Thu August 11, 2016
New Potain Hup Crane Represents Investment in Time, Testing, Research
A ground-breaking, self-erecting crane, the first from the new Potain Hup range, was presented by Manitowoc Cranes at bauma 2016. According to the company, the pioneering Potain Hup 32-27 is the first from the exclusive range and offers unique and innovative design features, and showcases the significant investment in time and resources, including a period of extensive research and testing that led to the creation of this advanced model....
Thu August 11, 2016
Sarens Enlists Two Terex AC 700 Cranes for Heavy Tandem Lift
International steel construction company, Iemants, constructed an offshore oil module for Fabricom at the company's Hoboken facility in Antwerp, Belgium. These massive modules, critical for the oil and gas production process, range in sizes reaching 82 ft....
Thu August 11, 2016
Maeda Works Hard on Lazy River at Mariott Marquis in Houston
A new luxury hotel is coming to downtown Houston. Located next door to George R. Brown Convention Center, the $370 million Marriott Marquis Hotel will have 1,000 guest rooms, more than 104,00 sq. ft. (9,662 sq m) of meeting space, Houston's largest ballroom, an infinity pool and a rooftop lazy river — shaped like the state of Texas....
Wed August 10, 2016
Firm Uses Telecrawlers on Major Chicago Jobs
II in One Contractors is a Chicago-based general contractor established in 1984. The company specializes in carpentry; excavation; form and place concrete; masonry; reinforcement steel placement; and structural steel erection....
Tue August 09, 2016
Crane Maker to Relocate Crawler Manufacturing to Pennsylvania
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. has announced its intent to relocate its crawler crane manufacturing operations from Manitowoc, Wisconsin to Shady Grove, Pennsylvania, to optimize its manufacturing footprint, reduce costs and expand margins....
Tue August 09, 2016
VIDEO: The Lego Crane That Puts All Others to Shame
A serious Lego aficionado from Hong Kong who calls himself "ShineYu" has demonstrated the awesome creativity of the toy system by creating a hyper-accurate version of a LieBherr LTM 1350 Crane. Even more impressive is the fact that through the usage of Lego motorized parts, the Lego-scaled crane is fully functional....
Tue August 02, 2016
When the Mountain Calls: Terex AC 1000 All Terrain Crane Erects 14 Wind Turbines at High Altitude
The Terex AC 1000 all terrain crane was virtually predestined to erect large wind turbines. When it came to this particular project, however, Austrian crane service provider Prangl and its team were faced with a daunting challenge before the lift even started – it would first be necessary to take the nine-axle unit to “new heights,” as the corresponding Enercon-operated wind farm site was located on the ridge of the Pretul mountain in Styria, at an altitude of around 1,600 meters....
Wed July 20, 2016
Aftermath of Tappan Zee Crane Collapse Reveals Dangerous Close Call
The Daily Mail is reporting that a truck driver who was transporting propane tanks across the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York narrowly avoided a disaster when a giant construction crane toppled, missing him by just a few feet....
Tue July 19, 2016
ALL Expands Facilities in Wisconsin and West Virginia
ALL Crane & Equipment Rental Corp. of Nitro, West Virginia, is an area leader in heavy-haul trucking services and also functions as one of ALL's major rebuild centers. The Nitro branch also specializes in repairing and maintaining ALL's large fleet of crawler cranes—the biggest in North America....
Tue July 19, 2016
Crane Collapses on Tappan Zee Bridge
NEW YORK (AP) - A giant crane toppled off the new Tappan Zee Bridge being constructed north of New York City and collapsed across the busy span it is replacing, halting traffic Tuesday afternoon on the key suburban highway crossing....
