continued to grow and new lifting challenges arose, our team continued to evolve our machines, developing heavier portal booms and anchors until the evolution of the Ultimate 270 Teleboom Crane.

With the bridge between RRV excavator cranes and Kiroff cranes being such a leap, the Ultimate 270 Teleboom Crane met the need for a smaller, faster, cheaper and more efficient model, ideal for electrification projects.