Construction companies, civil engineers as well as operators of transport or mobile cranes form a central client segment at HighStep Systems AG. The HighStep System will meet today's as well as tomorrow's requirements put on a climbing system by operators of cranes.

Cranes are equipped with ladders to enable crane drivers to reach their cabins at lofty heights. What reasons could there be for retrofitting a crane with a new climbing system? What needs would be fulfilled? The following requirements have to be taken into account:

• Greater climbing safety in all weather.
• Greater security against misuse on construction sites
• Time saved on the climb to the driver's cabin
• At least an option of ascending by lift instead of climbing manually
• A new climbing system has to be quick to install
• There must not be any structural modifications required to the crane
• The solution must be able to run equally well inside and outside the tower
• It must adjust to tapering of the tower
• It must not cause any wind or load-related swaying
• The climbing solution must run from the ground to the cabin, even on gantry cranes