Tonya Layman - Wed August 21, 2002
Crews Finish Up New $65M Sidney Lanier Bridge
The 43-year-old Sidney Lanier Bridge on U.S. Highway 17 in coastal Brunswick, GA, has seen its share of navigational nightmares. Because of this the U.S. Coast Guard declared the span a navigational hazard, and plans were created and funds were appropriated to replace the bridge.
The current bridge is a lift-span that employs a mechanism that elevates each time shipping traffic flows in or out of the Port of Brunswick....
Pete Sigmund - Thu August 15, 2002
Industry Mobilizes to Rescue PA’s ’Miracle Miners’
Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord!Lord, hear my voice. — Psalm 130When a crane lifted nine coal miners, one by one, in a rescue basket from their dark captivity 240 feet below the earth at the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania on the early Sunday morning of July 28, it was an almost unbelievably happy outcome for time-critical cooperative efforts by hundreds of people from the construction industry as well as other rescuers....
Cynthia W. Wright - Wed August 07, 2002
Crews Transform Broward Airport Into Transit Hub
In the past decade or so, the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been a quick and convenient alternative to the Miami International Airport. Known also as Broward Airport, it has been transformed into a hub of expansion....
- Wed August 07, 2002
Police: Drunken Construction Worker Topples Crane Near Ground Zero
A 35-ton crane fell over near the World Trade Center site on Sunday, July 28 while the operator was drunk, police said.
Crane Operator Noel Brolly suffered a minor hand injury. No one else was injured, officers said....
- Wed July 17, 2002
Grove Selects PA’s Steffy Cranes as Die Cast Model Winner
Grove Worldwide has selected Steffy Cranes Inc., of Ephrata, PA, as the winner of the TM9120 custom color die cast model contest.
Steffy Cranes was selected from more than 20 entries. The prizes for winning included having a limited-edition scale model TM9120 produced in its colors along with receiving 20 of the crane models....
Mary Gelling Merritt - Tue July 16, 2002
Liebherr Tower Crane Oversees Cornell University Project
The new “man” on Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, NY, these days is a 154-ft. (45.7 m) Liebherr 316 EC-H 12 tower-crane.
The crane is playing a commanding role in the construction of a brand new, state-of-the-art, $58.5-million nanotechnology research facility called Duffield Hall....
- Wed July 03, 2002
Brooklyn Distributor Orders Eight Favco Tower Cranes
New York Crane & Equipment Company, of Brooklyn, NY, recently received the first three of a total order of eight Favco M760 tower cranes. The Favco cranes were ordered from TES Inc. of South Kearny, NJ, a Favco distributor....
- Wed July 03, 2002
Pro-Pav 880RTB Earns High Marks With PA Contractor
Associated Paving Contractors Inc., of Huntingdon Valley, PA, did a lot of research before purchasing Vogele's Pro-Pav 880RTB. "We needed a versatile paver to do parking lots, as well as road paving, such as we're currently doing for a local municipality," said Adam Reiff, president of Associated Paving Contractors....
- Sat June 29, 2002
Crews Maintain AZ Power Plant With Link-Belt RTC-8050
Salt River Project (SRP), established in 1903, is the nation’s first multipurpose reclamation project authorized under the National Reclamation Act. Today, SRP is the country’s third largest public power utility, providing power to customers throughout a 2,900-sq.-mi....
- Fri June 14, 2002
John Deere to Lay Off 240 in Wisconsin
The John Deere plant is laying off 240 workers for five months beginning in July. It is the first time the company is implementing a voluntary manufacturing leave, said human resources manager Chuck Evans said....
