Wed February 13, 2002

Motor City’s Ford Field Roof Trusses Make History

Engineering feats on Ford Field, the new home for the Detroit Lion’s starting with the 2002 football season, are making history in the construction world. Early in December, construction workers lifted into place the project’s second massive roof truss that spanned together nearly 80 percent of the stadium’s steel roof....

Tue February 12, 2002

Grove Crane North American Distributors Receive Excellence and Service Awards

Grove Crane recognized five North American distributors for their overall performance in 2001: --American State Equipment Co. Inc., Milwaukee, WI --Hayden-Murphy Equipment Company, Minneapolis, MN --Honnen Equipment Company, Commerce City, CO --J....

Thu February 07, 2002

CONMACO-RECTOR’s Cranes Boost D/FW Airport Project

Amidst heightened security, contractors are working on a massive project to move people safely and efficiently at one of the world’s busiest airports. At the D/FW International Airport in Irving, TX, the Automated People Mover Guideway (APM) is being described as a “state of the art” system for transporting passengers between terminals. The new APM is part of DFW’s $2.6-billion capital development program. Hensel Phelps Construction Co., a Colorado firm with a Dallas office, is construction manager for the APM project....

Wed January 30, 2002

Enduring Crane Companies Celebrate Delivery of New Manitowoc 777 Unit

Three companies with histories reaching back 75 years recently came together in Washington, D.C., when L.B. Smith Inc./Equipco delivered a new 777 Manitowoc lattice boom truck crane to Crane Service Company Inc....

Wed January 30, 2002

Grove GMK5100 Meets Needs of Siberian Fuel Industry

It might get very cold in the United States, but in Surgut, one of the remotest parts of Siberia, temperatures can drop to minus 40F (minus 4.4C) in the winter although summer highs are more moderate, about 86-degrees F (30 C)....

Wed January 23, 2002

Ringhaver Equipment Crane Division Appoints New Branch Manager

Ringhaver Equipment Co. Vice President and General Manager Dallas Johnson has announced the appointment of Mike Davis to the position of branch manager of Southeastern Crane’s Charlotte, NC, facility. In addition to extensive crane sales experience, Davis brings the advantage of familiarity with the southeast sales territory....

Wed January 23, 2002

Wallace, DOT Replace Two U.S. 90 Bridges in Alabama

Replacing bridges on a hilly, congested area in Spanish Fort, AL, is not a daunting task to the prime contractors, Wallace Construction Company Inc. of Columbia, MS. That’s the firm that is building the new U.S....

Sat January 19, 2002

Kirby-Smith Takes Over Fabick Tractor’s Grove Crane Sector

After having represented its line of products for the past 39 years, The Fabick Companies elected to transfer all Grove crane and crane related operations to the St. Louis branch facility of Oklahoma City, OK-based Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc....

Thu January 17, 2002

Crane Danger Evacuates NJ Neighborhood

More than 100 people were evacuated from homes and businesses near the Jersey City, NJ, waterfront Jan. 16 when it appeared that a construction crane was in danger of falling. Attached to the side of a building in which more than half of 29 floors have been completed, the crane’s boom apparently overextended and began to tilt due to an electrical malfunction....

Wed January 16, 2002

United Nations Puts Its Grove AT422T Cranes to Global Use AT422T Cranes to Global Use

The United Nations has purchased a number of Grove AT422T all-terrain cranes and has them in use in many different locations working on a wide range of projects. Machines are presently at work in the Congo, Italy and Lebanon....