O.rentals, the rental and leasing arm of Al Shirawi Enterprises, has taken delivery of its first Bauer MC 96 duty-cycle crawler crane for dynamic compaction projects. The Bauer MC 96 joins O.rentals’ growing rental fleet of crawler cranes making their mark across the world.
With its base in the UAE, O.rentals boasts a global clientele that spans across Asia, Africa and North America. In addition to various land reclamation projects across the GCC, O.rentals has supported ground improvement projects as far as Mozambique, Turkmenistan, Singapore and Mexico.
Thani Al Shirawi, CEO of O.rentals and vice chairman and group deputy managing director of the Al Shirawi Group, says: “Our customers require dependable ground improvement services anywhere in the world, across even the most remote locations. This creates logistical and operational challenges that they rely on O.rentals to overcome. We offer maximum uptime through our skilled team of engineers and expert operators. Depending on intricate project requirements, O.rentals offers an on-site team of repair engineers anywhere in the world to carry out maintenance and repairs for the duration of the job. We ensure spare part availability globally through our reliable relations with OEMs and safeguarding customers and projects with minimum downtime. With the combination of our reliable ground improvement services and Bauer’s dependable MC 96 crane, we will be able to serve more rental customers anywhere in the world.”
Christian Gress, member of the board, Bauer Maschinen, comments: “Our duty-cycle cranes are synonymous with reliability and productivity, and our partnership with O.rentals will help extend this promise to more rental customers worldwide. This partnership has been in development for a while, and we are glad to have met the highest standards demanded by O.rentals for ground improvement projects.”
Hermann Schrattenthaler, executive director–Middle East & Africa, Bauer Maschinen, adds: “Bauer’s traditional core competency in specialist foundation engineering has been expanded to encompass three distinct business segments: construction, equipment, and resources. Machinery and equipment made by Bauer has been a byword for top performance and quality as well as for continuous innovation.”
The Bauer MC 96 is powered by the Cat C18 diesel engine providing 570KW of power. For dynamic compaction, the maximum drop weights (pounders) and maximum drop heights of the MC 96 are 30t 30m, respectively. Depending on the rig and winch size of the Bauer MC 96, different configurations of drop heights and pounder weights are possible. Other features of the MC 96 include fully automatic control of winch function during working cycle, option of single-rope mode or double-rope mode, settings of several working cycles and/or compaction result criteria, and automatic shut-off in case of exceeding the tip load.
KC Pingle, divisional head of crane rentals, O.rentals, comments: “Bauer is a reliable and trusted name in the foundation equipment sector. They have an expanding after-sales network and a substantial local presence. All these factors gave us the confidence to deal with Bauer as we look to further strengthen our fleet. Our 100% success rate for completing jobs on schedule is something we take seriously, and we are now pleased that we will continue to provide this with the latest purchase of the Bauer MC 96 crane.”
O.rentals procured the MC 96 through Bauer Equipment Gulf, a subsidiary of Bauer Maschinen GmbH in the UAE which caters to all the GCC markets and Iraq.
Shahram Houssmandfard, managing director, Bauer Equipment Gulf, says: “Bauer Equipment Gulf has a strong presence in the Middle East with more than 110 customers that have purchased over 500 rigs along with more than 150 other Bauer products. Bauer equipment has been used in nearly all large projects in the region for more than a decade, such as Mall of the Emirates, Burj Khalifa and The Palm. Our partnership with O.rentals will expand the availability of the MC 96 in the global rental market, and thus, its presence on many prominent ground improvement projects worldwide.”
