Crane Business

Since opening the Tampa Bay chapter of Construction Angels, Sims Crane & Equipment Co. has helped raise $11,000 after expenses at the inaugural fundraiser for the chapter.

Contractors can make the most of the available labor pool and improve safety and productivity on the job by accepting bids that encourage the use of certified crane operators and riggers.

BKT has launched a new All Terrain crane tyre, the Airomax AM 27 is currently available as a 445/95 R 25 and is designed for good performance on road and over unfinished ground.

Liebherr has developed a four axle armoured crane rescue vehicle for the German Army.

Liebherr has launched an intelligent grab for its mobile harbour cranes – SmartGrip, which it says can boost productivity by over 25 percent.

Honored as Top Trainers by Crane & Rigging Hot Line during the May General Assembly of the Association of Crane & Rigging Professionals (ACRP) were William “Hank” Dutton, and Angelo Alverio.

Spotted on a construction site in Potsdam, Germany yesterday a man riding the crane slings with ladder

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Inc. of Wisconsin reports that operator Ken Mulryan has been appointed Engineer of the Year by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, District D.

The first Zoomlion Jost flat top tower crane has been launched: the T8030-25U. A project team based at the Chinese manufacturers research centre in Germany developed the crane.

Photos sent to us by a reader show one of the craziest examples of working at height we have seen for some time.