- Thu March 19, 2015
Maxim Crane Employs 11 Terex Tower Cranes for City Centre Project
Miami’s coastline and financial district are being transformed by Swire Properties’ latest majestic creation, Brickell City Centre. The $1.05 billion mixed-use development includes a number of high-rise buildings skirting the Miami River just off the coast....
- Thu March 19, 2015
Crane Knocks Highway Sign Onto Bus in Seattle, 8 hurt
SEATTLE (AP) -The Washington State Patrol says a construction crane hit an overhead traffic sign Tuesday night on the west end of the Highway 520 Bridge across Lake Washington, knocking the sign onto a transit bus....
- Mon March 16, 2015
Empire Crane Company Opens Bridgewater New Jersey Location
Empire Crane Company looks to expand their footprint by moving into 36 South Adamsville Road, Suite 8 in Bridgewater New Jersey. Previously in Sommerville, New Jersey. The new larger facility will house sales, parts and a full service department offering a wide range of services including road service and certified crane inspectors....
- Fri March 06, 2015
Terex Warns About Counterfeit Cranes
Terex Cranes has confirmed that counterfeit versions of Terex crawler crane models originating from South Korea have been offered. Similar to the incident reports of 2013 from China, the Terex CC 2500-1 lattice boom crawler crane is the crane model of choice for the copycat manufacturers....
- Tue March 03, 2015
ANSI Accredits CCO Lift Director and Service Truck Crane Operator Certifications
The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators has announced it has been awarded accreditation by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for its CCO Lift Director and CCO Service Truck Crane Operator programs....
Brenda Ruggiero - Tue March 03, 2015
Mobro Marine Parts Division Supports Crane Operations
Mobro Marine Inc. recently created a parts division to support its crane sales, rental and service operations, which is located in Jacksonville, Fla. Billy Harper, parts manager, explained that Mobro originally didn’t have a separate parts department....
- Mon March 02, 2015
OSHA Slates Key Crane Safety Meeting
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a special meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health March 31-April 1, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The meeting will consider a draft proposal to revise OSHA’s crane operator qualification requirement in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard....
- Fri February 27, 2015
ALL Purchases 17 Tadano Hydraulic Cranes for Fleet
The ALL Family of Companies has closed the deal on two Tadano ATF 400G-6 (450 ton [408 t]) hydraulic all terrain cranes, just one month after adding 15 Tadano GR-550XL (55 ton [50 t]) hydraulic rough terrain cranes to its national fleet....
terex - Tue February 24, 2015
Terex Cranes Introduces an Innovative Free Online Lift Planning Tool
Terex Cranes has announced a free online lift planning tool, called Terex Liftplan, designed to add value to our customers’ lifting operations. The tool is the first of its kind in the industry. Terex Liftplan speeds up and simplifies the process of selecting the right Terex crane to perform a configured lift in a safe and efficient way....
- Wed February 04, 2015
Manitowoc to Split Into 2 Companies in 2016
NEW YORK (AP) Crane-maker and food service company Manitowoc said Jan. 29 it will split itself in two, a move encouraged by activist investors. Manitowoc said it plans to spin off the food service business, which had $1.6 billion in revenue in 2014 and makes equipment including ice, beverage, refrigeration, food preparation, and cooking for restaurants, convenience stores, hotels and hospitals....
