Cranes Articles

Pinnacle’s Reed Owsley Retires, Mackinson Named Successor →

Carolina Tractor and Pinnacle Cranes announced that Reed Owsley, vice president and general manager of Pinnacle Cranes, will be retiring from the company, effective December 31, 2010. Jim Mackinson has been named as Owsley’s successor and will join the company in early July. Owsley has been a key member of the Carolina Tractor executive management team since joining the company in December 2001, when Carolina Tractor acquired the distribution rights for Link-Belt Cranes in the Carolinas. Click for more...

Louisiana’s Geaux Wider Project Underway →

At the risk of many puns being made on its name, Louisiana’s Geaux Wider project is Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development’s ambitious multi-year project to decrease travel time between Interstates 10 and 12 in East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes. The goal of this $86 million federally funded project is to enhance safety and relieve congestion along these heavily traveled highways by widening them from four to six lanes. Click for more...

Cable Stay Bridge Marks New Era in Minneapolis →

A split second blast followed by bursts of light sparked the end of a transportation era last June for residents and commuters of the north side of Minneapolis. At the same time, it marked the beginning of a new era when demolition crews dropped the steel trusses of the 104-year-old Lowry Avenue Bridge into the Mississippi River to clear the way for a new and much different looking bridge to serve the city’s north side for the next 100 years. Click for more...

Projects Underway to Aid Huntington’s Traffic Flow →

When the town of Huntington on New York’s Long Island was founded in the 1600s, whaling and other marine related services formed a large part of its economy, although this declined after the railroad arrived in the 1860s. In common with many locations on Long Island, after World War II the population of the town increased at a tremendous pace, bringing with it urbanization and in particular increased traffic and extended commuting times. Click for more...

Hoover Dam Bypass Project Approaches End →

A 1,060-ft. (323 m) concrete arch curves 900 ft. (274.3 m) above the Colorado River, part of a 1,900-ft. (579 m) long bridge with its abutments set into the cliffs of the Black Canyon, approximately 1,500 ft. (457.2 m) downstream of the Hoover Dam. Starting in November, traffic traveling U.S. 93 will use this monumental new bridge to cross the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona. The current route across the top of the Hoover Dam cannot safely accommodate the 14,000 vehicles and trucks that use it each day; issues include sharp turns, narrow roadways, inadequate shoulders, poor sight distance, and low travel speeds. Click for more...

Barnhart Agrees to Purchase Powell Crane Rental Division →

Barnhart Crane & Rigging and Powell Companies have reached a definitive agreement under which Barnhart will purchase Powell’s crane rental division, which has locations in Knoxville and Johnson City, Tenn. Powell’s crane rental division has served the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas for 40 years. Powell’s other companies consist of Coal and Minerals Processing engineering/construction, Steel Erectors services, Decanter Machines Inc., and Powell Technologies. Click for more...

Woburn’s C.N. Wood Inc. Named NPK Dealer for Bay State, Rhode Island →

C.N. Wood Co. Inc., Woburn, Mass., has been named the NPK dealer for the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The exclusive distributor for Komatsu off-road equipment will be carrying the full line of NPK products, which includes a comprehensive offering of hydraulic hammers, pedestal breaker systems, heavy duty grapples, primary/secondary crushers, material processors, plate compactor/drivers and quick-attach couplers as well as a complete offering of OEM parts to support these attachments. Click for more...

Clarence Brown Conference Center Crosses Halfway Point →

On July 1, 2009, Bartow County civic leaders assembled to break ground on the new Clarence Brown Conference Center in Cartersville, Ga. Currently, the $20-million, LEED Certified facility is approximately 60 percent finished and is on track for an August 2010 completion date. Hogan Construction Group LLC, Norcross, Ga., is the general contractor on the project. Bartow County and each of its municipalities are jointly funding the conference center through special purpose local option sales tax proceeds, which also is funding a number of other local projects. Click for more...

Bridge Project Expected to Beat Deadline →

A railroad bridge replacement project is nearing an early completion date in the city of Waynesboro, Va., under the direction of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The contract of $9,862,043 was awarded to Abernathy Construction, Glen Allen, Va. The project is headed by David Abernathy, superintendent, and Jeffrey Abernathy. According to Sandy Myers, public relations manager of VDOT’s Staunton District, Abernathy redesigned the railroad bridge, saving the organization $400,000. Click for more...

SC Names Winners of Its First Crane Operator Safety Awards →

The Specialized Carriers Rigging Association (SC) awarded 18 Crane Operator Safety Awards during the 2010 annual conference, April 6 to 10, at the Omni Hotel at Champions Gate, Orlando, Fla. This new award was presented to certified crane operators who exhibit exemplary work achievements while accumulating 10,000 consecutive man-hours and recording zero accidents or incidents. Winners represent six different companies: • J.J. Click for more...

