- Wed May 01, 2013
OSHA Issues Final Rule to Protect Workers Using Cranes, Derricks
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a final rule that applies the requirements of the August 2010 cranes and derricks in construction standard to demolition work and underground construction on April 23....
- Mon April 15, 2013
Terex AC 500-2 Takes Center Stage at Deep South Crane Rentals Open House
More than 200 people recently attended an open house event organized by Pensacola-Fla.-based Deep South Crane Rentals Inc. (DSC) to mark the arrival of the company’s new 600 ton (544 t) Terex AC 500-2 all terrain crane....
- Mon April 15, 2013
Barnhart Agrees to Purchase Steel City Crane
Barnhart and Steel City Crane of Birmingham, Ala., have reached a definitive agreement under which Barnhart will purchase the assets of Steel City. For more than 50 years, Steel City Crane has offered operated crane service to industrial clients in the southeastern United States with offices in Alabama and Mississippi....
- Thu April 04, 2013
World Premiere: SENNEBOGEN Presents New 673 R-HD Telescopic Crawler Crane
For more than 20 years, SENNEBOGEN telescopic cranes have embodied the optimum combination of flexibility, cost-effectiveness and quality. The new SENNEBOGEN 673 R-HD rounds out the broad product spectrum as the first telescopic crawler crane of the new E-series....
- Wed April 03, 2013
Pinnacle Cranes?Holds Cookout for Crowder Construction in Charlotte
Pinnacle Cranes, a division of Carolina Tractor & Equipment Company, Charlotte, N.C., recently held a cookout at Crowder Construction Company’s offices on Brookshire Blvd. in Charlotte. The Pinnacle team cooked a lunch of hamburgers, hot dogs and sausages for all of the Crowder employees....
- Fri March 22, 2013
Empire Crane’s Zerrillo Sells Loaded Manitex 40124SHL
Empire Crane New England Sales Representative Chester Zerrillo sold a Manitex 40124SHL, 40 ton (36 t) boom truck to Rusty Williams of Rig-All Inc., Frankfort, N.Y. The 425 hp (317 kW) Peterbilt 367 chassis has aluminum Alcoa rims, air tanks and rails....
- Wed March 20, 2013
SANY SCC8300 Crawler Crane Earns Operation Certification
The SANY SCC8300 crawler crane has been certified for operation by the New York City Department of Buildings, a requirement for the crane to operate on any job site in the nation’s largest city. “This achievement opens the New York City market to the SANY SCC8300,” said Kyle Nape, senior vice president of the lifting group at SANY America....
- Mon March 18, 2013
OSHA Schedules Meetings to Discuss Crane Operator Certification Requirements
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled two informal stakeholder meetings to solicit comments on the crane operator certification requirements in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard....
- Mon March 11, 2013
ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Buys 66 Link-Belts
ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has added a total of 66 new Link-Belt cranes to its national fleet. The package deal includes 14 truck cranes, 32 rough terrain cranes and 20 crawler cranes. Of the package and, in particular, the size of the deal, Michael Liptak, president of the ALL Family of Companies, said, “It’s a huge deal, but a regular part of our annual fleet expansion....
- Wed February 27, 2013
ALL Crane Erectors Attend Boom Assembly, Disassembly Training
Fifteen qualified erectors from the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies attended a factory training class focusing on boom assembly and disassembly for Manitowoc crawler crane models 14000 and 16000, which are 220 and 440 ton (199 and 399 t) capacities, respectively....
