Cranes Articles

$59M in Iron Rolls Off Ritchie Brothers Chicago Lot →

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers wrapped up its largest Chicago-area auction (its third largest North American auction) on June 1 to 3 in Morris, IL, with gross auction sales exceeding $59 million. Approximately 3,000 people from 35 countries and all 50 U.S. states registered to bid during the three-day unreserved auction at the company’s 91-acre permanent auction site southwest of Chicago. The sale included a complete dispersal of one of the largest concrete paving companies in the United States, as well as trucks and equipment from another 315 sellers. Click for more...

More Roads, Bridges End Up Swimming With the Fishes →

Over the past several decades, due to man’s activities and natural disasters, the world’s natural reef systems have been significantly reduced, which has led to a decline in the marine life population. Since natural reefs cannot rebuild themselves fast enough, artificial reefs have become a mainstay in order to restore reef systems in the world’s waterways. Materials used for artificial reefs range anywhere from prefabricated molds, called Reef Balls, to demolished concrete structures to old military ships and jets. Click for more...

Sims Crane Acquires Assets of 50-Year-Old Miami Crane Services →

By Jeff CroninCEG ASSOCIATE EDITORSims Crane and Equipment Company purchased the assets of another long-standing Florida crane company. Sims President Steve Stodghill said the acquisition of Miami Crane Services Inc. near Miami, FL, will improve the company’s local service, inventory and manpower. Miami Crane Services was founded in 1955 by Roby Epling, who molded it into a powerhouse in the crane rental industry. Click for more...

Firm Uses Temporary Bridges Over Sensitive Waterways →

Implementation of “green” construction techniques in the planning and design of bridge projects are increasingly becoming a priority to transportation and environmental officials, particularly in environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands and waterway. In July 2003, Vecellio & Grogan began new construction of a 7.75-mi. (12.5 km) section of Interstate 540, also known as Northern Wake Expressway, in northeast Raleigh, NC. Click for more...

Tampa Bay Crane & Body to Expand Throughout State →

The president and owner of Tampa Crane & Body recently added 6,000-sq.-ft. to his facility, but Brian Glover’s goals are to expand beyond the horizon. “We are looking to expand into other major metropolitan areas in Florida over the next few years,” he said. Tampa Crane & Body, located along North 50th Street in Tampa, offers AutoCrane service trucks; Palfinger knuckleboom cranes and truck-mounted forklifts; trolley booms from Steelmaster; and Elliott cranes for boom trucks. Click for more...

New Bridge in Pennsylvania Carries On Old Tradition →

The current project to replace a southwestern Pennsylvania bridge carrying US Route 40 over the Youghiogheny Reservoir raises memories of a span constructed almost 200 years ago — a bridge that still emerges occasionally from beneath the water that drowned a score of local villages during the 1940s. The First Two BridgesThe original Great Crossings Bridge was 40 ft. (12.2 m) high and 30 ft. (9.1 m) wide. Click for more...

Manitowoc Gives We Energies Project a Boost →

A host of Manitowoc lattice boom crawler cranes are working at We Energies Pleasant Prairie Power Plant. The cranes have been supplied by Dawes Crane & Rigging –– an All Erection company –– to project management company Washington Group International. The list of Manitowoc iron comprises model 4100, model 777 and model 888 units, as well as a model 18000, the second largest crawler crane available from Manitowoc Crane Group. Click for more...

Tadano America Taps Roberts, Launches Used Crane Division →

Tadano America Corp. President Kenichi Sawada started the company’s used crane division in January and appointed Denis Roberts as used crane manager. A veteran of the crane industry since 1974, Roberts has worked as an operator, salesman, and in the parts and repair departments. On occasion, Roberts, who is based in Augusta, GA, has even instructed newcomers in crane operation. Roberts said Tadano has officially started to accept trade-ins from its customers to make their new crane buying experience easier. Click for more...

Atlantic Coast Cranes Named Tadano Dealer for VA, MD →

Atlantic Coast Cranes & Machinery Co. has been named as a new Tadano distributor for Virginia and Maryland. To celebrate the new relationship, the distributor showed off a 2005 Tadano ATF45 and TT600XXL April 28 at its location in Ashland, VA, to its staff as well as personnel of W.O. Grubb Crane Rental. For more information, visit www.accranes.com or call 804/798-4500.Atlantic Coast Cranes & Machinery Co. Click for more...

Syracuse’s Empire Cranes Takes on Grove Industrial Line →

Empire Crane Company, of Syracuse, NY, has announced that it has begun representing the Grove Industrial Crane line. The acquisition of the Grove Industrial Crane line now completes the Empire Crane product line of lifting equipment. New York State’s industrial base is now on the rebound and both Grove and Empire Crane are poised to respond to the growing marketplace, according to Empire. Empire Crane will carry three Grove Industrial Crane Series — the YB4400, YB5500 and YB7700. Click for more...

