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ALL Erection & Crane Rental Adds Manitowoc 14000 Crawler Cranes →

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. added a substantial number of the first Manitowoc Model 14000 crawler cranes, Manitowoc’s latest offering in the 220 ton (200 t) class. The purchase of the Model 14000s means that, once again, ALL Erection has placed the initial order on one of Manitowoc’s new cranes. ALL also took the first order for the Model 18000, a 440 ton (400 t) crane, and the first order for the Model 16000. Click for more...

Marco Crane Takes Delivery of Grove GMK7550 in Arizona →

Marco Crane received a new Grove GMK7550 mobile crane, the largest all-terrain available from Manitowoc Crane Group. Dan Mardian, president of Marco Crane and sister company Mardian Equipment, both based in Phoenix, Ariz., said the GMK7550’s 550-ton (450 t) capacity and transportability were important features for his business. “Because we have offices in several states, we need a crane that meets the exacting road requirements of each state. Click for more...

GM Demolishes Plant in Lansing, Mich. →

Due to the prohibitive cost of operating safely and in an environmentally friendly manner in two existing plants in Lansing, Mich., General Motors Corporation constructed two new facilities (the Grand River Assembly and Delta Township plants) to replace them. The new facilities are capable of producing vehicles more efficiently, economically and safely. Now comes the job of demolishing, recycling and removing the two old plants — the Fisher Body Plant (Plant Six) and the Oldsmobile Plant (Plant One), located approximately 1.5 mi. Click for more...

AmQuip Acquires Shaughnessy Crane Services From NES Rentals →

AmQuip Corporation has acquired Shaughnessy Crane Services, a leading crane rental provider in the New England region, from NES Rentals Holdings Inc. Shaughnessy / AmQuip will offer rough terrain, all terrain, crawler and tower cranes, ranging from 6 to 600 ton (5.4 to 544 t) capacity. The Shaughnessy / AmQuip division will remain headquartered in its current Boston location. “Shaughnessy Crane is one of the most established and respected names in the crane rental industry,” said Frank G. Click for more...

Acoustics Abate Noise in Gehl’s New E-Series Skid Loaders →

Gehl Company’s new E-Series skid loader line consists of six new skid loaders ranging from the compact Model 3640E with a rated operating load of 1,175 lbs. (533 kg) to the Model 6640E with a rated operating load of 2,900 lbs. (1,315 kg) when equipped with the optional counterweights. These new units are are built with acoustical materials and specially designed engine compartment components to lower sound levels, both inside and out. Click for more...

Tracey Road Equipment Adds Ingersoll Rand Milling Machines →

Ingersoll Rand dealer Tracey Road Equipment has added the new Ingersoll Rand milling machines to the line of products available to customers. Ingersoll Rand offers two milling machines, the MW-500 and the MT-2000. The MW-500 is a four-wheel, rear-loading, utility-class milling machine with a standard cutting width of 19.69-in. (50 cm). Features on the MT-2000 include three cutting speeds and a walk-in engine compartment. Click for more...

IMT Enhances Dominator IV, Adds 8025 Telescopic Crane →

Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT) has made some new enhancements to the Dominator IV mechanics truck to give operators more comfort and mobility around the vehicle. IMT also has announced a new telescopic crane — the 8025 — designed to accompany the redesigned truck body. The new Dominator IV mechanics truck can accommodate an 80,000 ft./lb. crane. The new 8025 crane offers more lifting capacity than any other IMT telescopic crane. Click for more...

Crews Ensure Traffic Keeps on Rollin’ Over Blackwater →

The Blackwater River Bridge on Route 40 in Waverly, Va., is showing its age. The 50-year-old bridge needs to be replaced, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has awarded the $3 million contract to Bryant Contracting Inc., of Toano, Va., to get the job done. Bryant started work on the project, which includes the bridge replacement and roadway approach work, in early December. The anticipated completion date is May 2008. Click for more...

Reservoir to Include State’s Highest Non-Federal Dam →

Two government agencies have teamed up in the Atlanta area to build a $36 million, 411-acre (166 ha) reservoir that will help bolster water supplies needed for two booming metro counties already approaching a combined population of 1 million residents. The Hickory Log Creek Reservoir near Canton, Ga., will feature a huge roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam towering 180 ft. (55 m) high and stretching 980 ft. Click for more...

Budrovich Appoints Waltz as New Senior Estimator for Cranes →

Budrovich Contracting recently hired Ron Waltz as senior estimator in the Crane Rental Division. Waltz brings approximately 20 years of crane estimating and customer relationship management experience to Budrovich. He worked previously with Bollmeier Crane in southern Illinois. Waltz will be responsible for estimating and bidding projects in the metro east and southern Illinois. “Ron’s experience and customer relationships gives Budrovich entree into geographic and industrial markets that had been difficult to penetrate previously” A.J. Click for more...

