- Wed September 11, 2002
Liftech Handling Enters Upstate NY Construction Market With JCB Line
Liftech Handling Inc. has entered into an agreement to become the dealer for JCB Inc., serving the Upstate New York marketplace. Liftech will provide sales, parts, service and rentals for the full line of JCB construction equipment, as well as sales of construction industry allied products....
- Fri September 06, 2002
NC’s Inco Negotiates Tight Space With Its Link-Belt RTC-80100
It is supposed to be a textbook lift. The new 100-ton (91 t) capacity Link-Belt RTC-80100 Series II rough-terrain crane picks a prefabricated condenser unit from a flatbed trailer and raises it to a vertical position....
- Thu September 05, 2002
DC Crane Raises Seven-Story Condo With Link-Belt 218H II
D C Crane Services Inc. of Lake Worth, FL, is utilizing the newest addition to its stable of Link-Belt cranes in the construction of the new seven-story Jupiter Yacht Club Condominiums in Jupiter. The Link-Belt LS-218H II with a new luffing attachment enables D C Crane to reach higher and further, and work in confined spaces....
Craig Mongeau - Fri August 30, 2002
Stronger, Faster 95ZVs Prove Rock-Solid for NY Quarries
When Kawasaki recently unveiled its new 95ZV loader, two central New York aggregate producers were quick to be the first on their block to own one.
W.F. Saunders and Son Inc., of Marcellus, NY, recently purchased a Kawasaki 95ZV from Tracey Road Equipment.
Michael Burt, site superintendent of Saunders, said his company purchased the Kawasaki loaders because of the machine’s “tremendous up-time.”
“We owned our previous Kawasaki 95ZIV for about six years and we experienced no major breakdowns, no serious downtime and tremendous support from Tracey Road....
Tonya Layman - Wed August 21, 2002
Crews Finish Up New $65M Sidney Lanier Bridge
The 43-year-old Sidney Lanier Bridge on U.S. Highway 17 in coastal Brunswick, GA, has seen its share of navigational nightmares. Because of this the U.S. Coast Guard declared the span a navigational hazard, and plans were created and funds were appropriated to replace the bridge.
The current bridge is a lift-span that employs a mechanism that elevates each time shipping traffic flows in or out of the Port of Brunswick....
Pete Sigmund - Thu August 15, 2002
Industry Mobilizes to Rescue PA’s ’Miracle Miners’
Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord!Lord, hear my voice. — Psalm 130When a crane lifted nine coal miners, one by one, in a rescue basket from their dark captivity 240 feet below the earth at the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania on the early Sunday morning of July 28, it was an almost unbelievably happy outcome for time-critical cooperative efforts by hundreds of people from the construction industry as well as other rescuers....
Cynthia W. Wright - Wed August 07, 2002
Crews Transform Broward Airport Into Transit Hub
In the past decade or so, the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been a quick and convenient alternative to the Miami International Airport. Known also as Broward Airport, it has been transformed into a hub of expansion....
- Wed August 07, 2002
Police: Drunken Construction Worker Topples Crane Near Ground Zero
A 35-ton crane fell over near the World Trade Center site on Sunday, July 28 while the operator was drunk, police said.
Crane Operator Noel Brolly suffered a minor hand injury. No one else was injured, officers said....
- Wed July 17, 2002
Grove Selects PA’s Steffy Cranes as Die Cast Model Winner
Grove Worldwide has selected Steffy Cranes Inc., of Ephrata, PA, as the winner of the TM9120 custom color die cast model contest.
Steffy Cranes was selected from more than 20 entries. The prizes for winning included having a limited-edition scale model TM9120 produced in its colors along with receiving 20 of the crane models....
Mary Gelling Merritt - Tue July 16, 2002
Liebherr Tower Crane Oversees Cornell University Project
The new “man” on Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, NY, these days is a 154-ft. (45.7 m) Liebherr 316 EC-H 12 tower-crane.
The crane is playing a commanding role in the construction of a brand new, state-of-the-art, $58.5-million nanotechnology research facility called Duffield Hall....
