by admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Offshore News
A crane bought for £1m as part of a vision to revolutionize the Tyneside shipyards has lain unused and in pieces for more than three years, we can reveal today. The machine was bought in early 2013 by cash-strapped North Tyneside Council , which pledged to use it to...
by admin | Feb 7, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
The new Skyjack SJ1256 TH telehandler is a Tier-IV final compliant machine brings Skyjack’s class-leading load chart performance to the 12,000-lb lifting capacity market and will be available for purchase in the second quarter of 2017. “The SJ1256 TH is based heavily...
by admin | Feb 7, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA continues to expand representation in the North American market by adding Grove River Machinery to its growing dealer network. Grove River will represent the full line of KOBELCO excavators in Southeast Georgia. “The KOBELCO brand...
by admin | Feb 5, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Workforce News
Dallas-Fort Worth has reached new heights in terms of the use of a massive piece of construction equipment that is transforming the landscape. There are more tower cranes in operation in North Texas — 87 — than there are in any other region in the country, according...
by admin | Feb 5, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Hiab, part of Cargotec, will supply 15 electric MOFFETT E4 truck mounted forklifts to Behrens-Wöhlk-Gruppe in Germany. The order has been booked into Cargotec’s 2017 first quarter order intake. The value of this kind of an order is typically around EUR 0.5...
by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Constuction & Business News
December construction spending was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,181.5 billion, down 0.2 percent compared to the revised November estimate of $1,184.4 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce. The December...