NCCCO - Mon November 15, 2021
NCCCO Foundation, Heavy Equipment Colleges of America Launch VICTOR Recognition Program
The NCCCO Foundation and Heavy Equipment Colleges of America (HEC) announced the launch of a new program designed to recognize top-performing veterans. The announcement was made at the Sixth Annual Industry Forum on Personnel Qualifications held on Veterans Day in Arlington, Va., and hosted by the NCCCO Foundation....
ALL Family of Companies - Thu November 11, 2021
Carry Deck Crane Becomes Unlikely Hero of Rooftop Construction Project
It's not every day that a carry deck crane gets to play the hero and come to the rescue. As the lift industry has evolved to showcase ever-larger cranes with longer reach and higher capacities, smaller equipment can sometimes seem pushed to the margins....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 11, 2021
Auburn Embarks On Its Largest Athletics Project in School History
In east-central Alabama, construction is under way on the largest athletics project in Auburn University's history. The school's new football performance center, a roughly $92 million effort, includes a 233,400-sq.-ft....
CEG - Thu November 11, 2021
Pinnacle Cranes Opens Spacious New Facility in Midland, N.C.
To better serve its customers in the Carolinas and beyond, Pinnacle Cranes, the dealer of Link-Belt cranes and Manitex boom trucks, has opened a spacious new facility in Midland, N.C., just a few minutes outside of Charlotte....
Manitowoc - Wed November 10, 2021
NessCampbell's First Grove GMK5250XL-1 Hits the Ground Running in Oregon
Portland, Ore.-based NessCampbell Crane + Rigging, a longtime Manitowoc customer, put its new Grove GMK5250XL-1 all-terrain crane to work immediately after it was delivered in late September. The crane was the first of its kind to arrive in the Northwest, and it already has successfully completed a handful of jobs....
Rotunda Capital Partners - Tue November 09, 2021
American Equipment Completes Acquisition of Washington Crane & Hoist
American Equipment Holdings, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Washington Crane & Hoist, a provider of overhead crane maintenance, repair and overhaul ("MRO") services and equipment in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska....
Liebherr - Mon November 08, 2021
End of an Era: Last LR 1600/2 Leaves Liebherr Plant in Ehingen
The 660 ton (600 t) LR 1600/2 crawler crane is being removed from the Liebherr crawler crane portfolio. Two hundred and twenty three of them have been built and delivered to customers over a period of almost 13 years....
CEG - Wed October 27, 2021
Link-Belt Hosts 2021 CraneFest at Its Lexington, Ky., HQ
Link-Belt Cranes held CraneFest 2021 at its world headquarters in Lexington, Ky., Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. The event was staged in two-day sessions with representatives from the company's dealer network, rental houses and end users in attendance to learn about Link-Belt's historic beginnings, manufacturing capabilities and lineup of world class cranes....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon October 18, 2021
Ensure Your Rigging Plan Covers Every Aspect of a Crane Lift
Ask any "old timer" what you need to be a good rigger and you'll probably get the answer "common sense," said veteran rigging instructor Dan Cashin. He maintains that common sense as it applies to the rigger is the ability to think a job through safely, efficiently and economically....
ALL Family of Companies - Thu October 14, 2021
ALL Names Kasey Stephens New GM of Geismar, La., Branch
"Some kids played with Malibu Barbie. I played on a crane parked in my backyard."That's how Kasey Stephens explains her introduction to "living the crane life," a lifetime love of the crane business, which has culminated in her being named the new general manager of ALL Crane Rental of Louisiana, a member of the ALL Family of Companies....
