Fri November 05, 2010
Link-Belt Crane Helps Pizzagalli Construction Co. Into a Tight Spot
Some projects require a little bit extra. Extra knowledge, extra skill, extra attention. It’s for that very reason that Pizzagalli Construction Company created its “Special Projects Division.”The special projects division of Pizzagalli focuses on niche areas such as power generation, oil and gas production, and other areas that require a high degree of expertise, and enables the company to focus on a wide range of various sized projects, which include areas like waste water treatment plants, semi-conductor plants, hospitals and schools....
Wed October 27, 2010
Landoll Corporation Designs Double Drop Model 353 Trailer
Landoll Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty transport trailers, has designed and built an all-new double drop traveling axle trailer to transport a wide variety of oversize, over-height equipment including motor coaches, metro buses, front end loaders and tall mast forklifts....
Fri August 20, 2010
New Perspectives for Terex Cranes With JSC Kwintmadi in Russia
Terex Cranes entered into an agreement with JVM Equipment International Limited of Ireland for the exclusive distribution of Terex all terrain cranes and rough terrain cranes in the European zone of Russia through JVM Equipment’s Russian subsidiary company JSC Kwintmadi....
Wed August 18, 2010
Super Crane Goes to Work on Delicate Rural Utah Bridge
When the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and prime contractor Granite Construction sat down to the design phase of the Eagle Canyon Bridge project, it realized that using a standard-size crane was not an option....
Mon August 16, 2010
Cranes Take Center Stage as World Trade Center Site Rises
The World Trade Center Site in New York City’s Lower Manhattan has been a place of much construction and sadly, destruction, over the past four decades. When construction started on the first towers in the late 1960s, businesses and area residents were not all pleased, especially since there was both displacement involved and a change in the character of the area due to what some feared as a modern monstrosity in their midst....
Mon August 09, 2010
OSHA Publishes Final Rule on Construction Cranes and Derricks
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it is issuing a new rule addressing the use of cranes and derricks in construction, which will replace a decades-old standard....
Fri August 06, 2010
SVP, Ring Power Crane General Manager Dallas Johnson Dies
SVP and Ring Power Crane General Manager Dallas Johnson succumbed to pancreatic cancer at Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., June 27. Born in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1944, Mr. Johnson excelled at sports throughout his youth and was awarded a full football scholarship to the University of Florida, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity....
Mon August 02, 2010
Mass.’s Astro Crane Gives Big Lift to Route 111 Bridge Project in N.H.
High above the New Hampshire roads, in the shadow of Canobee Lake Park, two cranes and a dozen men coupled big steel beams into place. Those huge steel beams for the bridge were set by S & W Construction, a steel erecting company in Concord, N.H., and lifted up by cranes supplied by Astro Crane Company of Stow, Mass., subcontractors working under the guidance of Middlesex Corporation, the project’s general contractor, based in Littleton, Mass....
Fri July 16, 2010
Federal Money to Be Used for W.Va.’s Highland Trail
DAVIS, W.Va. (AP) The Heart of the Highlands Trail, a 23-mi. loop passing through five public land agencies in and around Canaan Valley, is taking shape in Tucker County, due to a $600,000 appropriation from Congress....
Wed July 14, 2010
Hammond Drive Project Designed for Easing Traffic
Metro Atlanta motorists may face a hassle in the near term, but in the long term, the expansion of the Hammond Drive bridge over Georgia Highway 400 will help alleviate traffic in the busy area north of the city....
