Cranes Articles

GUCA Clarifies OSHA Regulations Concerning Cranes →

GUCA members and guests gathered at Buffalo’s Cafe in Athens, Ga., on Nov. 17, 2010, for the Northeast Georgia Industry Meeting. This was an open invitation event for GUCA members, prospective members, municipalities and government officials and more than 20 members and guests attended this meeting. Members and guests also took advantage of the networking opportunity. GUCA member Brian McCormick, Hendrick, Phillips, Salzman & Flatt, provided those in attendance with a presentation regarding OSHA Regulations Concerning Cranes & Derricks. Click for more...

General Crane Bought Out of Bankruptcy →

General Crane USA has gotten the lift it needed to pull out of the economic downturn and rise out of bankruptcy. Prophet Equity, a Southlake, Texas-based firm, and General Crane co-owner and President Jim Robertson created Allegiance Crane & Equipment, which, in turn, purchased the assets of the Pompano Beach-based company for $40 million. The deal was finalized after a bankruptcy court judge in Fort Lauderdale approved the liquidation plan on Dec. Click for more...

AGC formally recognizes NCCER’s Mobile Crane Operator Certification Program →

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has formally recognized the National Center for Construction Education and Research’s (NCCER) Mobile Crane Operator Certification Program. “I would like to congratulate NCCER’s [Mobile] Crane Operator Certification Program, which has been accredited through the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and formally recognized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), each of which is an outstanding accomplishment,” said AGC’s Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Sandherr. Click for more...

RMS Hosts New Link-Belt Crane Demo in Minn. →

Road Machinery & Supplies of Savage, Minn., held a demo event for a Link-Belt TCC750 crane Nov. 19. Customers were invited to come to RMS and see the new Link-Belt crane in action. Click for more...

ALL Crane Rental of Georgia Wins Two Workplace Safety Awards →

ALL Crane Rental of Georgia, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, received its second consecutive Award of Excellence for Exceptional Workplace Safety from the Georgia Department of Labor. The company also was awarded a Certificate of Commendation for Safety Excellence from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), putting it third in the country in its category of 100,000 to 200,000 workhours. Click for more...

Ring Power Crane Appoints Pry as Its New Georgia Branch Sales Manager →

Ring Power Crane appointed Ron Pry, of Warner Robins, Ga., as the new Georgia branch sales manager. Pry brings more than 25 years of experience to Ring Power Crane, enhancing its already strong presence in the southeast. His experience includes work as a certified crane operator, an estimator, a purchasing agent, a salesman and a hands-on owner/manager in the lifting, rigging, fabrication and erection industries. Click for more...

Ring Power Recycles Crane Building for New RUP Facility →

In the spirit of recycling, when Ring Used Parts (RUP) needed a new building at its Ocala branch it found a perfectly good used one to fit the bill. The metal building, which had previously been used by Ring Power Corp's crane division at another location, was taken down and moved to the Ocala branch. Because it was used for cranes, the building has high doors and a high ceiling, which makes it ideal for the RUP facility. Click for more...

Tiffin Loader Crane Begins Administering NCCCO Certification →

Earlier this year, Tiffin Loader Crane in Tiffin, Ohio, one of Palfinger’s largest U.S. crane dealers, hosted a National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) workshop to train examiners. This workshop served to not only certify them as operators, but also to accredit them for ABC (Articulating Boom Cranes) and ABL (Articulating Boom Loaders) class cranes so that they are able to administer the practical section of the certification as well. Click for more...

Shawmut Named Dealer for Tadano Mantis Cranes →

Shawmut Equipment of Canada Inc. is the new dealer for Tadano Mantis Cranes in the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Mantis telescoping crawler cranes are heavy duty machines that offer hydraulically extendable crawlers, compact dimensions and quick set up as there are no outriggers to deploy. The Mantis cranes also offer 360 degree pick and carry capabilities and multiple attachments such as work platforms and augers. Click for more...

Link-Belt Crane Helps Pizzagalli Construction Co. Into a Tight Spot →

Some projects require a little bit extra. Extra knowledge, extra skill, extra attention. It’s for that very reason that Pizzagalli Construction Company created its “Special Projects Division.”The special projects division of Pizzagalli focuses on niche areas such as power generation, oil and gas production, and other areas that require a high degree of expertise, and enables the company to focus on a wide range of various sized projects, which include areas like waste water treatment plants, semi-conductor plants, hospitals and schools. Click for more...

