- 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....
- 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....
- 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
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 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....
Linda J. Hutchinson - 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....
Eric Olson - 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....
- Thu November 13, 2008
New Crane Standards Product to Enhance Safe Operations
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) now has available the ASSE/ANSI A10 Crane Safety Standards Package to help safety professionals conduct safe crane operations in construction and demolition operations....
- Wed November 12, 2008
Safety Handrails Now Standard on Liebherr Crawler Cranes Sold in U.S.
Liebherr Nenzing Crane Co. is now fitting handrails as standard on top of crawler cranes delivered to U.S. customers to reduce the risk of operators falling while climbing over the crane. Crane operators and maintenance technicians are periodically required to clamber over the top of cranes, to access the engine or to inspect winches, ropes and other components....
- Sat November 08, 2008
E-Crane Offers Alternative to Offloading Bulk Materials
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....
