by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
The reconstruction of the Circle Interchange (I-90/94 at I-290) in downtown Chicago — renamed the Jane Byrne Interchange after the former mayor of Chicago who passed away in 2014, has reached the midway point. The Ramp NW Flyover project includes a new flyover ramp to...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment Rental News, Workforce News
It’s often the disappearance of the familiar that makes us notice the city around us. We walk the same streets every day, no longer really noticing the buildings that define them. Then a hole appears, an open wound in the urban tissue. New views are revealed, naked...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has announced the introduction of a range of Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) forklifts that will begin arriving in August this year. Toyota’s range of BT-branded AGV forklifts contain its unique Autopilot technology that...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has secured an order for nine diesel-electric straddle carriers from the leading European port and transport logistics group Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA). The order was booked in Cargotec’s 2016 first quarter order intake,...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
As 60,000 pounds of steel and fiber-reinforced polymer was slowly nudged toward the deep purple support posts, the small crowd of onlookers chattered excitedly. The long-awaited “canopy-walk” bridge spanning the Mattapan trolley tracks was finally in place, the latest...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
The cranes, which can lift 660 tons and have a boom length of 250 feet, will help crews lift and place bridge deck segments at piers in the middle of the river and on the Wisconsin bluff. The cranes will supplement the work being done by segment lifters. “It means we...
