
Large Glass Installation and Safety Emergency
Large Glass Installation on a Busy Street: Disaster Prevented
What was the challenge?
A local building management company needed to replace several broken glass units on the fourth floor of a beautiful glass-walled building located on a busy street in New York City.
The client’s declared oversized glass panels had various dimensions, with the largest ones up to 9 x 12 feet and weighing 500-600 lbs. Typically, installation of these panels would have required a crane and a man lift or a crane and scaffolding.
The building management hired a glass installation company that did not have adequate equipment to safely lift and install these oversized panels. Therefore, the glass company engaged Alpha Platforms for an all-inclusive height access service to assist with the project.
What was the solution?

What was the outcome?
Following the incident and discovery of undeclared information, Alpha Platforms dispatched a larger lift, its A-175, a 175-foot lift with a heavy cage capacity of 1,540 lbs. Despite the emergency, Alpha team completed the job safely and on time. Thanks to the robust and smart German aerial lift, we were able to avoid a potential disaster.
In addition, they saved money as the alternative options, such as scaffolding or a crane, would have doubled or tripled their cost.

- 12-foot extra large cage
- 1,322 lbs lifting capacity for crew, equipment, and materials
- Side reach up to 130 feet
- Jib length 31’6’’
- Parking in tight spaces 8’6’’ wide
- Cage rotation 2 x 80°
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Customer Testimonials
from Case Studies
We wanted to give it a try and see what this boom truck could do. We loved the idea of a wide basket that could reach up to 30 feet and get to the brick wall over the roof. The main reason we loved the truck was how it maneuvered the boom to lower the bricks inside a dumpster, which was located behind the truck. It saved us at least one extra day of work. It all went great.
The project was performed successfully, and we were really glad to have contactless means of reaching the building, as we all know that pipe scaffold might damage the structure, in this case, very very sensitive.
Alpha has the most efficient and leanest site setup time I’ve ever seen. My brother, who is the top climber of our group, first struggled to understand how this cage could go around the tower better than the crane - and when it did the whole 360°, he became a believer. Also, each laborer said how incredibly safe they felt - very different from the small crane basket. We were able to secure and push back the panels in place without the basket ever moving.
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