Sat December 27, 2008
Dallas/Fort Worth Region Experiences Plant Growth
Many communities in the United States have experienced substantial growth in the past 50 years, and a new generation of treatment plants is currently being built (both new plants and expansions and reconstruction of existing plants)....
Tue December 23, 2008
James Construction Leads First Phase of $1.4B Elevation of LA 1
The first phase of a $1.4-billion project to upgrade and elevate Louisiana Highway 1, a two-lane artery for oil and gas and refining capacity, is under way. Baton Rouge-based James Construction Group (JCG) is working on Phase 1A of the project, which began in September 2007....
Wed December 17, 2008
Link-Belt Crane Tabs Columbus Equipment as New Distributor
Brax Snyder, manager, worldwide sales, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., has appointed Columbus Equipment Company as an authorized Link-Belt crane distributor. Columbus Equipment will cover all counties in Ohio and selected counties in northern Kentucky (Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties) and southeastern Indiana (Ohio, Dearborn and Switzerland counties)....
Tue December 16, 2008
Stevenson Offers Sneak Peak of Midwest’s First LTR 1100
Stevenson Crane hosted a select group of civil contractors for a demonstration of the new LTR 1100, Liebherr’s 120 ton (109 t) telescopic crawler crane, at its Bolingbrook, Ill., facility Nov. 26....
Tue December 16, 2008
ALL Erection & Crane Rental Hosts Training Courses
For the second consecutive year, qualified welders and technicians from the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. family of companies were chosen to attend Manitowoc Crane CARE program training courses in Manitowoc boom inspection and repair....
Fri December 05, 2008
E-Crane: A Modern Alternative
In small ports around the world, the ever increasing need to offload bulk materials such as coal and limestone at rates from 300 to 2,000 tons (272 to 1,814 t) per hour and do it as economically as possible calls for modern equipment with greater efficiency than can be provided by many of the older cranes still in operation today....
Wed November 26, 2008
Crane Safety, Crisis Operations Top ASSE Safety Symposium Agenda
The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) “Solutions in Construction Safety” symposium, held Nov. 20 to 21 in Scottsdale, Ariz., provided occupational safety, health and environmental professionals and other attendees information on effective practices and solutions to address injuries and fatalities due to crane accidents, falls, electrical accidents and substance abuse from experts in construction safety....
Wed November 26, 2008
SIC/Southern CraneReceives 15th Gold Award for Safety
The North Carolina Department of Labor recently honored Southern Industrial Constructors and its wholly owned subsidiary, Southern Crane, for their exemplary safety records with its prestigious Gold Award for the 15th year in a row....
Wed November 19, 2008
’Bridge in the Bathtub’ Moves Ahead for 2009 Completion
The main east-west corridor between New York and Chicago is I-80 through northern Ohio. It boasts the third busiest truck traffic in the United States. Average daily traffic exceeds 65,000 vehicles per day, with approximately 45 percent of that being truck traffic....
Tue November 18, 2008
Barnhill Contracting Blazes Trail Around Wake Forest
The third and final leg of a new highway bypass around the Wake County town of Wake Forest, N.C., northeast of Raleigh, is currently under way and is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2010. Work began on the $11.5 million third phase of the North Carolina Highway 98/Wake Forest Bypass in March....