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Cranes, Telehandler Get Into ’Spirit’ of Tall Ship Construction →

All British poet John Masefield asked for in “Sea Fever” was “a tall ship and a star to steer her by.”But, in order to fulfill that request — at least the ship part — Master Shipwright Mark Bayne has sought the assistance of the heavy equipment industry. Bayne, and a crew from Sea Island Boatworks resumed work on the Spirit of South Carolina in Charleston in March after a 17-month lull in the project caused by a lack of funding. Click for more...

Stephenson Equipment Opens New Location Near Scranton →

Stephenson Equipment Inc. (SEI), Harrisburg, PA, has opened a new location between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, PA. The new facility will be located in Laflin Borough 2 mi. north of Pocono Downs on Route 315. The building will feature two oversized bays for service work and a sales and rental office initially with plans to expand as needed during the next few years. Dennis Heller, SEI president stated, “We are excited about the new location, it certainly will improve our sales and service capabilities to our many customers in Luzerne, Lackawanna and surrounding counties.”Stephenson Equipment Inc. Click for more...

LBX Names Oklahoma Territory Crane, Quest Construction as Dealers →

LBX Company LLC, makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, has announced the appointment of Oklahoma Territory Crane Sales & Service and Quest Construction Equipment as authorized dealers of these products. Oklahoma Territory Crane Sales & Service will cover the state of Oklahoma. Its headquarters is located at 3839 West Reno Ave., Oklahoma City, OK. For more information, call 866/339-6827. Click for more...

Company Expands Just Three Months After Formation →

Stafford Tractor of the Carolinas has only been in existence since April 1, but it has already gone through its first expansion. The division of Stafford Development, a 55-year-old business based in Tifton, GA, opened up shop at 9831 Brookford St. in Charlotte, NC, and, just three months later, finalized its acquisition of Atlantic Coast Cranes in Ashland, VA. Both companies are led by President John Wall, who is based in Charlotte. Click for more...

With New U.S. 360 Bridge Open, Contractors Begin Demolition →

Key Construction Company Inc. is nearing the half-way point on its contract for improvements on U.S. 360 in Halifax County from Route 58 to just north of Route 34 at Hodges Street. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) awarded the contract worth $24.4 million to Clarksville, VA-based Key Construction in 2003. Included in the contract, which has an estimated completion date of August 2007, are twin bridges for the John Randolph Bridge crossing and a bridge being built on Vaughan Street over U.S. Click for more...

Crane Rental Corp. Helps NASA’s ’Return to Flight’ →

Crane Rental Corporation is doing its small part to help lift NASA’s shuttle program back into space. Under a subcontract with Ivey’s Construction of Brevard County, the Orlando-based company has rolled a Manitowoc 2250 crawler crane to launch pad 39A. The machine, which boasts a 300-ton capacity, is handling some heavy-duty parts of the launch tower. The bright red machine seems at one with the launch tower, its criss-crossing boom mingling with the tower’s metallic jungle. Click for more...

Izzi Joins Hoffman as Crane Sales Specialist for Philly Region →

Steve Izzi has joined Hoffman Equipment Co., headquartered in Piscataway, NJ, as crane sales specialist for the greater Philadelphia region. Izzi has 30 years of experience in the Philadelphia construction equipment market. Hoffman represents Manitowoc, Grove, Terex, Manitex and Potain, plus a complete line of earthmoving equipment and attachments. For more information, call 800/446-3362. Click for more...

$59M in Iron Rolls Off Ritchie Brothers Chicago Lot →

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers wrapped up its largest Chicago-area auction (its third largest North American auction) on June 1 to 3 in Morris, IL, with gross auction sales exceeding $59 million. Approximately 3,000 people from 35 countries and all 50 U.S. states registered to bid during the three-day unreserved auction at the company’s 91-acre permanent auction site southwest of Chicago. The sale included a complete dispersal of one of the largest concrete paving companies in the United States, as well as trucks and equipment from another 315 sellers. Click for more...

More Roads, Bridges End Up Swimming With the Fishes →

Over the past several decades, due to man’s activities and natural disasters, the world’s natural reef systems have been significantly reduced, which has led to a decline in the marine life population. Since natural reefs cannot rebuild themselves fast enough, artificial reefs have become a mainstay in order to restore reef systems in the world’s waterways. Materials used for artificial reefs range anywhere from prefabricated molds, called Reef Balls, to demolished concrete structures to old military ships and jets. Click for more...

Sims Crane Acquires Assets of 50-Year-Old Miami Crane Services →

By Jeff CroninCEG ASSOCIATE EDITORSims Crane and Equipment Company purchased the assets of another long-standing Florida crane company. Sims President Steve Stodghill said the acquisition of Miami Crane Services Inc. near Miami, FL, will improve the company’s local service, inventory and manpower. Miami Crane Services was founded in 1955 by Roby Epling, who molded it into a powerhouse in the crane rental industry. Click for more...

