- Thu February 07, 2002
CONMACO-RECTOR’s Cranes Boost D/FW Airport Project
Amidst heightened security, contractors are working on a massive project to move people safely and efficiently at one of the world’s busiest airports.
At the D/FW International Airport in Irving, TX, the Automated People Mover Guideway (APM) is being described as a “state of the art” system for transporting passengers between terminals.
The new APM is part of DFW’s $2.6-billion capital development program.
Hensel Phelps Construction Co., a Colorado firm with a Dallas office, is construction manager for the APM project....
- Wed January 30, 2002
Grove GMK5100 Meets Needs of Siberian Fuel Industry
It might get very cold in the United States, but in Surgut, one of the remotest parts of Siberia, temperatures can drop to minus 40F (minus 4.4C) in the winter although summer highs are more moderate, about 86-degrees F (30 C)....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed January 30, 2002
Enduring Crane Companies Celebrate Delivery of New Manitowoc 777 Unit
Three companies with histories reaching back 75 years recently came together in Washington, D.C., when L.B. Smith Inc./Equipco delivered a new 777 Manitowoc lattice boom truck crane to Crane Service Company Inc....
Beverly B. Nichols - Wed January 23, 2002
Wallace, DOT Replace Two U.S. 90 Bridges in Alabama
Replacing bridges on a hilly, congested area in Spanish Fort, AL, is not a daunting task to the prime contractors, Wallace Construction Company Inc. of Columbia, MS. That’s the firm that is building the new U.S....
- Wed January 23, 2002
Ringhaver Equipment Crane Division Appoints New Branch Manager
Ringhaver Equipment Co. Vice President and General Manager Dallas Johnson has announced the appointment of Mike Davis to the position of branch manager of Southeastern Crane’s Charlotte, NC, facility.
In addition to extensive crane sales experience, Davis brings the advantage of familiarity with the southeast sales territory....
- Sat January 19, 2002
Kirby-Smith Takes Over Fabick Tractor’s Grove Crane Sector
After having represented its line of products for the past 39 years, The Fabick Companies elected to transfer all Grove crane and crane related operations to the St. Louis branch facility of Oklahoma City, OK-based Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc....
- Thu January 17, 2002
Crane Danger Evacuates NJ Neighborhood
More than 100 people were evacuated from homes and businesses near the Jersey City, NJ, waterfront Jan. 16 when it appeared that a construction crane was in danger of falling.
Attached to the side of a building in which more than half of 29 floors have been completed, the crane’s boom apparently overextended and began to tilt due to an electrical malfunction....
- Wed January 16, 2002
United Nations Puts Its Grove AT422T Cranes to Global Use AT422T Cranes to Global Use
The United Nations has purchased a number of Grove AT422T all-terrain cranes and has them in use in many different locations working on a wide range of projects. Machines are presently at work in the Congo, Italy and Lebanon....
- Thu January 10, 2002
Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. Acquires Stedt Hydraulic Crane Corporation
Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT) has announced that it has purchased the assets of Stedt Hydraulic Crane Corporation (Stetco) of Westborough, MA.
Stetco is a 50-year-old firm that has developed a line of catch basin cleaning products marketed under the "Stetco" registered trade name....
- Wed January 09, 2002
Gail Guthrie Takes on Sales, Marketing at All Crane Rental
Gail Guthrie has recently joined All Crane Rental of Georgia as the marketing and sales coordinator.
In this position, she will handle all advertising, sales, trade/convention shows and promotional needs for the Atlanta offices....
