The building will be Asia’s largest hub for content creators and is being developed by property developer MQDC.

Thai contractor Thai Obayashi has 11 Potain tower cranes working on Cloud 11, a mixed-use building project in Bangkok. The building will be Asia's largest hub for content creators and is being developed by property developer MQDC.

The large-scale, mixed-use project has already garnered four international design awards and will be home to Thailand's first YOTEL hotel.

Thai Obayashi purchased two new cranes for the project, both MCR 295 H25 luffing jib cranes. These are configured with 197 ft. jib lengths and can lift a maximum of 27.5 tons. The remaining nine cranes were rented from Thai Potain dealer SB Siam. Work on the project is scheduled to continue until the end of 2024.

The rented cranes are a mix of MCH 125 and MCH 175 topless hydraulic luffing jib tower cranes as well as four other luffing jib tower cranes. Each crane was selected to match the constraints of the congested job site and provide productive lifting support across the whole development.

"We are pleased to have this large collection of Potain cranes leading the lifting work on a major new development in Bangkok. And we're excited about our acquisition of the two MCR 295 H25 cranes. Their impressive capacity, ease of assembly and adaptability make them the perfect choice for this complex project, and future ones. We are confident in all the cranes' ability to drive this project to a timely and successful completion," said Noppadol Khomthaworn, senior chief of the civil engineering construction department at Thai Obayashi.

The Potain MCR 295 offers strong load charts and rapid setup capabilities. The crane is available in two versions — H16 and H25 — with maximum capacities of 17.6 tons and 27.5 tons respectively. There also is a 22 ton capacity MCR 295 A.

Maximum jib length for each version is 197 ft. and the Potain MCR 295 H25 can lift 2.7 tons at its tip.

Thai Obayashi was founded in 1974 and is a subsidiary of the major global Japanese contracting giant Obayashi Corporation. Its projects in Thailand include factories for global brands such as Toyota, Canon and Isuzu and notable Bangkok landmarks such as the KingBridge Tower and the One Bangkok O2 building.

Bangkok-based SB Siam is the exclusive dealer of Potain in Thailand and offers full sales and support across the country as well as operating its own rental fleet.

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This story also appears on Crane Equipment Guide.

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