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A worker suffered serious head injuries after being struck by steel beams which fell from a tower crane

Here is Part one two pictorial reviews of the International Bauma Construction Equipment Exhibition in Munich, Germany 2010. Part 2 was entered April 28, 2010.

Cranes continue to swing at the site of a new office building at 18 York Street in Toronto, Ont. EllisDon Corp. is construction manager for the 26-storey office

General crane trends typically fall into a handful of categories, with two of the majors being higher capacities and longer reach.

Global heavy transport and lifting company ALE has successfully completed a 1,457.1 tonne inaugural lift with its new Terex Demag CC8800-1.

Liebherr’s new flagship heavy lift crawler crane is taking shape at the Ehingen factory in Germany. The first unit of the 3,000 tonne capacity lattice boom crawler crane is being assembled.

While the American Wind Energy Association reports that the US wind industry broke all previous records by installing nearly 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity in 2009 – enough to serve more than 2.4 million homes – the companies that transport and erect wind turbine components report the year was lackluster, and the future is less than clear.

Manitowoc is unveiling the Potain Igo T 130 at Bauma 2010, the largest self-erecting crane in the world. The crane has an 8 t maximum capacity

The international Bauma construction equipment exhibition, in Munich, Germany, the success of this event marks a turnaround for this industry.

They call him Rocky, the Maxim Crane Works employee whose room with a view is the cab that holds the crane controls at Great American Tower at Queen City Square.