by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Manufacturer News
A midyear report from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) shows that global sales of U.S.-made construction equipment continue to drop, despite overall growth in the global construction market. Business Monitor International predicts that the global...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
In July, Konecranes received an order for 12 RTGs from the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. The cranes will be delivered to SCPA’s Wando Welch terminal in the Port of Charleston in early fall 2017. When the 12 new RTGs are...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
TRIBECA, Manhattan (WABC) –The crane accident earlier this year that killed a passerby and seriously injured two others in Lower Manhattan was caused by operator error, Eyewitness News Investigators have exclusively learned. It was the worst crane accident in...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
The CM1600 Series is formed by four brand new models and two more to come in the following months Tower crane manufacturer Comansa CM, part of the Linden Comansa Group, proudly announced the launch of a new series of flat-top tower cranes. Four new models with maximum...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News
The construction boom fall out from 2008 is still being felt by residents of Puerto del Rosario in the eastern part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. For 9 years a tower crane sits abandoned by the construction contractor who went bankrupt during...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
JLG has received OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR Site certification. JLG is the first company in the access industry to achieve this recognition from OSHA, and both facilities are the first in Cumberland and Bedford Counties to be named Safety Through...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
Ainscough Crane Hire has appointed a new CEO this week, crowning Janet Entwistle as their newest board member. With this new hire coming off of the back of Robin Richardson’s decision to step down Entwistle promises to shake things up, excited to take on this new...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Constuction & Business News
‘Allowing visitors onto construction sites without addressing health and safety issues created risks for all parties present’ – Occupational Health and Safety Authority. Visits to construction sites should not be allowed unless all arrangements are in place to ensure...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News
The Obama administration took the drastic step Friday of temporarily blocking work on a North Dakota pipeline after violent clashes between protesters and security guards, overruling a federal judge’s order allowing work to proceed. Winter construction plan developed...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) will for the first time deliver a Terex Quaymate M50 mobile harbour crane to Latin America. The Uruguayan port operator Somasol S.A. (Somasol) has ordered the machine for the terminal in Fray Bentos. The machine will be manufactured and...
