- Tue December 18, 2007
Bisso Marine Crew Fishes for Crawler Crane at Bottom of Atchafalaya River
Bisso Marine recently mobilized a salvage team, the salvage support barge C/B Big Eagle and the 700 ton (635 t) capacity D/B Cappy Bisso to salvage a crawler crane which had fallen into the Atchafalaya River in Berwick, La....
- Fri December 14, 2007
John Deere Adds Three New Engines for Gen-Set Market
John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has added three new engines for use in gen-set applications. The PowerTech E 9.0 L and PowerTech 9.0 L and 13.5 L engines offer gen-set customers more powerful, cost-effective solutions....
- Mon December 03, 2007
Link-Belt Unveils HTC-8675 Series II Telescopic Truck Crane
Link-Belt has introduced the 75-ton (70 t) telescopic truck crane — the HTC-8675 Series II. Originally introduced in 1996, the HTC-8675 established new performance standards for North American truck cranes and, with outstanding features and performance, captured the lion’s share of the market for more than a decade, according to the manufacturer....
- Wed November 28, 2007
Manitowoc Crane Expands Pa. Manufacturing Facility
The Manitowoc Crane Group (MCG) has begun a multimillion-dollar expansion and renovation project on its manufacturing facility in Shady Grove, Pa. The Shady Grove manufacturing plant is comprised of 11 manufacturing buildings located on a 305-acre campus....
- Wed November 21, 2007
MMIC Hits Ground Running With Model 14000 in Ohio
One of the first Model 14000 crawler cranes in the field was put to work on a power plant in eastern Ohio. The crane, which is one of several ordered by rental giant ALL Erection and Crane Rental Corp., was used to erect a number of components for a new conveyor system....
Lori Lovely - Mon November 19, 2007
Tollway Links Future to Ecological Heritage
The 12.5-mi. (20 km) six-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80 opened to bicycle traffic on Veteran’s Day Nov....
- Sun October 28, 2007
Two New Skid Steers Designed to Save Time, Money
Two new additions to the John Deere skid steer family — the 313 and 315 — are compact and maneuverable, yet powerful with rated operating capacities of 1,300 and 1,500 lbs. (590 and 680 kg)....
Dorinda Anderson - Mon October 22, 2007
NDDOT Replaces 85-Year-Old Bridge
“When the Liberty Memorial Bridge was first built in 1922 it was the only crossing over the Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, to Great Falls, Mont., a 500-mile distance in either direction. The Memorial Bridge was also needed as an arterial route between Bismarck on the east side of the Missouri River and Mandan on the west side of the river, in central North Dakota,” explained Mike Kopp, on-site engineer of the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT)....
Rebecca Ragain - Tue October 16, 2007
Las Vegas’ U.S. 95 Project Hits Final Phase
Drivers commuting from northwestern Las Vegas Valley to the city's downtown area are no doubt relieved that the final phases of an eight-year highway improvement project are nearly complete. Started in 2000, the U.S....
Matthew Willett - Tue September 25, 2007
InfraSource Adding Extra ’Swank’ to Buckhead
It’s a project that will define the area. The first — and sometimes only — impression that visitors take is not a bridge or a building, but a streetscape. On Peachtree Road in Atlanta’s ever-swankier Buckhead district, the streetscape will be like no other in the world....
