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Registration Now Open for Seventh Annual NCCCO Foundation's Industry Forum →

Free registration is now open for the annual event focused on the qualifications of crane operators and those who work with and around lifting equipment. The Seventh Annual Industry Forum on Personnel Qualifications is scheduled for Oct. 20, 2022, as a hybrid event to be held in person in Phoenix, Ariz., as well as via Zoom. For the fourth year in a row, Scott Ketcham, director of OSHA's Directorate of Construction, will provide the keynote address at the event. Click for more...

Kris Koberg Named Chairman of SC&RA Outrigger Mat Resource Task Force →

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has named Kris Koberg, CEO of DICA, as chairman of its new Outrigger Mat Resource Task Force, which is part of the Safety Education & Training Committee. The objective of the task force will be to advance awareness of existing standards and regulations. It also will provide information related to different types of supporting material and best practices for selecting and using outrigger pads and mats. Click for more...

Grove TMS800-2 Boosts Productivity With Easier Roading, 'Big Crane' Features →

As the successor to the Grove TMS800E truck crane, the TMS800-2 adopts technology and features developed for larger truck-mounted and all-terrain cranes and packages them into an easily roadable 80-ton unit. Boasting a wide range of enhancements covering load charts, powertrain and setup, the updated four-axle crane is ideal for a range of taxi applications covering renewable energy, cell tower installation, and road and bridge work, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Nordic Crane Buys Five Grove Five-Axle Cranes →

Scandinavian rental company Nordic Crane has taken delivery of five new Grove all-terrain cranes — all five-axle units — to supplement its regional fleet. Four are based at the company's Norwegian operations, while one is at the company's Swedish facility. There are two 165 ton capacity GMK5150L-1 cranes and three 275 ton capacity GMK5250XL-1 cranes. The crane in Sweden is a GMK5250XL-1. Click for more...

ASME B30.5 Standard Sets Requirements for Mobile Crane Rigger Qualification →

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has released an updated standard on mobile and locomotive cranes that includes a clear definition of the role a qualified rigger plays in a lifting operation. The standard now requires the presence of one qualified rigger any time a mobile crane more than 2,000 lbs. capacity is at work. "Having a qualified rigger present on a job site during a lift is not just a good idea; it is also an OSHA and ASME requirement when mobile cranes are involved," said Tony Fiscelli of Lifting Gear Hire (LGH). Click for more...

VIDEO: Florida Manatees Gain 'Lift' From Shuttlelift SCD09 Industrial Crane at ZooTampa →

To support its successful manatee care and rehabilitation program, ZooTampa has purchased a new Shuttlelift SCD09 carrydeck crane, replacing an older Shuttlelift crane that served the program's staff for more than 20 years. These increasingly threatened, gentle sea mammals have endured habitat loss, dangers such as cold stress and red tide poisoning, and many are hit by boats navigating Florida waters, sometimes leading to animal fatalities. Click for more...

Atlanta Pedestrian Bridge Construction Puts Crane Between Railroad Tracks →

Making it easier for pedestrians to walk from downtown Atlanta to the Castleberry Hill historic arts district required only a simple pedestrian bridge to span the five railroad tracks that divide them. Building that bridge? Well, that required a little artistry, too, in nestling a 900-ton capacity crane among those tracks. The task fell to ALL Crane Rental of Georgia, a member of the ALL Family of Companies. Click for more...

First Potain MDT 489 in North America Goes to Compass Equipment →

Compass Equipment purchased the first MDT 489 M25 topless crane in North America. The company sent the crane to work at the Las Vegas Strip in July. Compass Equipment is a longstanding and loyal Potain customer investing in both self-erecting and top-slewing cranes. The company works with Potain to routinely invest in the updated technology and features that new crane models offer to keep their fleet young, generating jobsite benefits that have helped the company grow its rental and sales business. Click for more...

New Boom Inserts Expand Manitowoc MLC300 Reach for Wind Turbine Work →

Manitowoc is expanding its boom insert offering with the new wide boom plus kit for its MLC300 lattice-boom crawler crane. The new inserts will give crane operators extra reach by lengthening their booms up to 429.8 ft. (131 m) when used in combination with the VPC-MAX and extended upper boom points. They will be particularly useful for assembling wind turbines, according to the manufacturer. The height of utility-scale, land-based wind turbines has increased nearly 60 percent in the last two decades, reaching an average of 295 ft. Click for more...

Crane That Helped Avert Mining Disaster 20 Years Ago →

Twenty years ago, all eyes were on a farm in Somerset County, Pa., as a daring rescue took place for nine coal miners trapped 250 feet underground. On July 24, 2002, the miners had accidentally tapped into a poorly documented abandoned mine, flooding their own mine with water and blocking their exit. Cold, wet and running out of air, for 77 hours spread across parts of five days, the nation was transfixed by the attempt to reach them, an event that came to be known as the Quecreek mine rescue. Click for more...

