Fri June 17, 2005
Sims Crane Acquires Assets of 50-Year-Old Miami Crane Services
By Jeff CroninCEG ASSOCIATE EDITORSims Crane and Equipment Company purchased the assets of another long-standing Florida crane company. Sims President Steve Stodghill said the acquisition of Miami Crane Services Inc....
Fri June 10, 2005
Firm Uses Temporary Bridges Over Sensitive Waterways
Implementation of “green” construction techniques in the planning and design of bridge projects are increasingly becoming a priority to transportation and environmental officials, particularly in environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands and waterway....
Wed June 08, 2005
Tampa Bay Crane & Body to Expand Throughout State
The president and owner of Tampa Crane & Body recently added 6,000-sq.-ft. to his facility, but Brian Glover’s goals are to expand beyond the horizon. “We are looking to expand into other major metropolitan areas in Florida over the next few years,” he said....
Mon May 30, 2005
New Bridge in Pennsylvania Carries On Old Tradition
The current project to replace a southwestern Pennsylvania bridge carrying US Route 40 over the Youghiogheny Reservoir raises memories of a span constructed almost 200 years ago — a bridge that still emerges occasionally from beneath the water that drowned a score of local villages during the 1940s....
Thu May 26, 2005
Manitowoc Gives We Energies Project a Boost
A host of Manitowoc lattice boom crawler cranes are working at We Energies Pleasant Prairie Power Plant. The cranes have been supplied by Dawes Crane & Rigging –– an All Erection company –– to project management company Washington Group International....
Tue May 24, 2005
Tadano America Taps Roberts, Launches Used Crane Division
Tadano America Corp. President Kenichi Sawada started the company’s used crane division in January and appointed Denis Roberts as used crane manager. A veteran of the crane industry since 1974, Roberts has worked as an operator, salesman, and in the parts and repair departments....
Wed May 18, 2005
Atlantic Coast Cranes Named Tadano Dealer for VA, MD
Atlantic Coast Cranes & Machinery Co. has been named as a new Tadano distributor for Virginia and Maryland. To celebrate the new relationship, the distributor showed off a 2005 Tadano ATF45 and TT600XXL April 28 at its location in Ashland, VA, to its staff as well as personnel of W.O....
Wed May 18, 2005
Syracuse’s Empire Cranes Takes on Grove Industrial Line
Empire Crane Company, of Syracuse, NY, has announced that it has begun representing the Grove Industrial Crane line. The acquisition of the Grove Industrial Crane line now completes the Empire Crane product line of lifting equipment....
Tue May 10, 2005
’Kids of All Ages’ Get to Meet the Machines in Missouri
Approximately 2,000 adults and 1,300 kids, ages 3 to 15, attended the first annual “Meet the Machines” event co-sponsored by The Budrovich Companies and Fabick CAT. The event was held at Budrovich’s headquarters, which is on the site of an old quarry, in south St....
Mon May 09, 2005
Aesthetics Count During I-4 Work Through Ybor
Ybor, “the city with a past,” is getting a new roadway. Not only is it expected to make travel easier, it should be quieter with aesthetically pleasing noise walls built to match the historic ambiance of the city....