Firm Uses Temporary Bridges Over Sensitive Waterways →

Implementation of “green” construction techniques in the planning and design of bridge projects are increasingly becoming a priority to transportation and environmental officials, particularly in environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands and waterway. In July 2003, Vecellio & Grogan began new construction of a 7.75-mi. (12.5 km) section of Interstate 540, also known as Northern Wake Expressway, in northeast Raleigh, NC. Click for more...

Tampa Bay Crane & Body to Expand Throughout State →

The president and owner of Tampa Crane & Body recently added 6,000-sq.-ft. to his facility, but Brian Glover’s goals are to expand beyond the horizon. “We are looking to expand into other major metropolitan areas in Florida over the next few years,” he said. Tampa Crane & Body, located along North 50th Street in Tampa, offers AutoCrane service trucks; Palfinger knuckleboom cranes and truck-mounted forklifts; trolley booms from Steelmaster; and Elliott cranes for boom trucks. Click for more...

New Bridge in Pennsylvania Carries On Old Tradition →

The current project to replace a southwestern Pennsylvania bridge carrying US Route 40 over the Youghiogheny Reservoir raises memories of a span constructed almost 200 years ago — a bridge that still emerges occasionally from beneath the water that drowned a score of local villages during the 1940s. The First Two BridgesThe original Great Crossings Bridge was 40 ft. (12.2 m) high and 30 ft. (9.1 m) wide. Click for more...

Manitowoc Gives We Energies Project a Boost →

A host of Manitowoc lattice boom crawler cranes are working at We Energies Pleasant Prairie Power Plant. The cranes have been supplied by Dawes Crane & Rigging –– an All Erection company –– to project management company Washington Group International. The list of Manitowoc iron comprises model 4100, model 777 and model 888 units, as well as a model 18000, the second largest crawler crane available from Manitowoc Crane Group. Click for more...

Tadano America Taps Roberts, Launches Used Crane Division →

Tadano America Corp. President Kenichi Sawada started the company’s used crane division in January and appointed Denis Roberts as used crane manager. A veteran of the crane industry since 1974, Roberts has worked as an operator, salesman, and in the parts and repair departments. On occasion, Roberts, who is based in Augusta, GA, has even instructed newcomers in crane operation. Roberts said Tadano has officially started to accept trade-ins from its customers to make their new crane buying experience easier. Click for more...

Atlantic Coast Cranes Named Tadano Dealer for VA, MD →

Atlantic Coast Cranes & Machinery Co. has been named as a new Tadano distributor for Virginia and Maryland. To celebrate the new relationship, the distributor showed off a 2005 Tadano ATF45 and TT600XXL April 28 at its location in Ashland, VA, to its staff as well as personnel of W.O. Grubb Crane Rental. For more information, visit www.accranes.com or call 804/798-4500.Atlantic Coast Cranes & Machinery Co. Click for more...

Syracuse’s Empire Cranes Takes on Grove Industrial Line →

Empire Crane Company, of Syracuse, NY, has announced that it has begun representing the Grove Industrial Crane line. The acquisition of the Grove Industrial Crane line now completes the Empire Crane product line of lifting equipment. New York State’s industrial base is now on the rebound and both Grove and Empire Crane are poised to respond to the growing marketplace, according to Empire. Empire Crane will carry three Grove Industrial Crane Series — the YB4400, YB5500 and YB7700. Click for more...

’Kids of All Ages’ Get to Meet the Machines in Missouri →

Approximately 2,000 adults and 1,300 kids, ages 3 to 15, attended the first annual “Meet the Machines” event co-sponsored by The Budrovich Companies and Fabick CAT. The event was held at Budrovich’s headquarters, which is on the site of an old quarry, in south St. Louis County on April 16. Every child received a hard hat and work-order ticket upon entry to the event. The work-order ticket served as part of a scavenger hunt where the children earned stamps after visiting the different event stations. Click for more...

Aesthetics Count During I-4 Work Through Ybor →

Ybor, “the city with a past,” is getting a new roadway. Not only is it expected to make travel easier, it should be quieter with aesthetically pleasing noise walls built to match the historic ambiance of the city. As a result, the surrounding neighborhood will have more green space and larger medians, which could spark a return to enjoying the outdoors for Ybor residents. Called “Florida’s Latin Quarter,” Ybor beckons visitors back to another era. Click for more...

Desrochers Crane Service Presses HTC 8650-II Into Service →

Until recently, Desrochers Crane Service of Derby, VT, had a dilemma of sorts. The company, located just a few miles from the Canadian border, had a 30-ton National crane and a 90-ton Grove crane, but nothing to take care of jobs in the huge gap in between. That was when Robert Desrochers turned to Wood’s CRW, of Williston, VT. Chris Palmer, the vice president of sales and marketing at Wood’s, sold Desrochers a Link-Belt HTC 8650-II hydraulic truck crane that could handle those in-between sized jobs. Click for more...

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