crane industry news

Building activity is ramping up again in the Super City — and with it comes the giant workhorses it needs

A self-erecting mobile tower crane has gone over in a shopping street in Nieuwegein, on the south side of Utrecht in the Netherlands, no is hurt and damage is relatively minor.

Crane manufacturer Omega Platforms in the Netherlands has delivered a new custom-designed track driven crane to Hæhre Maskinutleie in Norway.

A WOMAN has won her fight to have a tower crane looming over her back garden removed — thanks to the Henley Standard.

CONSTRUCTION on the state’s biggest building site in 20 years is in turmoil after work was suspended following the third crane accident at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital in three weeks.

Chinese heavy engineering company Taiyuan Heavy Industry (TYHI) unveiled its 500 tonne TZM500 All Terrain crane last month.

The Strategic Forum for Construction’s Tower Cranes Working Group has launched a new initiative on behalf of the industry

An interactive learning activity aimed at building annual events for the lifting and access engineering sector.

The area’s finest crane operators gathered in Sanford, Fla., last Friday to boom, hoist, and swing their way to a $1,000 prize and a trip to Las Vegas to participate in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC National Skills Competition.

A four axle All Terrain crane overturned yesterday on the D-149 near Cognac in South West France.