Wed March 20, 2013

SANY SCC8300 Crawler Crane Earns Operation Certification

The SANY SCC8300 crawler crane has been certified for operation by the New York City Department of Buildings, a requirement for the crane to operate on any job site in the nation’s largest city. “This achievement opens the New York City market to the SANY SCC8300,” said Kyle Nape, senior vice president of the lifting group at SANY America....

Mon March 18, 2013

OSHA Schedules Meetings to Discuss Crane Operator Certification Requirements

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled two informal stakeholder meetings to solicit comments on the crane operator certification requirements in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard....

Mon March 11, 2013

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Buys 66 Link-Belts

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has added a total of 66 new Link-Belt cranes to its national fleet. The package deal includes 14 truck cranes, 32 rough terrain cranes and 20 crawler cranes. Of the package and, in particular, the size of the deal, Michael Liptak, president of the ALL Family of Companies, said, “It’s a huge deal, but a regular part of our annual fleet expansion....

Wed February 27, 2013

ALL Crane Erectors Attend Boom Assembly, Disassembly Training

Fifteen qualified erectors from the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies attended a factory training class focusing on boom assembly and disassembly for Manitowoc crawler crane models 14000 and 16000, which are 220 and 440 ton (199 and 399 t) capacities, respectively....

Mon February 18, 2013

Pinnacle Cranes Expands in North Carolina

Recognizing the importance of branching out to meet its clients needs, North Carolina’s Pinnacle Cranes has opened a new service facility in Raleigh. The expansion was made official the first of January 2013....

Tue January 29, 2013

NYC Officials Still Searching for Cause of Crane Collapse

NEW YORK (AP) Work remained suspended Jan. 10 at the site of New York City’s latest crane collapse as engineers try to determine what caused the equipment to fall. The Department of Buildings said investigators were still at the construction site in the borough of Queens a day after the collapse injured seven construction workers....

Fri January 18, 2013

Helicopter Collides Into Crane in London

LONDON (AP) — A helicopter crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesday, sending black plumes of smoke into the air as it smashed to the ground. The pilot and one person on the ground were killed and 13 others injured, officials said....

Fri January 04, 2013

Dawes Earns SC&RA’s 2012 Crane Operator Safety Award

Five crane operators from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wis., a member of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Inc. Family of Companies, were honored by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association with SC&RA’s 2012 Crane Operator Safety Award for their outstanding safety records of 10,000 consecutive man-hours without a single recordable injury or illness....

Wed December 19, 2012

Woods CRW, Classen Crane Reach for the Sky Together

Classen Crane Service has a very long and strong relationship with Woods CRW and Chris Palmer, president. Classen’s purchased its very first crane from Palmer in 1993, and every crane since. The newest — a Link-Belt HTC86100 100-ton (90.7 t) telescopic boom truck crane — is the fifteenth crane that Classen’s has purchased from Woods CRW....

Wed November 28, 2012

Pinnacle Cranes Hosts Appreciation Event for Blythe Construction Co.

On Nov. 20 Pinnacle Cranes, a division of Carolina Tractor, held a customer appreciation lunch for the entire crew working on Blythe Construction Company’s I-485 Charlotte, N.C., outer loop extension....