by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
ALE Heavy Lift has used the revolutionary Mega Jack system for the first time in Europe as part of the Albert Kanaal Project in Belgium. The Mega Jack system, engineered to push structures of staggering weights and sizes, was utilised to jack-up the main bridge of a...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Workforce News
DECATUR – Caterpillar Inc. confirmed Monday that new layoffs have been occurring at its factory operations in Decatur. As is usual company policy, Peoria-based Caterpillar would not confirm the number or types of workers involved, or say when the latest round of job...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News
Johor Bahru, Malaysia – Mammoet helped PETRONAS mark another milestone as their propylene fractionator, one of the components for their Pengerang Integrated Complex, measuring 121.3 meters and weighing 1,808.6 tons, was recognized by the Malaysia Book of Record as the...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News
Mammoet transported the world’s longest wind turbine blade from LM Wind Power’s pilot plant in Lunderskov to the Blaest Test Center in Aalborg. Being the longest blade in the world, no transport equipment has been previously planned for such scale, so LM Wind Power...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Ports & Terminals
A joint venture made up of VINCI Construction subsidiaries VINCI Construction Grands Projets and EMCC and the Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul has won the $147 million (about €130 million) contract to extend the port of Kingston, Jamaica. Leading worldwide shipping...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
The Texas constitutional amendment Proposition 7 that was passed in November 2015 to dedicate more funding toward the State Highway Fund will hopefully impact Victoria’s Caterpillar plant production, Art Strother said. “If you want to, thank people in...
