Palfinger - Thu January 23, 2020
Palfinger Simplifies Crane Model Numbers
The simplified naming of Palfinger's cranes aims to better align with the cranes lifting capacities and boom lengths and ultimately makes it easier for Palfinger to do business with its customers. This significant step will further expand Palfinger's presence in the service crane and mechanics truck markets....
Manitowoc - Wed January 22, 2020
Schuster Concrete Construction Commissions First Potain MDT 809 in the U.S.
The first Potain MDT 809 in the United States is deployed on a job site in Washington D.C. Launched at bauma 2019, the new Potain crane has been purchased by the Owings Mills, Md.-based construction company Schuster Concrete Construction (Schuster) and is helping to build the "City Ridge" development, which is a project that will transform the former Fannie Mae headquarters into an urban village....
Demag - Tue January 21, 2020
Demag CC 2800-1 Helps Out With Tandem Lift in Singapore
Once set up, the Demag duo was ready to lift the 328 ft. (100 m) long, 562 ton (510 t) steel pipe with a diameter of 15.8 ft. (4.84 m). There are only a few jobs that require more than the enormous lifting capacity of a Demag CC 8800-1 with its standard configuration....
Link-Belt Cranes - Mon January 20, 2020
Link-Belt Cranes at ConExpo 2020
Link-Belt Cranes will be on display at booth F5211 at ConExpo 2020 in Las Vegas. Among the units on display will be the 100-ton (90mt) 100|RT and 120-ton (110-t) 120|RT, recent additions to Link-Belt's rough terrain lineup, along with the 110-ton (100-t) HTC-86110 telescopic truck crane....
Manitowoc - Mon January 20, 2020
BKL's Grove GMK6400 With MegaWingLift Assists in Construction of a Heat Storage System on the Ingelheimer Aue in Mainz, Germany
A Grove GMK6400 crane from BKL's crane fleet played a key role in the construction of the new heat storage system on Ingelheimer Aue between Wiesbaden and Mainz in Germany. The specialists at the Frankfurt location of BKL Baukran Logistik GmbH planned the operation and completed the last lifting job with the powerful Grove AT crane....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon January 20, 2020
Assimilating Simulated Crane Training
Advancements in crane operator training simulators run neck and neck with the industry's adoption of simulator technology. The steps forward in system sophistication were incremental during the span since the technology was introduced to the crane sector in the 1990s....
Shawmut Equipment - Mon January 20, 2020
Shawmut Equipment Expands Operations in Atlantic Canada
Shawmut Equipment of Canada Inc. recently opened the doors of its new facility located in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, area, where its customer base and business volume has been constantly expanding. To meet the increased demand for products and services, Shawmut decided to open an additional location to better serve its customers....
Bechtel Corporation - Mon January 20, 2020
The Mother of All Cranes' Work is Done
Progress continues on the reported multi-billion-dollar Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) ethylene cracker plant in Beaver County, Pa., 30 mi. northwest of Pittsburgh … but the MOAC, also known as the "Mother of All Cranes," is about to wrap up its work on the project....
Link-Belt Cranes - Mon January 20, 2020
Link-Belt Crane Assists on Multiple Bridge Projects Along the Waterway
i+iconSOUTHEAST of Virginia Beach, Va., rented a new 150-ton 238 HSL lattice crawler from Link-Belt Mid-Atlantic for multiple Virginia Department of Transportation bridge projects on the Blackwater River, near Wakefield, Va....
ALL Family of Companies - Wed January 15, 2020
Tech and Warehouse Building Boom in Greater Columbus
A strong national economy encourages construction opportunities. However, even a strong national economy typically results in construction growth that tends to be regional. This has not been a problem for central Ohio, and Columbus, Ohio, continues to defy the odds for a mid-sized Midwest metro area by remaining a hotbed of new construction....
