Technology

A new vehicle purchasing plan which will save up to 60,000 liters of fuel per year.

A trend for larger ships at a time when demand for sustainable, environmentally sensitive operation and the call for low-emission cargo handling equipment is growing, says crane manufacturer Liebherr-Werk Nenzing.

Operator information systems are moving with the times to provide accessible data in busier working environments for more advanced and larger cranes.

The software allows the planning of complex, multiple crane lifts, including tower cranes, and it has the ability to calculate and view every detail of the lift.

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.

The UK£ 19.1 million (€ 21.7 million) tower incorporates the five Olympic rings and offers visitors panoramic views of the Olympic Park and London.

The GCK3045 has a maximum capacity of 45 t and a 34 m boom with optional twist jib. This 6.3 m/10.2 m jib can rig within the crane’s 2.55 m width as opposed to more conventional jibs which must “swing out” of the crane’s width to set up.

Dutch construction company Dura Vermeer has installed camera/monitor systems across its entire tower crane fleet in order to aid its crane operators and improve safety.

The spandrel being placed was 120 feet (37 m) long and weighed 150,000 pounds (68 metric tons).