by admin | Aug 22, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
The availability of a 10-ton front axle rating on a 44 tonne Gross Combination Weight (GCW) 6×4 tractor unit clinched the deal that saw Manchester based Norton’s Hiab Services put the 30-year old firm’s first ever Volvo truck, an FH-540, into service. Norton’s Hiab...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Offshore News
1, 700 tonne heavy lift on the Dudgeon bank. See Oleg Strashnov heavy lift vessel install the substation for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm off Norfolk, UK. The substation will gather and transform the energy produced by the 67 turbines. Once completed the wind farm...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
A Franger Kran mobile All Terrain crane erects a Stirnimann Potain Tower crane for Schmid Group Project in...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Mining News, Workforce News
PEORIA – Caterpillar officials say they plan on relocating the manufacture of several large mining truck components from its Winston-Salem, North Carolina facility to the Decatur, Illinois facility. Caterpillar asks for relief on jobs requirement in North...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
With the new RK 36/2400, the Böcker Maschinenwerke GmbH has launched a crane that always keeps its feet on the ground even on soft soils. The new compact crawler chassis ensures a safe traction, an optimal load distribution on the floor and it guarantees a great...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
The real estate and construction sector in India is expected to be the third largest globally by 2030, contributing over 15 per cent to the country’s GDP, a joint report by KPMG and real estate body NAREDCO has said. “The sector is expected to become the largest...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Manufacturer News
The new Kubota KX101-3α4 Hi-Spec and U27-4 Hi-Spec machines were exhibited in the UK for the first time at Hillhead. The company has also launched a new conventional KX101-3α4, which replaces the existing KX101-3α3 model. The two new Hi-Spec versions of the KX101-3α4...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News
There is a clear upward trend – wind turbines both on and offshore have been getting increasingly bigger for a number of years now. In this respect, Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH (EEW) has produced the world’s largest monopile with a...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
With 24 axle SPMT (Self-Propelled Modular Transporter) axle lines, Trasportes y Gruas Aguado, Spain, expanded its existing fleet of vehicles in mid-2016. Since this time, the vehicles from SCHEUERLE (TII Group) have been permanently in use – most recently...
by admin | Aug 18, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
A total of six Raimondi tower cranes are to be erected on one of Dublin’s most ambitious jobsites to date. Capital Dock by Kennedy Wilson, one of the largest commercial projects awarded in Ireland in recent history, is situated in Dublin’s Docklands business district....
