by admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Constuction & Business News
The island wants $5 million to compensate for damages The Trust for Governors Island is suing Turner Construction and one of the company’s subcontractors for more than $5 million for their allegedly less-than-stellar work on the island’s seawalls and bridges, DNAInfo...
by admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is investigating the accident that led to the death of a 38-year-old construction worker at the site of the Highway 169 Nine Mile Creek project in Minnetonka. David Earl Hyde, of Fulton, Missouri, was struck Monday...
by admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
Lighter, longer, stronger. This was the mantra as Grove developed the TMS9000-2, its next-generation truck crane, which has just been unveiled. Check a video of the new Grove TMS9000-2 hydraulic truck crane. The new 100 t (115 USt) capacity truck crane features a...
by admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
The Reno County Commission on Tuesday approved Public Works Department declaring three pieces of heavy equipment as surplus in order to sell them, and then buying a used $390,000 Terex American HC 80 crawler crane for bridge building. The commission authorized Public...
by admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A portion of the Pineda Causeway overpass near Interstate 95 in Florida reopened after a 3 axle Boom Crane truck crane owned by Beyel Brothers tipped over was uprighted and moved by a Link-Belt 100-ton HTC-86100 One person – a worker standing on the back of the...
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
Kerr Crane Service of Timmins, Ontario, Canada, recently expanded its crane fleet with the addition of a new Demag AC 250-6 all terrain crane. With a 262 ft main boom and impressive load chart, the Demag AC 250-6 crane is the most compact 6-axle crane, which will give...
by admin | Feb 19, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
“Sky” is a new, architecturally stunning high-rise tower that is being built in the German town of Bietigheim-Bissingen. Sky tower is being constructed on a 3,300 m2site that once held a freight depot. When complete, it will rise 18 stories (approximately 220 ft),...
by admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
A “major milestone” was reached this week in the Northern Line Extension project when Amy and Helen, two giant tunnel boring machines, were lowered 20 metres below ground in the UK. A Liebherr LR 1750 750-tonne crane rented from Weldex was needed to lower...
by admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
Construction company are dealing with a major labor shortage, it seems everywhere you look, another apartment building or hotel is going up, and the demand for workers is skyrocketing. “The volume of work has picked up for everybody. We have people calling us about...
by admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
The Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 is suitable for universal use with an extensive range of boom systems. Its load capacities can be increased even further with its Y boom guying and is a now available for rent from Sims Crane &...
