Spanish tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has announced the world’s largest flat top tower crane range, topped by a 64 tonne model.
At the Liebherr factory site in Ehingen, Germany, a lattice boom crane is towering 150 m above the ground in a form that has never been seen before. At the lower part of the crane the lattice sections are assembled parallel to each other; at the top, the double boom has been joined together to form a single boom.
A crane operator was rescued yesterday after his crane toppled over the side of a bridge.
The crane was working on a bridge job near Winfield Township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, lifting steel, when we understand it went over the edge falling around 28 metres, according to local reports.
One of the largest floating cranes in Eastern Europe, the 680 tonne, 93 metre boom Zakharii LK-600 capsized yesterday while working on the Podilskyi-Voskresenskyi bridge over the Dnieper River in Kiev.
Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes has won the ‘Crane of the Year’ award for the third year running for its LPS 600 model at the annual IBJ Awards in Antwerp, Belgium. The LHM 500 won the prestigious award in 2010, while Liebherr’s LHM 280 model received the accolade the year prior.
Proving that no challenge is too large, Boscaro Crane Attachments took on the opportunity to build a custom ordered self dumping bin, which could possibly be the world’s largest under-hook self dumping bin.
A national crane inspection programme has been launched in the USA to provide separate certifications for mobile, tower and overhead cranes. The CCO national inspector certification programme was jointly set up by the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) and the Crane Certification Association of America (CCAA).
A crane boom came down alongside an interstate highway on Tuesday night near Dallas airport in Texas. The job involves construction of an overpass for state Highway 161 at I-20.
Cost and time over-runs are every construction manager’s nightmare. There are many factors that can contribute to these, but as a series of case studies show, one of the best ways to avoid them is to specify the right equipment for the job and use it correctly. In fact, as many of the projects featured in this article illustrate, using the right equipment can mean a competitive advantage for contractors, allowing them to finish work ahead of schedule.
The workshop below uses the Journeyman Rigger’s Reference Card panel 6, to help provide the solution. The area of a circle can be calculated with either (Pi x radius squared)…