State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) around the country have discovered that night jobsites are safer and more efficient for a number of reasons.
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Two cranes collapsed at VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on Wednesday, injuring five people including a crane operator who was seriously hurt and remains in hospital. All five are employees of VT Halter Marine.
The China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group (CRMBEC) used six Potain tower cranes to build two 280m tall bridge pylons for Chishi Grand Bridge in southern China.
The Below-the-Hook lifters are attachments for crane systems used in the handling of waste material from a uranium enrichment process for commercial nuclear power plants.
NA debut for Linden Comansa’s internal climb
Linden Comansa’s internal climbing system has been used for the first time in North America on a large hospital development project in Montreal, Canada.
Liebherr has launched an intelligent grab for its mobile harbour cranes – SmartGrip, which it says can boost productivity by over 25 percent.
Modulift Build the World’s Highest Capacity Single Point Lifting Beam.
Expert’s in custom heavy lifting equipment, Modulift proved themselves again with their latest venture, assisting Harland and Wolff in optimizing their single point lifting capacity.
Many sectors of the global construction market have been somewhat quiet in recent years but Australia is a notable exception.
Trier-based Steil Kranarbeiten GmbH & Co. KG used their Superlift 3800 crane to build a bridge in Luxemburg only two days after the same machine was used to erect a wind turbine in the Hunsrück mountain range.
Manitowoc Crawlers Help Rebuild Canadian Shipyard
A fleet of Manitowoc crawler cranes is being used in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, demolishing and rebuilding a wharf at the Halifax Shipyard. The construction is part of the Halifax Shipyard Modernization Program and will serve the Royal Canadian Navy’s combat fleet.