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Terex Cranes Debuts Prototype of New Demag CC 9800 Crawler Crane →

Terex Cranes has announced the introduction of its new prototype Terex Demag CC 9800 crawler crane with 1,763 ton (1,600 t) capacity, which is built at its Terex Demag Cranes facility in Zweibruecken, Germany. “The worldwide demand for heavy lift machines remains strong and Terex Cranes is responding,” said Rüdiger Zollondz, senior product marketing manager, Terex Cranes Global Marketing. Click for more...

Link-Belt Cranes Names Lane as New District Sales Manager →

Brax Snyder, manager, worldwide sales, announced the appointment of Gary Lane as district manager for the upper Midwest region of the United States. Lane brings broad industry experience having sold Link-Belt cranes for Road Machinery and Supplies in Savage, Minn. He also worked as a district manager with Komatsu America covering the upper Midwest and as dealer business manager for CNH America-Asset Remarking covering the western United States. Click for more...

New Crane Operator Certification Program Accredited by ANSI →

A new crane operator certification program is now accredited by the American National Standards Institute. First introduced in late 2006, the certification is a collaboration of The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), North American Crane Bureau (NACB), and Prov. “I would like to extend our congratulations on this significant achievement,” said Vijay Krishna, program manager for ANSI Personnel Certification Accreditation. Click for more...

Grove Appoints Cleveland Crane & Shovel as Dealer →

Cleveland Crane & Shovel Sales Inc. President Bill Aurelius has added Grove to the company’s line up of cranes and work platforms. Headquartered in Cleveland, Crane & Shovel Sales Inc. has been a Manitowoc dealer for more than 30 years, placing the company among the oldest in the nation. “Grove provides our company, Cleveland Crane & Shovel Sales with a product that will expand our customer base. Click for more...

Dallas/Fort Worth Region Experiences Plant Growth →

Many communities in the United States have experienced substantial growth in the past 50 years, and a new generation of treatment plants is currently being built (both new plants and expansions and reconstruction of existing plants). Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex has had a boom in treatment plant construction. Unlike some areas of the construction industry that have been slowed by the economy, treatment plants are typically funded by revenue bonds, which are less sensitive to market conditions. Click for more...

James Construction Leads First Phase of $1.4B Elevation of LA 1 →

The first phase of a $1.4-billion project to upgrade and elevate Louisiana Highway 1, a two-lane artery for oil and gas and refining capacity, is under way. Baton Rouge-based James Construction Group (JCG) is working on Phase 1A of the project, which began in September 2007. The $137.5 million project—which is one part of a three-phase job for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development— entails construction on 5.5 mi. Click for more...

Link-Belt Crane Tabs Columbus Equipment as New Distributor →

Brax Snyder, manager, worldwide sales, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., has appointed Columbus Equipment Company as an authorized Link-Belt crane distributor. Columbus Equipment will cover all counties in Ohio and selected counties in northern Kentucky (Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties) and southeastern Indiana (Ohio, Dearborn and Switzerland counties). Founded by Bill Early in 1952, the distributorship is still based at its original Columbus location. Click for more...

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. The LTR 1100 operates as a hybrid combining the quick set-up of an all terrain and the off road maneuverability of a crawler crane. In a construction market where contractors are doing more, with less, they turn to specialty equipment like the telescopic crawlers to get their jobs done more efficiently. Click for more...

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. Welders with state certification attended both repair and inspection training classes, and a number of other technicians attended only the inspection classes, which were held at ALL headquarters in Cleveland. Click for more...

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. Most of these older cranes are at or near the end of their life cycle; cable replacement is a never ending ordeal; and highly skilled operators are required. Click for more...

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. Click for more...

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. “This award reflects just how committed our employees are to maintaining the highest safety standards possible when they are on the job,” said Earl Johnson III, president of Southern Crane. Click for more...

’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. A 20-year projection is 80,000 vehicles per day. Groundbreaking took place in April 2006 for a $91.5 million Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) project to replace the antiquated twin I-80/Meander Creek Reservoir bridges and several miles of freeway from SR 46 to the Ohio Turnpike and on to the I-80/SR 11 interchange in Austintown Township, in northern Ohio. Click for more...

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. The state Department of Transportation (NCDOT) project is relatively short, at 1.55 mi. (2.5 km), but when finished will complete a nearly $30 million, four-lane, median divided highway approximately 7 mi. Click for more...

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. The package includes the : A10.8 “Safety Requirements for Scaffolding”; A10.28 “Safety Requirements for Work Platforms Suspended from Cranes or Derricks”; A10.31 “Safety Requirements, Definitions & Specifications for Digger Derricks”; A10.33 “Safety & Health Program Requirements for Multi-Employer Projects” and A10.42 “Safety Requirements for Rigging Qualifications & Responsibilities’ standards. Click for more...

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. As it is not always practical to connect a harness to a tie-off point, the addition of handrails is designed to improve worker safety by helping to prevent falls. Click for more...

ALL Erection & Crane Now Offers Large Parts Inventory →

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. now offers a wide inventory of new and used name brand parts in stock for quick delivery from strategic locations throughout the United States and Canada. Engines/transmissions, booms/jibs, blocks, buckets, gear cases, brake parts, bearings, cable reels, wheels, wire rope, and more — ALL has parts in stock for cranes, aerial work platforms, boom trucks, material handlers and other equipment. Click for more...

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. Most of these older cranes are at or near the end of their life cycle; cable replacement is a never ending ordeal; and highly skilled operators are required. Click for more...

Gibson Industrial, SIC/Southern Crane Announce Merger →

Gibson Industrial Services has merged with Southern Industrial Constructors/Southern Crane. In addition to its optical alignment, millwright/rigging and plant relocation services, the Kings Mountain, N.C.-based Gibson Industrial brings to the newly combined organization long-standing customer relationships nationwide, along with added coverage in the Charlotte metro/I-85 business corridor area. “I have known Paul Gibson, Ken Milem and their team at Gibson Industrial for many years as honorable and tough competition, so we are truly excited that we’re now on the same team,” said Earl Johnson Jr., founder and chairman of Southern Industrial. Click for more...

Roadwork on Hold as Crews Relocate Utilities →

Gilchrist Construction Company, a heavy highway contractor based in central Louisiana, is in the midst of a $23.3 million project in Shreveport. According to Project Manager Justin Rhodes, the job, which began July 28 and is expected to be completed by July 1, 2011, consists of replacing a heavily traveled two lane road with a five lane road (two lanes in each direction with a center turn lane). The job is 2.9 mi. Click for more...

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