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Potain Unveils Largest Topless Tower Crane in MDT Range →

Manitowoc’s latest topless tower crane from Potain — the MDT 268 — is the largest crane in the redesigned MDT range. The crane has an improved reach and numerous features to simplify and speed up the erection and dismantle process. The crane is available in a J10 version with an 11-ton (9.9 t) capacity and a J12 version with a 13.2-ton (12 t) capacity. As a topless crane with no cathead, the MDT 268 offers contractors greater space utilization on sites where multiple cranes are working or where height restrictions are an issue. Click for more...

Link-Belt 298 HSL Hydraulic Crane Has 230-Ton Capacity →

Continuing the HYLAB tradition, Link-Belt’s 298 HSL brings hydraulic pilot operated controls and reliability to the table. With a 230-ton (209 t) capacity, it has 55,000 lbs. (24,948 kg) of available line pull and a maximum line speed of 525 fpm (160 mpm). To handle this kind of line pull, the wide, 35-in. (89 cm) front and rear drums demand 1.1-in. (2.8 cm) rope. The controls on this crawler are patterned after the 218 HSL. Click for more...

Grove’s RT540E Features New Modern Cab, Controls →

Manitowoc’s RT540E rough-terrain crane, from Grove, features dual-axis, electronic joysticks and a sleeker, more modern cab. According to Neil Hollingshead, global product manager for Manitowoc’s rough-terrain crane product line, the new cab and controls improve operator comfort and productivity. “Operators can easily view gauges for all engine functions on the clean, automotive-style control panel in the dash,” he said. Click for more...

’Meet the Machines’ Continues to Be Huge Hit With Kids →

Nearly 12,000 adults and kids were on hand to experience an opportunity to Meet the Machines at Budrovich Excavating & Contracting headquarters on April 26. The fourth annual event, co-hosted by Fabick CAT, welcomed a record number of approximately 4,500 kids ranging in age from 3 to 16. The event was held at Budrovich’s headquarters, which is in an old quarry in south St. Louis County. The day began at 10 a.m. Click for more...

Tower Cranes Aid Transfer of Acropolis Antiquities →

A section of a sacred marble frieze sculpted by Phidias 2,500 years ago was moved last October from its original home on the Parthenon, perched high on the Acropolis, Athens’s rocky citadel. It was the first of numerous priceless artifacts transferred to a nearby modernistic concrete and glass museum. The artifacts’ journey involved a relay performed by three tower cranes. The new museum is a three-story structure due to open at the end of 2008. Click for more...

Fenway Park: America’s Little Ballpark Grows Up →

Fenway Park celebrates its 96th anniversary this year. In lieu of a birthday gift comes a much-needed update. Like so many unassembled toys, one of Fenway’s “gifts” had to be put together before it could be put to use. The Manitowoc 2250 crawler crane rented from L. J. Crane & Rigging, Cranston, R.I., by Capco Steel Inc., Providence, R.I., was too large to pass through Fenway’s small overhead door. Click for more...

LJ Crane & Rigging Adds Three New Territory Managers →

The LJ Companies, headquartered in Rhode Island, has added Frank Brian Dempsey, Scott Mogavero and Frank Bonzani as territory managers of Crane Service and Rentals. Mogavero, of Peabody, Mass., was recently employed with Coastal Crane Company, headquartered in Quincy, Mass. Prior to joining LJ, Dempsey was sales manager of AmQuip Corporation’s New England division and has more than 25 years of progressive experience within the crane and hoist rental and service industry in New England. Click for more...

Crane Rental Corporation Breaks in Manitowoc 18000 →

Crane Rental Corporation has just completed an inaugural lift with its second Manitowoc 18000 crane. The crane was shipped from the factory directly to a St. Petersburg, Fla., job site in early February. Assembly of the crane was completed within a week and work began the next day. The primary task for the crane was hoisting a 492,000-lb. (223,000 kg) transformer from Crane Rental’s 12-line Goldhofer hydraulic platform trailer on to its final foundation. Click for more...

Crews Build New Bridges to Chincoteague Island →

The Black Narrows Bridge and the Chincoteague Channel Bridge on Route 175 provide the only access to Chincoteague Island, Va. In recent years, the bridges began falling into ill repair, prompting the town to call upon the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to supply funds to replace the bridges. The town of Chincoteague, famous for its annual Pony Swim and Auction, cited the roughly 4,000 residents and more than 1 million tourists each year who use the bridges as the primary motivation to approve the $68.7 million project. Click for more...

Alaska Highway Moves on Despite Winter →

It’s the second-to-last week in February, and Dave Schnabl of Alaska Interstate Construction (AIC) is hoping for below-freezing temperatures at the job site. One might think that when you’re working about 95 mi. (152 km) northeast of Anchorage, like Schnabl and his crew, the last thing you’d hope for is colder weather. But sub-freezing temperatures are needed in order for crews to build a temporary ice bridge that will help them construct a 360-ft. Click for more...

