The small & tall

When contractors were called in to
install data and fibre optic cabling at
the NEC in Birmingham they hired
powered access machines from AFIUplift
to give them the height and
manoeuvrability required to reach the
roofs of the vast exhibition halls.

Over six months, Freedom
Communications hired a wide range
of AFI machines, from the 3.63m
working height Pop-Up push around
vertical through to the Genie GS5390
scissor lift, which has a working
height of 18.20m.

Kevin Maitland, Freedom
Communications cabling
infrastructure manager, said: “The
smaller AFI machines such as the
Pop-Up were ideal for working in the
corridors and offices. We
predominantly used Skyjack SJ9250
scissor lifts in the exhibition halls,
apart from Hall 5 where Genie
GS5390 scissor lifts were required to
give us an extra metre of reach. AFI
was able to provide us with the right
machine to meet every aspect of our
contract.”