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....
Jeff Cronin - Mon March 28, 2005
Eight Cranes Work as One in Challenging Culvert Lift
It went off like a well-choreographed dance. Except in this case, the ballerinas were 100- to 150-ton cranes and hardhats, not tutus, were the required uniform. Eight cranes, manned by operators from four area suppliers, converged in December at the future location of Grand Champion, a 360-unit housing development in Daytona Beach, FL....
Tue March 08, 2005
’Super Lift’ Completed at Cardinals Stadium
More than 120 engineers and workers successfully raised the center portion of the retractable roof at the new Cardinals Stadium in Glendale, AZ. Despite the soggy conditions, the crews elevated the 5,600-ton (5,040 t) roof assembly in the largest single roof lift in North America. The successful operation now has the roof soaring about 160 ft....
Jeff Cronin - Fri January 28, 2005
Manitowoc Cranes Help Lift the Haze in Alabama Sky
The lifting power of several generations of equipment from Manitowoc Crane Group is being put to the test during a multi-billion dollar project to clean Alabama’s air. Alabama Power, the utility company that provides service to more than 1.3 million customers in the southern two-thirds of the state, has been installing selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology at the James H....
Fri January 28, 2005
Modern Equipment Sales & Rentals’ President Funk Retires
Like many people when they were in their early twenties, Al Funk in 1964 was at a crossroads in his life: what to do with his life? “I was fresh out of the army,” said Funk, who recently retired as Modern Equipment Sales & Rentals’ president, ending a long, successful career in the construction equipment industry....
Jeff Cronin - Mon January 17, 2005
Fleet of Manitowoc Cranes Help Lift the Haze in Alabama’s Skies
The lifting power of several generations of equipment from Manitowoc Crane Group is being put to the test during a multi-billion dollar project to clean Alabama’s air. Alabama Power, the utility company that provides service to more than 1.3 million customers in the southern two-thirds of the state, has been installing selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology at the James H....
Sat December 18, 2004
CEO Moser Takes Ownership of McAllister Equipment Co.
In November 2004, Jack L. Moser became the major shareholder of this northern Illinois distributorship McAllister Equipment Co. (MEC). Moser has been the company’s president and chief executive officer for the past two years....
Maybelle G. Cagle - Thu November 11, 2004
Jackson International Airport Receives $10.1M Facelift
The sounds of construction are becoming as familiar as the sounds of planes at Jackson International Airport just outside Mississippi’s capitol city, where $13.5 million in projects are under way and nearing completion....
Thu October 21, 2004
Action Crane’s Business Jump-Started With Equipment From Empire Crane
If Jerry Moshier, salesman for a roofing company, went to a fortuneteller and was told that he would become the owner of a crane rental business, he probably would scoff at the prediction. However, that’s exactly what happened....
Wed September 29, 2004
Blackford Joins ALL Crane’s Aerial Equipment Division
ALL Crane Rental of Georgia Inc., based in Austell, GA, recently announced the addition of Brian Blackford to the company’s sales staff. ALL Crane added Blackford to ALL Aerials, a division of ALL Crane Rental of Georgia Inc....
