Mon January 27, 2020
Hackers and Cranes: The Dangers Research Has Revealed
There's no doubt that remotely controlled construction equipment is a huge advantage for crews across job sites everywhere, but as with any innovation, it carries its own set of risks. One danger that researchers have unearthed is the ability for hackers to control remotely operated construction equipment with little effort....
Mon January 27, 2020
Islanders Use Cranes to Move Historic Church in South Carolina
The Chapel on Pawleys Island, S.C., is no stranger to new places. The structure was originally built in Georgetown, S.C., where it served as the Pentecostal Holiness Church until it was dismantled and moved onto the island in the 1940s, the South Carolina Picture Project reported....
Mon January 27, 2020
Crane Tracking Onsite and Elsewhere
Telematics products have proven to be excellent tools for construction crane fleet asset management — when users effectively maximize the return on their investment. Though technology adoption is high, functionality is low because crane owners are only skimming the surface of what these systems can do....
Mon January 27, 2020
Top Five Crane Maintenance Tips for the Winter — and All Year Long
As construction professionals who use cranes, you know how vital they are to your business and other business for whom you do work. Cranes are used 365 days a year, often long days, for extensive heavy lifting and transportation of just about any machinery and materials you could need for a large-scale project....
Mon January 27, 2020
OSHA Takes Training to a Higher Level
It finally happened. After almost ten years, on December 10, 2018, OSHA implemented the Crane Operator Certification law and licensing for those states requiring an operator license. But, that's not all they did!In addition to implementing this law, OSHA upped the ante for training and raised the stakes even higher by mandating an Employer Operator Evaluation that went effect on April 15, 2019....
Mon January 27, 2020
Looking Back: Cranes From the 1950s
Construction Equipment Guide takes a lookback at Cranes at work during the 1950's...
Thu January 23, 2020
Palfinger Simplifies Crane Model Numbers
The simplified naming of Palfinger's cranes aims to better align with the cranes lifting capacities and boom lengths and ultimately makes it easier for Palfinger to do business with its customers. This significant step will further expand Palfinger's presence in the service crane and mechanics truck markets....
Wed January 22, 2020
Schuster Concrete Construction Commissions First Potain MDT 809 in the U.S.
The first Potain MDT 809 in the United States is deployed on a job site in Washington D.C. Launched at bauma 2019, the new Potain crane has been purchased by the Owings Mills, Md.-based construction company Schuster Concrete Construction (Schuster) and is helping to build the "City Ridge" development, which is a project that will transform the former Fannie Mae headquarters into an urban village....
Tue January 21, 2020
Demag CC 2800-1 Helps Out With Tandem Lift in Singapore
Once set up, the Demag duo was ready to lift the 328 ft. (100 m) long, 562 ton (510 t) steel pipe with a diameter of 15.8 ft. (4.84 m). There are only a few jobs that require more than the enormous lifting capacity of a Demag CC 8800-1 with its standard configuration....
Mon January 20, 2020
Link-Belt Crane Assists on Multiple Bridge Projects Along the Waterway
i+iconSOUTHEAST of Virginia Beach, Va., rented a new 150-ton 238 HSL lattice crawler from Link-Belt Mid-Atlantic for multiple Virginia Department of Transportation bridge projects on the Blackwater River, near Wakefield, Va....