J&B Heavy Haul Picks 175|AT for Transformer Work →

J&B Heavy Haul of Oklahoma City, Okla., purchased a Link-Belt Cranes 175-ton (150-t) 175|AT all terrain crane for its trucking and heavy haul business. Primarily, J&B Heavy Haul services the civil, power, petrochemical and manufacturing markets. The company already has well over 1,000 hours on its new 175|AT, utilizing it for its taxi rental fleet that services a 250-mi. range from Oklahoma City. Click for more...

More Than Two-Dozen Manitowoc/Grove Cranes Headed to ALL →

Seven Manitowoc lattice boom crawlers highlight a package of more than two-dozen Manitowoc and Grove cranes being added to the fleet of the ALL Family of Companies. New equipment includes four from the MLC300 line (including MLC300 wide boom and MLC300VPC), and one each Manitowoc 14000, MLC650 and MLC650 rebuild. MLC300 and MLC650 cranes, offering base capacities of 330 tons and 717 tons respectively, are known for their ability to go where other lattice boom crawlers cannot, while offering excellent reach and capacity, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Empire Crane Welcomes Newest Salesmen: Joe Baron, Josh Stack →

Empire Crane has welcomed Joseph Baron and Josh Stack to the sales team in New England. Baron and Stack will be responsible for serving customers' crane needs in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Baron previously worked trucking world, managing drivers and fulfilling customers' needs. "Cranes are an essential sector to the ever-growing infrastructure industry. Click for more...

Extending Reach: Local Contacts, National Footprint Make Crane Rental Easy →

Much of business is about cultivating strategic partnerships based on trust, like-mindedness and similar goals. When you find a supplier you click with, you don't want to give them up. But sometimes, these relationships are challenged when one entity grows and the other can't keep up. Contractors, construction companies, steel erectors, plant owners, and, really, any entity that relies on rental lift equipment might wonder how they can find a crane rental company that grows with them. Click for more...

Thomas Cantwell Selected to Head NCCCO Foundation →

Thomas (T.J.) Cantwell has been named executive director of the NCCCO Foundation. He will take over from current chief executive, Graham Brent, on Aug. 1. As previously announced, Brent will retire from the Foundation at the end of July. Cantwell is currently administrator (executive director) of the Physical Therapy Compact Commission headquartered in Alexandria, Va. He brings to the Foundation more than 20 years of non-profit management experience. Click for more...

Hiab Launches Next Generation Loglift Forestry Cranes →

Hiab, part of Cargotec, launches the next generation of LOGLIFT forestry cranes with greater and safer performance, and improved uptime. The first crane available to order is the Z boom crane LOGLIFT 18Z with a max outreach of 34 ft. and a max lifting capacity of 19.8 tons. "Our next generation of LOGLIFT forestry cranes are created for the new generation of operators. Easy to operate and service, and designed for comfortable and safe operation, the next generation forestry cranes are also the first with digital solutions that can further increase productivity and uptime," said Davide Pernice, director, Global Product Management, Forestry, Hiab. Click for more...

CCO Announces 'CCO Cares' Initiative →

CCO wants candidates and certificants to know that they are more than just a certification number. CCO understands that behind each participant in the program is a hard-working, safety-minded professional who cares deeply about the work they do. At the core, CCO knows that each certificant wants to be sure that everyone on the job site gets home safely to their families at the end of the day. CCO, and everyone on its team, understands that certification is just a small portion of a certificant's life, an interaction that takes place once every five years. Click for more...

Manitowoc Introduces CONNECT Digital Solution →

Manitowoc continues its expansion and investment in support services with the launch of CONNECT, a new digital platform that will launch at bauma 2022. CONNECT enables remote monitoring through an app-based system that gives owners and operators the ability to view real-time crane information, receive alerts, exchange data and more with further functionality to be added in the future. The versatile CONNECT platform, with its wide-ranging capabilities, will advance fleet management, boost sustainability, streamline service and maintenance for users, and improve connectivity to cranes with the easy-to-use platform working across smartphones, tablets and laptops. Click for more...

CCO to Move Written Exam Delivery into Digital Age →

Although CCO candidates began taking exams utilizing computers nearly 15 years ago, CCO recently announced its technology initiative to move all written exams to the computer. This initiative not only uses the latest and greatest testing and security technology, but it has several key benefits for candidates and employers. Benefits include: Immediate score reporting once exams are complete* (*A preliminary score will be available immediately. Click for more...

Four Cranes, Four ALL Branches, One Perfectly Executed Quad Lift →

Four southern branches of the ALL Family of Companies banded together to accomplish a massive lift for construction of a new hangar at an international airport in northern Florida. Steel box beams formed large trusses, the heaviest of which weighed in at 610,000 lbs. This truss, which measured 20 ft. high and 400 ft. long, needed to be lifted and set as a single piece. And, by the way, the massive framework would need to be raised to a height of 80 ft. Click for more...

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