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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...

Geppert Commits Byberry Hospital to Philly’s Past →

A decaying and dangerous monument to one of the saddest chapters in the history of Philadelphia is currently in the process of disappearing from the urban landscape. It has been a long journey to reach this point. The last patients in Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia were discharged in 1990 but the facility is only now being demolished to make way for upscale housing and office accommodations, a far cry from the institution whose many buildings occupied the sprawling site for more than 80 years. Click for more...

N.Y.’s Clark Rigging and Rental Acquires Webster Crane Service →

Lockport, N.Y.-based Clark Rigging and Rental Corp. recently acquired the assets of Webster Crane Service from its parent company, Boulter Industrial Contractors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Clark Rigging and Rental has been in the Western New York crane rental market since the company was founded in 1954. Since then, the organization has grown and blanketed the region by providing crane rental services and lifting solutions to Western and Central New York, and Northern Pennsylvania. Click for more...

Latest MCG Crane Offers Mobile Lifting Technology →

Manitowoc Crane Group’s Grove GTK1100 includes a wheeled mobile carrier with a vertical telescopic mast and a luffing telescopic boom at its top. The crane’s design offers numerous benefits to those working on wind farms, refineries, power plants, petrochemical facilities or anywhere space is at a premium. The GTK1100 requires very little room to erect and can be transported with as few as four trailers. Click for more...

National Crane’s 1300H Features ’Easy Reach’ Console →

National Crane added a new series to its line of boom trucks. The Series 1300H is a 30-ton (27 t) capacity, stand-up control crane. It is the largest capacity National Crane that can be mounted on a three-axle truck, while maintaining an overall vehicle length of under 40 ft. (12 m) and carrying more than 3 tons (2.7 t) of payload. Mike Herbert, senior project engineer at National Crane, said the crane is a brand new addition and enhances the company’s product offering. Click for more...

Tully-Pegno Leads Flushing River Crossing →

The project team of the $178 million “Replacement of the Northbound Whitestone Expressway/Flushing River Bridge Replacement Project” faces numerous challenges, according to John Elias, the engineer-in-charge of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Region 11, Long Island City, N.Y. This comprehensive project includes rehabilitation of the southbound Whitestone Expressway for approximately .5 mi. Click for more...

Strong Gusts Topple Crane Into Three Houses in Portland Neighborhood →

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine officials were assessing damages Oct. 30 in the aftermath of a wild, weekend storm that brought gusty winds that toppled a 165-ft. crane in one of Portland’s most populous neighborhoods and triggering additional power outages around the state. Mainers continued to assess damages as winds subsided and utility crews arrived from Canada to help Bangor Hydro Electric crews restore power. Click for more...

North Atlantic Machinery Named Terex Finlay Dealer for Four New England States →

North Atlantic Machinery, headquartered in Gorham, Maine, is now the dealer for all Terex Finlay products in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. North Atlantic Machinery handles the full line of Terex Finlay equipment, including screening plants, wash plants, trommels, impact crusher plants, jaw crusher plants, conveyors and related equipment. “North Atlantic Machinery is a welcome and valued addition to our growing network of Terex Finlay full-service dealers in North America,” said Terex Finlay Senior Dealer Manager of North America Keith McCann. Click for more...

Nowak, Towne Join Sales Staff at Vantage Equipment →

Vantage Equipment, an authorized distributor for Volvo, Gradall, Hypac/Bomag, Dynapac Pavers, and BTI Hydraulic Breakers, has announced the following personnel additions. John Nowak joined Vantage Equipment as eastern region field sales manager in its Albany, NY, branch. He has worked in construction equipment sales and construction related sales positions for more than 20 years in the Albany area. Click for more...

Peaks USA Picks Potain Igo 50 for Packed Housing Project →

Wood frame contractor, Kevin O’Rourke, owner of Peaks USA, is using a Potain Igo 50 self-erecting crane on a space-constrained job in Cambridge, MA. Richdale Place is a 38,000 sq. ft. (3,530 sq m) multi-unit residential building with a parking structure as its foundation. The building is made of panelized wooden walls, which are fabricated off site, and then transported to the site for final assembly on the foundation. Click for more...

Contractors Flock to Audubon Bridge →

For at least five decades, the only way to cross the Mississippi River between New Roads and St. Francisville, LA, has been a state operated ferry system. That will change in 2010 when Louisiana’s new $348-million John James Audubon Bridge is completed to link the two historic districts. The bridge is named after John James Audubon, a naturalist and artist who dedicated his life to painting all the birds in America. Click for more...

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