Buildings with a historic background like these are of crucial importance to a city like Tallinn. Of course they have to be constantly looked after and refurbished to retain the structures in the long term. The time-honoured churches are currently hidden behind scaffolding – the roof refurbishment of St Mary’s cathedral and a complex façade refurbishment on St Nicholas Church are in full swing. The new viewing platform and the lavishly refurbished interior of St Nicholas Church will certainly be a new highlight for visitors and tourists. The comprehensive work is carried out primarily by Tarrest LT OÜ in collaboration with Meisel Ehitus OÜ (on St Nicholas Church) and OMA Katused OÜ (on St Mary’s cathedral). These experienced and competent partners ensure a smooth and rapid progress of the refurbishment work.

Not only workers, but also all materials have to be transported up to a height of 65 m for the roof and façade refurbishment work. The transport platforms from GEDA are the strong partner for heavy loads and efficient working in the rough environment of construction sites. Whether new buildings or refurbishment projects – the unique quality and durability of original GEDA transport platforms are rated highly at construction sites worldwide. The many different platform versions with load capacities up to 3,700 kg allow for optimum and flexible use in virtually any construction project. The convenient modular construction provides for many different combination options. The B platforms with a size of 1.45 x 3.30 metres and a load capacity of 1,500 kg are used at the Estonian construction sites. These spacious platforms offer plenty of space for all types of construction materials, steel elements, construction waste, etc. Equipped with two separate control units, the devices can be used as a construction hoist for transporting only materials, but are also approved for transporting passengers. Despite the high load capacities, the proven mast system of the GEDA 1500 Z/ZP ensures stable and smooth running up to a height of 100 meters. With 12 m/min in passenger mode and 24 m/min in material mode, this transport platform guarantees rapid construction progress while ensuring optimum logistics at the construction site for installation of the scaffolding and for all subsequent work. For decades, GEDA has been setting standards in terms of both quality and safety. The GEDA 1500 Z/ZP transport platform, for example, is of course equipped with the usual safety equipment such as limit switches, speed-dependent safety gear, safety stop and overload protection. A wide range of hot-dip galvanized landing level safety gates provide for safe transfer between the platform and the respective landing level.

The automatic lubrication device, which ensures significantly lower wear on the gear rack and pinion, is included with the GEDA 1500 Z/ZP transport platform as a standard.