$141M Route 52 Bridge Project a Shore Fit for N.J. Communities →

Work is under way on the $141 million “Route 52 Causeway, Contract A1, Bridge Replacement, Reconstruction and Resurfacing” project in Ocean City and Somers Point, N.J., in Atlantic and Cape May counties. Plans for the 1.5-mi. (2.4 km) project call for reconstruction of Route 52, including construction of four new bridge spans, roadway construction including elimination of a round-about, and area improvements such as pedestrian walkways, fishing piers, and a new tourism facility, according to Chris Carter, senior project engineer of George Harms Construction Co. Click for more...

Crane System to Speed Building of Bypass Bridge →

LAS VEGAS (AP) A crane system needed to finish building the Hoover Dam bypass bridge should be up and running in January, a federal official overseeing the project said. The pulley-type, “high-line” crane system was designed with the bypass project in mind, Dave Zanetell, a Federal Highway Administration engineer, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a Jan. 7 report. Two sets of 280-ft. Click for more...

Charlotte in MIdst of Crane Boom →

The nation as a whole may be experiencing a downturn in construction and real estate transactions but Charlotte, N.C., is growing in an unprecedented boom. The most pronounced evidence of this growth appears in the sky, where a record-breaking number of cranes loom above construction sites ranging from new tourist attractions to high-end, high-rise residential towers. Jason Kenna of Heede Southeast Inc. Click for more...

Terex Cranes, IHI Celebrate Delivery of 500th Unit at Palace Hotel in Tokyo →

Representatives from Terex’s Cranes Division and IHI Construction Machinery Limited gathered to celebrate the production of the 500th crane delivered to Terex Cranes Dec. 3. Attendees representing Terex Cranes were Steve Filipov, president, Terex Cranes; Doug Friesen, vice president and general manager North America; Scott Smith, director of sales; and Jim Strobush, sales support manager. The celebration was held at the Palace Hotel in Tokyo and included the breaking of the ceremonial Sake Barrel, presentation of commemorative photos and plaques from IHI and speeches from representatives of both organizations. Click for more...

Southern Crane Rings in New Year at Acorn Drop in Raleigh, N.C. →

For the 17th straight year, Southern Crane personnel and equipment were responsible for lifting and lowering Raleigh’s famous 1,250-lb. (567 kg) copper acorn, a highlight of the city’s New Year’s Eve festivities. Ever since the acorn “drop” became a Raleigh tradition, Southern Crane has provided its equipment free of charge for the event. Earl Johnson III, president of Southern Crane and a Raleigh native, said everyone at the company enjoys the fun. Click for more...

Bisso Marine Crew Fishes for Crawler Crane at Bottom of Atchafalaya River →

Bisso Marine recently mobilized a salvage team, the salvage support barge C/B Big Eagle and the 700 ton (635 t) capacity D/B Cappy Bisso to salvage a crawler crane which had fallen into the Atchafalaya River in Berwick, La. The crane, which weighed approximately 100 tons, was knocked into the river upon contact with the Highway 90 Bridge in 2005. At the salvage location the water was 30 ft. deep, but in the two years since the collision, the crane had settled to approximately 25 ft. Click for more...

Link-Belt Unveils HTC-8675 Series II Telescopic Truck Crane →

Link-Belt has introduced the 75-ton (70 t) telescopic truck crane — the HTC-8675 Series II. Originally introduced in 1996, the HTC-8675 established new performance standards for North American truck cranes and, with outstanding features and performance, captured the lion’s share of the market for more than a decade, according to the manufacturer. Now, the all-new HTC-8675 Series II strengthens this legacy with even more standard features, longer reach, outstanding lift capacities, and improved over-the-road mobility. Click for more...

Manitowoc Crane Expands Pa. Manufacturing Facility →

The Manitowoc Crane Group (MCG) has begun a multimillion-dollar expansion and renovation project on its manufacturing facility in Shady Grove, Pa. The Shady Grove manufacturing plant is comprised of 11 manufacturing buildings located on a 305-acre campus. In August 2007, construction began on additions to two of the buildings. A 9,000 sq. ft. (836 sq m) addition will house a new wash, paint and shipping area in the Manitowoc Model 999 crawler assembly building. Click for more...

MMIC Hits Ground Running With Model 14000 in Ohio →

One of the first Model 14000 crawler cranes in the field was put to work on a power plant in eastern Ohio. The crane, which is one of several ordered by rental giant ALL Erection and Crane Rental Corp., was used to erect a number of components for a new conveyor system. MMIC, an Ohio-based lifting services company, rented the Model 14000 from ALL Erection. The company was sub-contracted to erect nine conveyors on the project varying from 13 to 363 yd. Click for more...

Tollway Links Future to Ecological Heritage →

The 12.5-mi. (20 km) six-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80 opened to bicycle traffic on Veteran’s Day Nov. 11 to considerable fanfare as communities along the route staged local festivals to coincide with opening ceremonies. Vehicular traffic started rolling on the newly named Veterans Memorial Tollway during the next day’s morning rush hour. Click for more...

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