by admin | Jun 13, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A man has died after being caught under a Pick and Carry crane in Australia The 35 year old from Plympton suffered fatal injuries. Ambulance and Police crews were called to the construction site and they spent some time with the victim at the scene behind a sheet....
by admin | Jun 12, 2017 | Workforce News
A large number of crane drivers on some of Dublin’s highest-profile building sites were simultaneously unavailable for work last week as a pay dispute in the construction sector worsened. As many as 80 per cent of crane operators on sites in Dublin city did not...
by admin | Jun 9, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
MEXICO CITY, June 9 (Reuters) – Mexican industrial output fell in April compared to March in seasonally adjusted terms, pulled down by a drop in construction and mining production, according to data released by national statistics agency INEGI on Friday. The...
by admin | May 30, 2017 | Workforce News
Burlington, Wisconsin based Scherrer Construction is overseeing work on the library’s two lower floors and plans to wrap up this summer. Oregon-based Gorman & Co. is overseeing work to the upper residential levels of the building, which will become the Alexander...
by admin | May 29, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Workforce News
The Manitowoc factory in Franklin County, PA will officially welcome crawler crane production at 1 p.m. on Wednesday with a flag raising. Manitowoc Co., a leading global maker of construction cranes, consolidated its U.S. manufacturing operations in August by moving...
by admin | May 22, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
In Seattle, Crews are chopping up Bertha’s massive cutter head and hauling the pieces away to be melted down and recycled. The disassembly is employing dozens of workers, in addition to those building the road decks inside the Highway 99 tunnel. Crane operators hoist...
