Tue May 17, 2016
Konecranes Buys Terex Port/Material Handling
Konecranes is to acquire the Demag overhead and Gottwald port crane division of Terex as the two agree to end all merger talks. Terex has agreed to sell its industrial and port crane services business – largely the Demag overhead crane and Gottwald port cranes business - to Finland's Konecranes....
Fri May 06, 2016
Wood's CRW Open House Features Crane Demos, Skills Competition
Wood's CRW held an open house April 1 at its Carlisle, Pa., facility. The event featured crane demos, presentations, door prizes and food as well as a crane skills competition presented by the Crane Institute Certification's Cranes 101....
Fri May 06, 2016
DICA's Receives Patent for SafetyTech Outrigger Pads With TuffGrip Handles
DICA has added a fourth patent to its SafetyTech outrigger pads. The most recent U.S. patent, issued in February 2016 is for C- or U-shaped TuffGrip handles used with any size or shape of SafetyTech pad....
Fri May 06, 2016
Tappan Zee 'Gets a Lift' From New Manitowoc MLC300 With VPC MAX
A new Manitowoc MLC300 with a VPC MAX lift enhancer attachment played a starring role recently on the Tappan Zee replacement bridge project during the spring of 2016. The crane was provided to Tappan Zee Constructors LLC by Hoffman Equipment of Piscataway, N.J....
Fri May 06, 2016
Manitowoc Introduces New Grove GMK4100L-1 All-Terrain Taxi Crane
Manitowoc has introduced a new Grove all-terrain crane for the global market. As with other recent Grove launches, the crane offers unique innovations and class-leading capabilities in the taxi (road travelling) category, according to the company....
Fri May 06, 2016
Terex AC 700 Terrain Crane Helps Erect Tower Crane in Kornwestheim
A compact design and powerful performance characteristics — this is the combination that makes the AC all terrain crane series by Terex the best choice when it comes to work sites with limited space....
Fri May 06, 2016
Maeda Mini-Crane Goes to Work Where Tower Crane Can't Reach
A Maeda MC285 was utilized by a glass and curtain wall company to hoist and install unitized glass curtain wall panels on the exterior of AMEGY Bank's new Houston headquarters. The contractor was able to use conventional equipment to install unitized curtain glass panels in most areas of the 25 story building and parking garage structure, however, panels on the facade of the parking garage structure were larger and heavier than could be handled safely with their smaller capacity equipment....
Tue March 15, 2016
Crane Operators are Sky-High Stars in NY Construction Boom
NEW YORK (AP) - Tommy Gambardella is a master of New York's construction universe. Each morning before dawn, he rides an elevator more than 50 stories up the side of a skyscraper growing on Manhattan's West Side....
Tue March 01, 2016
Terex Cranes Honors 2015 Top Performing Distributors
Earlier this month, Terex Cranes honored the efforts of its top distributors in North America during a special awards ceremony in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Six distributors were recognized for their excellence and dedication in sales in each product category....
Fri January 29, 2016
Extensive Improvements Being Made to Fitchburg Rail Line
Of the five bids submitted to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 2013 for the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Improvements Track, Civil and Signal Project, the joint-venture of J. F. White Contracting Co....