Landoll Corporation Designs Double Drop Model 353 Trailer →

Landoll Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty transport trailers, has designed and built an all-new double drop traveling axle trailer to transport a wide variety of oversize, over-height equipment including motor coaches, metro buses, front end loaders and tall mast forklifts. The Model 353 is designed with full hydraulic manual controls along with full function wireless remote hand-held controls. Click for more...

New Perspectives for Terex Cranes With JSC Kwintmadi in Russia →

Terex Cranes entered into an agreement with JVM Equipment International Limited of Ireland for the exclusive distribution of Terex all terrain cranes and rough terrain cranes in the European zone of Russia through JVM Equipment’s Russian subsidiary company JSC Kwintmadi. JSC Kwintmadi is one of Russia’s leading construction equipment dealers in the European zone of Russia, which is comprised of districts one, two, three and four of the Russian Federation. Click for more...

Super Crane Goes to Work on Delicate Rural Utah Bridge →

When the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and prime contractor Granite Construction sat down to the design phase of the Eagle Canyon Bridge project, it realized that using a standard-size crane was not an option. Because of the bridge’s age and vulnerable state, it could not withstand the weight that a regular crane would impose upon it. The $5.29 million project consisted of a deck replacement on the eastbound bridge, with approach slab work and measures to stiffen the existing structure. Click for more...

Cranes Take Center Stage as World Trade Center Site Rises →

The World Trade Center Site in New York City’s Lower Manhattan has been a place of much construction and sadly, destruction, over the past four decades. When construction started on the first towers in the late 1960s, businesses and area residents were not all pleased, especially since there was both displacement involved and a change in the character of the area due to what some feared as a modern monstrosity in their midst. Click for more...

OSHA Publishes Final Rule on Construction Cranes and Derricks →

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it is issuing a new rule addressing the use of cranes and derricks in construction, which will replace a decades-old standard. Approximately 267,000 construction, crane rental and crane certification establishments employing about 4.8 million workers will be affected by the rule published today. “The significant number of fatalities associated with the use of cranes in construction led the Labor Department to undertake this rulemaking,” said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Click for more...

SVP, Ring Power Crane General Manager Dallas Johnson Dies →

SVP and Ring Power Crane General Manager Dallas Johnson succumbed to pancreatic cancer at Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., June 27. Born in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1944, Mr. Johnson excelled at sports throughout his youth and was awarded a full football scholarship to the University of Florida, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in advertising, Mr. Click for more...

Mass.’s Astro Crane Gives Big Lift to Route 111 Bridge Project in N.H. →

High above the New Hampshire roads, in the shadow of Canobee Lake Park, two cranes and a dozen men coupled big steel beams into place. Those huge steel beams for the bridge were set by S & W Construction, a steel erecting company in Concord, N.H., and lifted up by cranes supplied by Astro Crane Company of Stow, Mass., subcontractors working under the guidance of Middlesex Corporation, the project’s general contractor, based in Littleton, Mass. Click for more...

Federal Money to Be Used for W.Va.’s Highland Trail →

DAVIS, W.Va. (AP) The Heart of the Highlands Trail, a 23-mi. loop passing through five public land agencies in and around Canaan Valley, is taking shape in Tucker County, due to a $600,000 appropriation from Congress. The Heart of the Highlands will connect a series of existing trails in Blackwater Falls State Park, the Canaan Valley Institute, the Monongahela National Forest, Canaan Valley State Park and Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Click for more...

Hammond Drive Project Designed for Easing Traffic →

Metro Atlanta motorists may face a hassle in the near term, but in the long term, the expansion of the Hammond Drive bridge over Georgia Highway 400 will help alleviate traffic in the busy area north of the city. Earth began to be moved in the late spring on the $17 million design-build project, located several miles north of downtown Atlanta in the busy corridor between I-285 and Abernathy Road in the suburban city of Sandy Springs. Click for more...

Ritchie Bros. Denver Auction Breaks Company Record →

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers broke its record for the highest value equipment item ever sold in a Denver auction during a two-day multi-million dollar unreserved public auction at the company’s permanent site in Denver, Colo., on June 10 and 11. More than 1,900 registered bidders from 32 countries, including 45 U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces competed for 1,400 equipment items, trucks and cranes. Click for more...

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