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Crane Institute of America has replaced its 15-year-old crane simulator with a Vortex model from CM Labs Simulations.

The 500 tonne crane that overturned in Peterhead, Scotland back in May is finally to be recovered

InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has completed seven years and more than 2,300 projects without a single lost-time incident (LTI).

Crane Institute Certification (CIC) announces the hosts for nine Regional Crane Operator & Rigger Skills Competitions to take across the United States, beginning Oct. 11, 2014.

Sponsored by Utility line construction: Crane Institute Certification (CIC) announces the hosts for nine Regional Crane Operator & Rigger Skills Competitions to take place across the United States, beginning Oct. 11, 2014.

The owner of a property development company could face over six years in prison and a $1 million fine after an employee was killed while using a boom lift to trim trees last year. The company was already fined almost $92,000 in April.

An 18 year old student fell to his death from a tower crane at Penn State University in Pennsylvania on Saturday night.

AEM’s Technical and Safety Services staff met with top officials of the Directorate of Construction (DOC) of OSHA this month to discuss opportunities to improve the health and safety of those working with and around heavy equipment in agriculture, construction, forestry, and utility.

Several readers have alerted us to the fact that Duncan Kemp, a well-known and popular crane ballast truck driver in the UK is recovering from a serious heart attack and needs help to get mobile again.

A self-erecting tower crane overturned yesterday near Stuttgart, Germany, when the ground gave way under one of its supports.