The runner-up of the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final, Club Atlético de Madrid of Spain, will stop playing at the “Vicente Calderón” stadium at the end of the 2016-2017 football season (soccer). The new stadium will have capacity for approximately 68,000 spectators, 13,000 more than the “Vicente Calderón”.
The new stadium has counted on the assistance of five Linden Comansa cranes, property of GRUYMSA and rented to construction company FCC. GRUYMSA (Grúas y Maquinaria S.A.) is official dealer of Linden Comansa and one of the main tower crane rental companies in Spain.
Of the five Linden Comansa cranes installed by GRUYMSA at the site, three are model LC 2074 and two are model 21 LC 290, and all of them have a 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 International 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.
Currently, a Linden Comansa 21 LC 290 is the only tower crane that remains and 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.
