by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
ILWACO, WA — Jetty A, is a strip of rocks that is part of the system that has reshaped the flow of the Columbia River for more than a century, enabling ocean-going vessels to pass and billions of dollars in economic activity in the region to occur. Each boulder that...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
JERSEY CITY – Authorities say a worker at a Jersey City rail and shipping facility was killed when a container crushed the machine he was operating. The man died around 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Norfolk Southern facility. Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
Orlando-based DRMP, Inc., a multidiscipline engineering firm, has garnered national attention for a Design-Build project that also made history with the unprecedented installation of the longest single-piece concrete beams ever fabricated and installed, not just in...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The president of the West Virginia chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors says there are a lot of things working together to produce a falling unemployment rate for those who work construction jobs. Bryan Hoylman was a guest Monday on...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos
To commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal Expansion, EarthCam released this 4K construction time-lapse movie, showcasing progress from March 2011 to June 2016. Progress was documented for this historic transportation channel by EarthCam’s robotic time-lapse...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Link-Belt mobile crane being used to take down a cell phone tower tipped over Monday morning, taking the tower with it. According to Geoff McFarland with Grassroots Books on Grove Street in Reno, the flipped about 9AM August 15, 2016 in the store’s parking lot...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Manufacturer News, Mining News
Manitowoc organized a luncheon with its Peruvian dealer and service center SSK to discuss upcoming opportunities and trends that are shaping the crane and lifting industry in the country. Approximately 45 companies were represented at the occasion, held in Lima....
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Equipment supplier Palfinger Marine says it has terminated its offer to buy Norwegian cargo handling equipment company TTS because insufficient TTS shareholders had accepted its offer by the deadline of 12 August, even though the TTS board of directors had recommended...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News, Workforce News
A consortium of Spanish and Korean contractors will build a new £650m biomass plant in Teesside after the project secured financing. Construction News reports, the joint venture between Spain-based Tecnicas Reunidas and Korean firm Samsung Construction & Trading...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) is supplying a diesel-electric Terex Gottwald Model 2 mobile harbour crane in the G HMK 2304 two-rope variant and a Terex Stackace E 6-8 empty container handler to the Belgian river port of Liège. The two cargo-handling machines will start...
