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$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...

Two New Skid Steers Designed to Save Time, Money →

Two new additions to the John Deere skid steer family — the 313 and 315 — are compact and maneuverable, yet powerful with rated operating capacities of 1,300 and 1,500 lbs. (590 and 680 kg). Features such as 10- by 16.5-in. (25 by 42 cm) tires for traction and flotation, heavy-duty drive chains that never need adjusting, and enhanced visibility provide outstanding safety while operating in tight spaces. Click for more...

NDDOT Replaces 85-Year-Old Bridge →

“When the Liberty Memorial Bridge was first built in 1922 it was the only crossing over the Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, to Great Falls, Mont., a 500-mile distance in either direction. The Memorial Bridge was also needed as an arterial route between Bismarck on the east side of the Missouri River and Mandan on the west side of the river, in central North Dakota,” explained Mike Kopp, on-site engineer of the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT). Click for more...

InfraSource Adding Extra ’Swank’ to Buckhead →

It’s a project that will define the area. The first — and sometimes only — impression that visitors take is not a bridge or a building, but a streetscape. On Peachtree Road in Atlanta’s ever-swankier Buckhead district, the streetscape will be like no other in the world. “It’s quite a visually striking project,” InfraSource Underground Construction Services General Manager George Betzner said. Click for more...

Crews Widen Main Street in Bamberg During $8M Project →

With large stretches of its main downtown streets reduced to a mess of rocks and dirt and gaping holes, Bamberg, S.C., looked more like a war zone than a quiet Southern town during work late last year and earlier this year to widen U.S. 301/601 and crossroad U.S. 78, said Earl Capps, spokesman for contractor U.S. Group Inc. “Basically, [the streets] were torn down to dirt. … We had to pull up everything [and] start over,” said Capps, whose company is based in Columbia, S.C., approximately an hour north of Bamberg. Click for more...

Manitowoc Acquires Shirke’s Potain Tower Crane Business →

The Manitowoc Company Inc. has acquired Shirke Construction Equipments Pvt. Ltd. Shirke is headquartered in Pune, India, and manufactures Potain tower cranes under license. It also is the Potain distributor for India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. The newly acquired business will operate in the future as Potain India Pvt. Ltd. and will continue to manufacture tower cranes under the Potain name. Click for more...

IMT Adds CraneWorks Inc. as Dealer in Houston Area →

Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT) added CraneWorks Inc., based in Houston, as a dealer of IMT products to customers in the Houston area. CraneWorks now offers the extensive line of IMT telescopic cranes. CraneWorks also has established an IMT parts and service operation in Houston so that customers get the full experience of working with the IMT dealer network. “We’re excited about CraneWorks Inc. Click for more...

Bard Capital Acquires Crane Rental Giant AmQuip →

Bard Capital Group LLC, a private equity investment firm engaged in the acquisition and operation of middle market companies, along with other investors, has acquired the assets and business of AmQuip Corp., one of the nation’s largest providers of industrial crane rentals, sales and related services. The transaction was valued at more than $320 million. The transaction provides AmQuip with the capital, operational oversight and other resources necessary to foster continuing organic and strategic growth. Click for more...

Gantry Cranes Speed Up Alabama River Bridge Work →

Faced with growing traffic on a pair of bridges crossing the Alabama River in Montgomery, Ala., state Department of Transportation officials decided to bridge the widening gap between their designed capacity and increasing demand by bridging the actual gap between the two structures. “In essence, you’re taking two separate bridges and turning them into one big bridge,” said ALDOT spokesman Tony Harris, explaining the roughly half-mile (0.8 km) span of Interstate 65 was widened by building up between the two bridges to create two additional traffic lanes — one northbound and one southbound — that will be divided by a concrete barrier wall. Click for more...

Crane Operators Save Victim’s Life →

Budrovich Contracting crane operators, Rocky Rhodes and Steve Leslie, came to the rescue of a man whose arm was nearly amputated in an auto accident June 22. The accident took place near the interchange of I-55 and I-270 in south St. Louis County. Both crane operators were following each other on their way to construction job sites, when a cement truck blew a tire and collided with the car next to it. Click for more...

Mantis Crane Takes the Field for the New York Yankees →

The Barletta Corp.’s 14010 Mantis crane has been an MVP on the field so far for the New York Yankees stadium project in the Bronx. The crane, which is now on lease to Interstate Industrial Corp. of Clifton, N.J., has been hard at work in both the outfield and infield for foundation work, which has included driving piles, picking and carrying heavy steel beams, unloading steel and re-rodding, among other tasks. Click for more...

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