by admin | Jun 7, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News
Workers from Scholten Roofing, Inc., used a Ness Cambell Crane & Rigging telescopic boom truck mounted crane to lift roofing supplies to the top of the Historic Lewis County Courthouse on Monday morning in Chehalis, Washington. The Lynden, Wash., roofing company...
by admin | Jun 6, 2017 | Manufacturer News
Manitowoc has appointed Danish partner company UN Mobilkraner to be its exclusive mobile crane distributor in Norway. In addition to providing sales and service support for Manitowoc’s Norwegian customers, the move will enable Manitowoc and UN Mobilkraner to continue...
by admin | Jun 6, 2017 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
a Link-Belt Truck crane owned by Stewart Crane, Inc buckled and hit a power line knocking out power and causing the jib section of the crane to collapse. The crane had fallen overnight and when crews were trying to move it Tuesday morning that’s when it buckled...
by admin | Jun 5, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
The LR 1750 started work at the site in Manchester in July 2016. The 750-tonne crane was used for six months to set up the lower section of the bridge immediately over the river and to assemble the 90-meter bridge arch. The massive steel structure had previously been...
by admin | Jun 2, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Sydney Australia’s Bothar Boring & Tunneling is expanding its operations to the Middle East with the addition of three all terrain cranes: a Demag AC 500-8, a Demag AC 100-4L and a Terex Explorer 5600. After evaluating multiple crane brands and models, Bothar...
by admin | May 31, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News
Slovenian Klančar Cranes (Klančar žerjavi d.o.o.), under the direction of Andrej Klančar, erected two Raimondi MRT186 cranes in Rovinj, Croatia. The jobsite, Hotel Park, requires heavy lifting machinery to facilitate concrete pouring, formwork and rebar positioning,...
by admin | May 31, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
Two Grove all-terrain cranes played a pivotal role in demolishing an abandoned building at a General Motors facility in Michigan. Detroit-based JJ Curran Crane used a GMK6300L and a GMK6400 to assist with one of the demolition’s most difficult tasks: the removal of a...
by admin | May 31, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
A Zoomlion 3200-ton crawler crane lowered down a 340-ton dome on top of the 45 meter high reactor in China. Over 100 sensors are embedded in the crane and can detect tiny details like pressure, load and speed, etc. Then operation parameters can be automatically...
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 30, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
The current Liebherr R 946 LC-V crawler excavator is the largest machine in the Swedish company’s fleet with an operational weight of approx. 50 tons. The six-cylinder diesel engine from Liebherr conforms to the exhaust emissions standards of Stage IIB / Tier 4i...