New Allegheny Bridge Project in Final Stage →

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) is heading a $190 million project to replace an aging span across the Allegheny River with the first major post-tensioned segmental bridges in the Commonwealth. The existing bridge is located 14 mi. northeast of Pittsburgh and the job is part of a project to reconstruct I-76 between mile posts 46.56 and 49.54, improving the highway and increasing traffic safety and capacity. Click for more...

Outstanding Reach With New Terex RT 100 →

Terex Cranes introduces the new Terex RT 100 rough terrain crane. The RT 100 is the newest addition to the Terex Cranes rough terrain crane portfolio and offers outstanding lifting capacity across all load ranges, according to the manufacturer. Its maximum lifting capacity is 100 tons (90 t) The RT 100 is the only CE marked rough terrain crane in the 80 to 100 ton (72.5 to 90 t) segment and the largest CE marked RT crane offered by Terex in Europe. Click for more...

Terex Rolls Out New Products →

For Terex Cranes, 2009 was a very productive year, introducing new crane models to increase productivity, new truck and crane cabs for enhanced ease-of-use and comfort, new safety features for security and new configurations for greater reach and capacity. A new family member on the Port Equipment sector. In 2009, Terex acquired the Fantuzzi and Noell port equipment businesses, which have joined the Terex Cranes family. Click for more...

Two-Year Warranty Program for Terex Cranes Built in USA →

All Terex rough terrain cranes, crawler cranes, boom trucks, truck cranes and tower cranes built in the USA and sold by Terex in 2010 will be covered by a full two year factory warranty. “By extending our warranty from one to two years, we are reinforcing our commitment to design and build products of exceptional quality and value and to provide superior product support,” according to Marco Gentilini, vice president and general manager, Terex Cranes North America. Click for more...

Mekis Works ’in Harmony’ With Jackson Township →

Just a few short months after Harmony Junction made the news for the removal of 200-year-old blockages in the Connoquenessing Creek, the small town has garnered public interest again with the replacement of a prominent multi-girder bridge. The Harmony Junction bridge project in Jackson Township (Butler County) is among the many American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects taking place in Pennsylvania. Click for more...

NCCER Releases Tower Crane Operator Curriculum →

NCCER has released the 2010 Contren Learning Series Tower Crane Operator curriculum. NCCER worked with subject matter experts representing industry from across the country to introduce relevant industry material into the new book. “I am extremely excited in anticipation of the upcoming release of the NCCER curriculum for tower crane operation,” said Mike Eggenberger, crane safety manager, Bay Ltd., A Berry Company. Click for more...

ALL Sunshine Crane Rental Earns Two Safety Awards →

ALL Sunshine Crane Rental of Apopka, Fla., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, was presented with two awards from the Florida division of the United Safety Council at its awards banquet on Jan. 22. The awards were given for the period of Oct. 1, 2008, through Sept. 30, 2009. ALL Sunshine earned the Gold Fleet Safety Award for having zero at-fault vehicle accidents during that 12-month period and the Lost Time Prevention Award for having no occupational injuries resulting in lost time for those 12 consecutive months. Click for more...

New South Street Bridge in Philadelphia Under Way →

It was time to take action to replace an almost 90-year-old bridge spanning the Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) in Philadelphia. Not only was the South Street Bridge structurally deficient, but a six-ton weight limit was in operation, and in addition, the structure had been shedding chunks of concrete, including some that landed on the expressway. These problems were exacerbated by extreme congestion, caused by carrying some 23,000 vehicles daily as well as numerous pedestrians. Click for more...

Empire Crane Earns Terex Award for Top Sales, Parts Support →

Preceding January’s AED Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Terex Cranes held its third annual dealer conference to discuss the future, and award exemplary distributors for outstanding work in 2009. With the entire Terex Crane dealer network in attendance, Empire Crane’s continued commitment to the Terex product once again earned it a top award for crane sales, as well as special recognition for outstanding parts support, an award new to 2010. Click for more...

Construction Begins on North Carolina’s First Toll Road →

North Carolina’s first toll road, the Western Wake Freeway, will leave those traveling the length of the 12.5-mi. (20.1 km) roadway with an average 20 minutes more free time per trip, according to Jason R. Peterson of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority. “If progress continues on schedule, the mass of workers commuting from the Apex and Holly Springs areas to Research Triangle Park will be able to take the Western Wake Freeway as an alternative route beginning in summer 2013,” said Peterson, who also is the Triangle Expressway project manager. Click for more...

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