’Kids of All Ages’ Get to Meet the Machines in Missouri →

Approximately 2,000 adults and 1,300 kids, ages 3 to 15, attended the first annual “Meet the Machines” event co-sponsored by The Budrovich Companies and Fabick CAT. The event was held at Budrovich’s headquarters, which is on the site of an old quarry, in south St. Louis County on April 16. Every child received a hard hat and work-order ticket upon entry to the event. The work-order ticket served as part of a scavenger hunt where the children earned stamps after visiting the different event stations. Click for more...

Aesthetics Count During I-4 Work Through Ybor →

Ybor, “the city with a past,” is getting a new roadway. Not only is it expected to make travel easier, it should be quieter with aesthetically pleasing noise walls built to match the historic ambiance of the city. As a result, the surrounding neighborhood will have more green space and larger medians, which could spark a return to enjoying the outdoors for Ybor residents. Called “Florida’s Latin Quarter,” Ybor beckons visitors back to another era. Click for more...

Desrochers Crane Service Presses HTC 8650-II Into Service →

Until recently, Desrochers Crane Service of Derby, VT, had a dilemma of sorts. The company, located just a few miles from the Canadian border, had a 30-ton National crane and a 90-ton Grove crane, but nothing to take care of jobs in the huge gap in between. That was when Robert Desrochers turned to Wood’s CRW, of Williston, VT. Chris Palmer, the vice president of sales and marketing at Wood’s, sold Desrochers a Link-Belt HTC 8650-II hydraulic truck crane that could handle those in-between sized jobs. Click for more...

I-84 Reconstruction on Track for Fall Finish →

The reconstruction of a portion of Interstate 84 (I-84), which is nearing completion, required an array of heavy construction equipment to meet project challenges and normal project needs. According to Rick Negro, the project manager of Plainville, CT-based Manafort Brothers Inc., the project’s general contractor, the project, which began May 21, 2003, included the reconstruction of 3 mi. (4.8 km) of mainline I-84, both eastbound and westbound, in Southington and Cheshire, CT. Click for more...

AmQuip to Boost Tower Crane Fleet With Potain Equipment Agreement →

One of North America’s largest crane operating companies, AmQuip, has committed to a significant program of investment with the Manitowoc Crane Group for its Potain tower crane product line. Under the terms of the agreement, AmQuip will purchase a number of tower cranes each year, to develop its fast-growing rental fleet. This agreement marks one of the largest single tower crane purchases by a crane rental company in North America. Click for more...

Miami Gardens Drive Job Focal Point of New City →

Just more than a year after it began, three separate but related reconstruction projects in the 2-year-old city of Miami Gardens, FL, are progressing nicely toward completion. They represent the final phase of a comprehensive plan designed to improve traffic flow and safety along Miami Gardens Drive. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) launched the projects in February 2004. The work includes Miami Gardens Drive from NW 28th Place to NW 2nd Avenue, and is expected to last approximately two years at an estimated cost of $20 million. Click for more...

Gulf Coast Crane Rental Adds Link-Belt HTC8690 →

The fleet of cranes available for rent at Gulf Coast Crane Rental in Ft. Myers, FL, grew again in December. Don Chisum purchased a Link-Belt HTC8690 and has kept it busy since it arrived. Primarily, he said it has been used to set precast concrete planks and one contractor, Colonial Construction, in Englewood, FL, has been taking up most of its time, Chisum said. It has aided a bridge project at Shellpoint Village Golf Course in Ft. Click for more...

Vantage Equipment Announces Three Personnel Appointments →

Vantage Equipment, Upstate New York’s newest construction equipment dealer, has announced the following personnel appointments. Walt Vosbrink has been named territory sales manager. He will be working with Vantage customers in the four counties of Albany, Schoharie, Delaware and Otsego. Vosbrink has more than 23 years of experience in heavy equipment sales and service in eastern New York State. Click for more...

Philadelphia’s AmQuip Enters Tower Crane Business With Terex-Peiner Line →

AmQuip based in Philadelphia, PA, recently added the Terex-Peiner lineup of tower cranes to is newly started tower crane business. AmQuip will carry the full line of Terex-Peiner tower cranes, which includes the SK 315 and SK 415 as well as the SK 575 with a maximum capacity of 70,600 lbs. (32,000 kg) and a maximum free standing hook height of 249 ft. (76 m). “We are extremely pleased AmQuip has chosen Terex towers to continue their tower expansion in North America,” said Steve Filipov, president and CEO of Terex Cranes. Click for more...

Work Charges Ahead on $23M Rochester Rhinos’ Stadium →

After four years of planning, groundbreaking for a $23-million soccer stadium took place Jan. 15, 2004, in Rochester, NY, despite frigid temperatures and below zero wind chills. Approximately 50 people attended the event, during which dirt that had been moved earlier by a backhoe was shoveled back to represent the start of the much-anticipated project. Among those in attendance was Jon R. Barrett, senior project manager of Rochester-based prime contractor LeChase Construction Services LLC. Click for more...

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