by admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Constuction & Business News
Turner was recognized by Engineering News-Record as the leading green contractor in the United States, completing more than twice as much green work as the next ranked firm Turner Construction Company is pleased to announce that Engineering News-Record has once again...
by admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos
LOS ANGELES — A new skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles has become the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Construction workers using a Luffing tower crane on Saturday placed a 10-ton spire atop the Wilshire Grand Tower. The spire adds 160 feet to the...
by admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
A Kinser Crane mobile telescopic hydraulic truck crane lifting the first floor of the third Geometry in Construction house into position for Evanston High School students. Under the the four-party agreement to be approved Tuesday, the city and its partner in the NSP...
by admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
MOSSVILLE – Caterpillar announced the closure of a plant in Belgium and now it’s impacting jobs here at home. The company has announced another round of layoffs, in Illinois. Hundreds of employees at two sites in Mossville received notices. Some 300 support and...
by admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
The firm is buying mainly JCB Loadall telescopic handlers and a smaller number of rough terrain forklift trucks as it ramps up its fleet with the most technologically advanced machines on the market. Watling JCB has been chosen to supply 700 machines worth more than...
by admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Grove All Terrain Crane has finally been freed from a muddy quagmire in Singleton Park, Wales. The South Wales Evening Post said, the embedded mobile crane was snared in the sodden ground for 48 hours as it worked to return the park to normal after Noel Gallagher...
by admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Energy News
As industrial owners design vessels and structures that are heavier, taller and in increasingly tighter spaces, the facilitators of their installations—the heavy lifting industry—have learned to adapt and differentiate to remain competitive. This summer, staying lean...
by admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A worker died in a construction accident while disassembling a Hallamore Corp. owned All Terrain Mobile Crane Sunday afternoon in the Longwood medical area of Boston Mass Police were called to the construction site in Longwood around 1 p.m. for a report of an accident...
by admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
STAVANGER, Norway – Rolls-Royce has introduced braided fiber rope offshore cranes for deepwater operations. The cranes, available in lifting ranges up to 400 tons, offer a key advantage over steel wire cranes, in that they retain their full rated capacity down to...
by admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
• 23 cranes from Potain’s special-application, luffing jib, topless and top-slewing ranges combine to offer broad lifting coverage on huge project. • Eight year project right on track as it passes the half way point and enters Phase II. • Xayaburi dam...
