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The crane industry is an essential part of the construction, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. Cranes are used to lift and move heavy materials, equipment, and machinery from one location to another, making them crucial in building tall structures, assembling large objects, and transporting goods across long distances. The industry includes various types of cranes, such as tower cranes, mobile cranes, overhead cranes, and gantry cranes, each designed for specific purposes. The industry is highly regulated, with strict safety guidelines and certification requirements to ensure the safe operation of cranes and the protection of workers and the public.

Akron Children's Hospital Addition Approaches Completion

Akron Children's Hospital is eagerly awaiting the addition to the existing Considine Professional Building by Welty Building Company Ltd. The $82 million, 230,000 sq. ft. addition began in March 2017 and will be completed in the summer of 2018.....
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Scott-Macon Equipment Adds Two More Demag AC 220-5 All Terrain Cranes to Inventory

Scott-Macon Equipment, a Gulf Coast crane sales, rental and service company, is adding a pair of Demag AC 220-5 all terrain cranes to its existing order of an AC 160-5 and AC 220-5. Scott-Macon Equipment's new 245 tons (220 t) capacity class Demag AC 220-5 all terrain cranes have a main boom length of 255.9 ft (78 m) — the longest main boom reach of any 5-axle crane on the market....


Crane Board Names SEI's Mike Becker to PA State Board of Crane Operators

Mike Becker, CCO trainer at Stephenson Equipment's Harrisburg branch, was appointed to the PA Board of Crane Operators in March 2018. The primary purpose of the Board is to assure all crane operators in Pennsylvania are certified and subsequently licensed....


BAR-S Services' ATC-3275 on the Clock for 96 Hours

Cheyenne, Wyo.-based BAR-S Services (BAR-S) took ownership of a new 275-ton (250-t) ATC-3275 all-terrain crane from Link-Belt distributor Strong's Crane Service. In its nearly third decade of operation (founded in 1990), BAR-S specializes in erecting and dismantling oil rigs, supporting the oil and gas industry in northeastern Colorado and Wyoming....


Downtown Winston-Salem's Business 40 Seeing $99 Million Makeover

Winston-Salem, N.C., has been undergoing a major transformation for 25 years. Once known primarily as home to one of the world's largest manufacturers of cigarettes and other tobacco products, this dynamic mid-size city of 243,000 people is now regarded more for being a center of emerging technologies and a home to one of the South's most exciting and diverse arts communities....


OSHA Proposes Rule to Ensure Crane Operators Are Qualified To Safely Operate Equipment

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a proposed rule to increase the safety of America's construction sites. In addition to providing long-term clarity regarding crane operator certification requirements, the proposal reinstates the employer duty to ensure that a crane operator is qualified to safely operate equipment....


Maeda Mini Cranes Appoints ALL Erection & Crane Rental as Its Authorized Dealer

Maeda USA's entire line of Maeda mini cranes will now be available for sale in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ontario Province, Canada, through its partnership with ALL Erection & Crane Rental....


MDOT River Bridge Replacement Continues

The Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) $20.5 million U.S. 2 Escanaba River Bridge Replacement in Wells Township of Delta County, a project awarded to Zenith Tech Inc., is scheduled to be completed in October 2018....


New York State Fairgrounds to Gain New Expo Center

Big things are coming to the New York State Fairgrounds. So big, in fact, that the new expo center being built on the grounds is being touted as “the largest event facility north of New York City and between Boston and Cleveland” by the NYS Fairgrounds website....


New Demag AC 220-5 All Terrain Crane for Concast

Dublin-based Irish company Concast Precast took delivery of a brand new Demag AC 220-5 all terrain crane in March 2018. Terex Cranes Sales Manager Lyle Sibbald and Terex Cranes Service Engineer Anthony Mullin handed over the crane to Bernard Quinn, who is the CFO of the Irish precast concrete construction company....


Contractors Use a Grove to Assemble a Manitowoc on Tough, Uneven Terrain

Mosites Construction & Development Company (Mosites) is working on a $93 million infrastructure project that will add seven new bridges along 4 mi. of highway on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Pittsburgh....




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