Manitowoc Crane Group Names New V.P. of Worldwide Marketing →

Manitowoc Crane Group has announced Robert M. Hund is joining its executive team as vice president, Worldwide Marketing. Hund brings more than 18 years experience to the post and will be responsible for strategic planning, direction, and execution of marketing functions. He succeeds and will report to Larry Bryce, who was promoted in October to the new role of vice president, Business Development of the Crane Group. Click for more...

Tower Crane Disassembled in a Day →

Even in a cramped urban setting, an experienced crane operator should have no problem helping erect a tower crane for a new skyscraper. However, removing it from the top of the completed building tends to be a different story. Salesman Marty Paulsen of ALL Crane of Georgia said he’s especially proud of the job the company did removing the tower crane from 55 Allen Plaza in Atlanta in December. Click for more...

Crane Assists in Dam Repair →

For two days, a Grove 20-ton crane sat atop the Bull Shoals Dam in northern Arkansas to help get its generators running at full capacity. It was called in to lift two new 5,000 lb. 80-ft. chains into place that control a headgate — a door that slides closed, thus shutting off the water, when crews need to access the dam’s generators. The 55-year-old chain, which looks like it should be on a giant bicycle, fell off Feb. Click for more...

Potain’s Igo MA21 Crane Earns Passing Grade on High School Addition in Md. →

A Potain Igo MA21 self-erecting crane from Shawmut Equipment, a local Potain dealer, has been instrumental in overcoming job-site challenges during the renovation of a high school in Elkton, Md. Joseph Rizzo & Sons of New Castle, Del., a masonry subcontractor, had anticipated a straightforward plan to build a cement block addition onto the school. However, the existing structure blocked access to two of the addition’s walls limiting the contractor’s ability to deliver bundles of cement block to workers. Click for more...

V3 Companies Builds Tollway Through Illinois →

Winter won’t stop work on the Illinois Tollway’s construction of a 12.5-mi. (20 km), three-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80. In fact, Pete Stuckas, senior project manager for V3 Companies of Illinois, is looking for ways to gain time over the winter to build a cushion in the schedule just in case spring weather or other issues arise next year. Click for more...

Manitowoc Crane Expo Highlights Product Innovation →

The Manitowoc Crane Group (MCG) welcomed more than 800 customers and dealer representatives from around the world at its Crane Expo demonstration event in Shady Grove, Pa., Oct. 16 to 20. Throughout the week, MCG had approximately two dozen of its Manitowoc, Grove, National Crane, and Potain lifting products on display. Many of these cranes were introduced this year. Dave Birkhauser, senior vice president of sales for the Americas, said MCG’s focus on product innovation is what has elevated the company to a leadership position in the lifting market and what enables it to offer so many new cranes. Click for more...

Tower Crane Operator Has Quite a View →

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Lee Carhart knows plenty about climbing the corporate ladder. He does it five days a week — 270 rungs, one rung at a time. Once up. Once down. For Carhart, it’s all part of getting to and from work “up here in God’s country.”For the next year, the Guilford County resident will operate the 300-ft. tall tower crane being used to rehab the former Wachovia building downtown. Click for more...

Tanner Building Safer S-Curve on I-59 →

A $26 million reconstruction project is under way on a dangerous winding S-curve on Interstate 59 in Laurel, Miss., that has been the scene of fatal accidents for decades. Southern District Highway Commissioner Wayne Brown said the project, which will take three years to complete, has been 20 years in the making. “It was built before the interstate system and doesn’t meet today’s standards,” he said. Click for more...

Bay Crane Again Brings Holiday Spirit to NYC’s Rockefeller Center →

NEW YORK (AP) The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was set aglow with 30,000 colored lights Nov. 29, officially kicking off the holiday season in the city. With temperatures in the high 50s, thousands of people packed the midtown Manhattan plaza for the festivities, which were hosted by the “Today” show’s Al Roker and Ann Curry. Singers Martina McBride, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Sting and Bette Midler were among those who performed during the two-hour event, part of which was televised nationally on NBC. Click for more...

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Adds 150 Hydraulic Cranes →

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has contracted for 150 new hydraulic cranes, with scheduled deliveries starting in late 2006 and running through 2007. The new equipment contracts are with all major manufacturers, including Link-Belt, Grove and Terex, including 35- to 550-ton (32 to 500 t) capacities. “Our hydraulic crane purchases represent just a portion of our equipment commitment for 2007, and we are already aggressively pursuing acquisitions of new equipment for 2008,” said Michael Liptak, ALL Erection & Crane Rental vice president of operations. Click for more...

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