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The crane industry is an essential part of the construction, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. Cranes are used to lift and move heavy materials, equipment, and machinery from one location to another, making them crucial in building tall structures, assembling large objects, and transporting goods across long distances. The industry includes various types of cranes, such as tower cranes, mobile cranes, overhead cranes, and gantry cranes, each designed for specific purposes. The industry is highly regulated, with strict safety guidelines and certification requirements to ensure the safe operation of cranes and the protection of workers and the public.
A new kind of tower crane is making its debut for the ALL Family of Companies. The construction site is an unassuming student housing complex on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The new tower, the Potain IGO T 99 tower crane, isn't about height (the greatest hook height among the two T 99s on campus will be just 119 ft.), but it is about reach and transportability.....
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Manitowoc - Wed July 19, 2023
Potain Cranes Chosen for Major New High-Speed Rail Link in UK
The largest infrastructure project in Europe has called on Potain cranes to deliver essential lifting support to build the longest railway bridge in the UK. The cranes are all being supplied by UK construction and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine, which is one of three infrastructure companies in the Align joint-venture building 13.4 mi....

Sound Heavy Machinery - Mon July 10, 2023
Terex Selects Sound Heavy Machinery to Represent Its Rough Terrain Crane Product Lines
Sound Heavy Machinery (SHM) has been named the official Terex rough terrain crane dealer for North and South Carolina. The Wilmington, N.C.-based dealer will represent Terex in selling, marketing, servicing and parts for the current four-model product line and legacy equipment....

Manitowoc - Thu June 29, 2023
Implenia Partners With Stirnimann, Potain On Central Malley Project in Switzerland
Swiss real estate and construction services company Implenia has rented four Potain top-slewing tower cranes from local dealer Stirnimann for the Central Malley project in Lausanne. This project is a new eco-district to meet environmental challenges and promote energy autonomy, including 28,345 sq....

Tadano - Wed June 21, 2023
VIDEO: Tadano CC 68.1250-1 Lattice Boom Crawler Crane Lifts Components Onto Pipelaying Ship
Large ships and heavy machinery might be a regular sight at the port of Marseille, but this project with a Tadano CC 68.1250-1 as its protagonist was anything but ordinary. "Not a single one of the employees at the site had ever seen such an enormous crane in the flesh before — which maybe isn't that surprising, given that our CC 68.1250-1 is the biggest crane currently in use in France and Italy," said Vernazza Autogru General Director Paolo Delfino....

ALL Crane - Wed June 14, 2023
ALL Uses Single Crawler to Assist Construction of Medical Building in Panama Beach City, Fla.
With the population booming in northwest Florida, a new medical campus is coming to Panama City Beach. First to be constructed is a four-story, 80,000-sq.-ft. office building that will include medical practices, outpatient care and operating rooms....

Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue June 06, 2023
Through the Lens — Cameras Help Entire Crane Team Safely See Big Picture
Safety and efficiency are at the heart of crane operations on a construction site. Improving and ensuring both are always the goals. Mitigating jobsite hazards is one benefit of a crane camera. Either on the tip of the boom or on the hook block, a camera is an essential safety device on any construction crane....

ALL Family of Companies - Wed May 31, 2023
ALL Purchases 20 New Link-Belt Cranes
The ALL Family of Companies is adding a new 20-crane package from Link-Belt, including crawlers, hydraulic crawlers, rough terrain (RT) cranes and truck cranes. The purchase includes four each Link-Belt LS248HSL 200-ton crawler cranes and Link-Belt TCC-550 50-ton hydraulic crawler cranes, three Link-Belt 85RT 85-ton rough terrain cranes, two each Link-Belt HTC-86110 110-ton truck cranes, Link-Belt 238HSL 150-ton crawlers, Link-Belt TCC-2500 250-ton telescopic crawlers, and one of each Link-Belt 65HT 65-ton telescopic truck crane, Link-Belt 100RT 100-ton RT, and Link-Belt HTC-8675 75-ton telescopic truck crane....

Link-Belt Cranes - Wed May 31, 2023
Belt Group of Companies Operate 175|AT in Mid-Atlantic States
Belt Cranes, part of the Belt Group of Companies of Cumberland, Md., has purchased a new Link-Belt 175-ton 175|AT all terrain crane for its taxi crane fleet. The Belt Group of Companies umbrella includes general construction, paving and road construction and roofing....

Tadano - Thu May 25, 2023
Central Atlantic Crane Named Tadano America Distributor
Tadano America has added Central Atlantic Crane LLC as an authorized distributor of Tadano all terrain, rough terrain and telescopic-boom crawler cranes in the state of Virginia. Based in Chesapeake, Central Atlantic Crane professionals have more than 97 years of combined experience in lifting equipment sales and purchasing....

ALL Crane - Wed May 17, 2023
Central Contractor's Service Helps Build Obama Library On Chicago's South Side
Construction has begun on the Barack Obama presidential library in the Jackson Park neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The Obama Presidential Center will include a museum, library, gardens and common spaces....
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