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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
NOVEMBER
2016
Leaving this mythical venue, its
home field since 1966, would be
very difficult to understand for the
fans if it wasn’t because the new
stadium will be simply spectacular. Further-
more, the new stadium will have capacity for
approximately 68 000 spectators, 13 000 more
than the Vicente Calderón, and will have more
and better services for the fans, more parking
spaces, etc.
The new stadium, yet without an official
name, is being built since 2011 at the East
of the capital city of Spain,
and has counted on the
assistance of five Linden
Comansa cranes, property
of GRUYMSA and rented to
construction company FCC.
GRUYMSA (Grúas y Maqui-
naria S.A.) is official dealer of
Linden Comansa and one of
the main tower crane rental
companies in Spain.
A previous stadium
which opened in 1994
was the base of the new
venue. It was part of the
Olympic bids that Madrid
made without fortune, and
only had a single but large
stand. Most of this stand
was integrated into the new
project, so the main tasks of
the tower cranes have been
preparing the foundations
and building the new stands
that now completely close
the stadium.
From the five Linden
Comansa cranes installed
by GRUYMSA at the site,
three are model LC2074 and
two are model 21LC290,
all of them with 12 tons of
maximum load capacity.
GRUYMSA began the erection
of the cranes in July 2013,
but due to the proximity of
the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Interna-
tional Airport, the cranes were not able to be
installed with their final height until the arrival
of a special permission from AESA, the Spanish
Aviation Safety and Security Agency. Finally,
GRUYMSA could successfully climb the cranes
to their final heights, being 52,1 metre tall the
smallest, and 69,6 the highest.
Four of the Linden Comansa cranes from
GRUYMSA, as well as other two tower cranes
from FCC’s machinery park that also worked on
the project, have already finished their duties
in the stadium and have just been dismantled.
A Linden Comansa 21LC290 is the only tower
crane that remains now at the venue, but will
be removed in the upcoming weeks. Then, FCC
will begin to build a spectacular roof that will
allow 96% of the Atlético de Madrid fans to
enjoy the games under cover, and that will give
the iconic touch that only the best stadiums of
the world have.
GRUYMSA (Grúas y Maquinaria S.A.) has a
rental fleet of more than 250 Linden Comansa
tower cranes and has been part of some of
Madrid’s most relevant projects, like the Torre
de Cristal tower, the airport’s Terminal 4, the
expansion of the Reina Sofía Museum, the
CRANES
at the new
Atlético
de Madrid
STADIUM
The runner-up of the 2016
UEFA Champions League
Final, Club Atlético de Madrid
of Spain, has planned to
stop playing at the Vicente
Calderón stadium at the end
of the 2016-2017
soccer season.
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refurbishment of the Prado Museum or the
construction of the headquarters of multina-
tionals like Telefónica or BBVA. Its full range of
cranes and services (preliminary studies, tech-
nical consultancy, maintenance tasks, crane
erections, etc.) also allowed GRUYMSA to work
in large projects in other points of the Spanish
geography, like the La Fe Hospital in Valencia
or the Zapateros Dam in Albacete.