- Thu November 23, 2006
N.Y.’s Clark Rigging and Rental Acquires Webster Crane Service
Lockport, N.Y.-based Clark Rigging and Rental Corp. recently acquired the assets of Webster Crane Service from its parent company, Boulter Industrial Contractors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
- Wed November 22, 2006
Latest MCG Crane Offers Mobile Lifting Technology
Manitowoc Crane Group’s Grove GTK1100 includes a wheeled mobile carrier with a vertical telescopic mast and a luffing telescopic boom at its top. The crane’s design offers numerous benefits to those working on wind farms, refineries, power plants, petrochemical facilities or anywhere space is at a premium....
- Mon November 20, 2006
National Crane’s 1300H Features ’Easy Reach’ Console
National Crane added a new series to its line of boom trucks. The Series 1300H is a 30-ton (27 t) capacity, stand-up control crane. It is the largest capacity National Crane that can be mounted on a three-axle truck, while maintaining an overall vehicle length of under 40 ft....
David S. Chartock - Thu November 16, 2006
Tully-Pegno Leads Flushing River Crossing
The project team of the $178 million “Replacement of the Northbound Whitestone Expressway/Flushing River Bridge Replacement Project” faces numerous challenges, according to John Elias, the engineer-in-charge of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Region 11, Long Island City, N.Y....
Jerry Harkavy - Fri November 10, 2006
Strong Gusts Topple Crane Into Three Houses in Portland Neighborhood
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine officials were assessing damages Oct. 30 in the aftermath of a wild, weekend storm that brought gusty winds that toppled a 165-ft. crane in one of Portland’s most populous neighborhoods and triggering additional power outages around the state....
- Fri October 27, 2006
North Atlantic Machinery Named Terex Finlay Dealer for Four New England States
North Atlantic Machinery, headquartered in Gorham, Maine, is now the dealer for all Terex Finlay products in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. North Atlantic Machinery handles the full line of Terex Finlay equipment, including screening plants, wash plants, trommels, impact crusher plants, jaw crusher plants, conveyors and related equipment....
- Fri October 13, 2006
Nowak, Towne Join Sales Staff at Vantage Equipment
Vantage Equipment, an authorized distributor for Volvo, Gradall, Hypac/Bomag, Dynapac Pavers, and BTI Hydraulic Breakers, has announced the following personnel additions. John Nowak joined Vantage Equipment as eastern region field sales manager in its Albany, NY, branch....
- Fri September 29, 2006
Peaks USA Picks Potain Igo 50 for Packed Housing Project
Wood frame contractor, Kevin O’Rourke, owner of Peaks USA, is using a Potain Igo 50 self-erecting crane on a space-constrained job in Cambridge, MA. Richdale Place is a 38,000 sq. ft. (3,530 sq m) multi-unit residential building with a parking structure as its foundation....
Maybelle G. Cagle - Mon September 25, 2006
Contractors Flock to Audubon Bridge
For at least five decades, the only way to cross the Mississippi River between New Roads and St. Francisville, LA, has been a state operated ferry system. That will change in 2010 when Louisiana’s new $348-million John James Audubon Bridge is completed to link the two historic districts....
- Thu September 21, 2006
PA Firm Continues 30-Year Hunt for ’Buried Treasure’
Dave Popple often equates his business, Pioneer Aggregates Inc., with digging for buried treasure. For more than 30 years he’s continued the hunt, always searching for better ways to get the unique materials his company mines and quarries to customers in several parts of the United States....
