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Bay Crane Hoists 7-Ton Tree in Rockefeller Center →

NEW YORK (AP) The 76-ft. Norway spruce that once irked Mary Rizzo when it blocked the walkway to her house looked just perfect to her after it was erected to serve as Rockefeller Center’s Christmas tree. The 7-ton, 43-ft. wide tree was taken from Carmine and Mary Rizzo’s property in Bloomsbury, NJ. In a first for a tradition that dates back to 1931, the tree was chosen based on a photograph sent in by the owners. Click for more...

Jones Purchases First JCB 718 Artic Truck Sold in U.S. →

Ronny D. Jones Enterprises Inc. is a third-generation utility contractor whose recent purchase of a JCB 718 articulated dump truck was a first. The Newnan, GA, contractor serving the Atlanta metro and north Georgia area has become the owner of the first JCB 718 sold in the United States. Specializing in site development and utilities construction services from initial site planning, preparation and grading through completion and follow-up, Jones needed a reliable vehicle to serve a range of clients including municipalities and counties. When the need arose, Jones turned to Stafford Tractor Company, based in Lawrenceville, GA. Click for more...

Crews March Past Halfway Point on Chicago’s Soldier Field Project →

After working for almost seven months and with approximately five months to go, crews have placed the majority of the structural steel, and fans are ready to cheer the early completion of Soldier Field. The general contractor, a joint venture between Turner Construction Management and Kenny Construction, both out of Chicago, and Barton-Marlow, of Detroit, have hired a trio of subcontractors to complete the structure of the stadium as well as an underground parking structure and the risers. Click for more...

Villager Construction Tackles Route 31 Challenges in NY →

In Palmyra, NY, on Route 31 a project has been under way to reconstruct a 1.9-mi. (3.1 km) section of the town from the Macedon town line in the west to the bridge which spans the Erie Canal in the east. The $7.5-million project includes installing a new water main as well as new storm and sewer lines. Villager Construction of nearby Fairport, NY, was awarded the project. “Route 31 is a major state route,” explained Joe Venuti, project manager of Villager Construction. Click for more...

Crane Safety Evolves Gradually Over Past Decade →

Since the Big Blue accident in Milwaukee and several other crane incidents in the early-to-mid 1990s, crane safety has been under a microscope. This scrutiny, plus the fact that crane and hoist safety meets the criteria for The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to designate it as a priority, raises the question of why it has taken so long for up-to-date safety guidelines to be published and implemented. Click for more...

NY’s Liftech Construction Takes on the Full JCB Line →

JCB recently appointed Liftech Construction Equipment as its dealer for all of upstate New York. With locations in Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, Liftech is poised to meet the needs of all upstate New York present and future JCB customers. Liftech will represent the full JCB line, which includes:• Tractor loader backhoes (six models), • Loadall material handlers (10 models), • Skid steers (four models), • Mini-excavators (six models), • Excavators, including a 100,000-lb. Click for more...

Slow Crane Sales Cause Manitowoc to Reduce Earning Forecast →

Manitowoc Co. reduced its 2002 profit forecast as crane sales remained weak from a slowdown in commercial construction. The maker of cranes and refrigerated vending machines employs about 8,000 people, including 2,375 in Wisconsin, and since July has cut 5 percent of its total work force. The 400 job cuts have occurred mostly in crane businesses, company officials said. The slowdown comes as the crane business has become a bigger piece of the manufacturing portfolio of Manitowoc Co., which also makes ice and beverage machines and repairs and builds ships. Manitowoc had been expected to earn $2.23 a share this year, according to the average estimate of four analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Click for more...

Grove Lifts Beams on Goldenrod Road →

Crane Rental of Orlando Florida Inc. put its new Grove GMK5240 all-terrain crane to work lifting bridge beams for Jones Brothers, general contractors on the Goldenrod Road extension project. Goldenrod Road is being expanded over the Bee Line Expressway, a major artery, which is the direct route from Orlando to Cape Canaveral. Each beam weighs 255,000 lbs. (115,666 kg) and 28 beams are being set over a two-month period. Crane Rental of Orlando began serving Florida in 1960 and now offers crane rental services on a nationwide basis. Click for more...

Grove GMK5240 Sets Up in AZ →

Southwest Industrial Rigging (SWIR) recently used its Grove GMK5240 all-terrain to set air handling units at Micro Chip in Tempe, AZ. Electronic chip assembly takes place in clean rooms requiring special filtration, HVAC, humidification and air handling equipment. The 240-ton (216 t) GMK5240 has a standard boom length of 197 ft. (60 m) and maximum tip height of 322 ft. (98 m) making it ideal for jobs of this type. Click for more...

Link-Belt LS-218H Drives Piles for WW II Memorial →

“Here in the presence of Washington and Lincoln, one the eighteenth century father, and the other the nineteenth century preserver of our nation, we honor those twentieth century Americans who took up the struggle and made the sacrifices to perpetuate the gift our forefathers entrusted to us: A Nation Conceived in Freedom” Midlantic Piling Inc., of Glen Rock, PA, was awarded the pile installation subcontract on the $56.1-million World War II Memorial being built in Washington, D.C. Click for more...

ACPA Member Contributed to ’Miracle of the Mine’ Rescue →

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. (NES&L), of New Enterprise, PA, played a role in the rescue of nine coal miners trapped underground for 77 hours in Sipesville, PA, according to the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA). When rescuers issued a call for assistance, NES&L was already at the site hauling stone for drilling equipment platforms. During the ordeal, NES&L hauled 47 yds. (43 m) of concrete, approximately 350 tons (315 t) of st one, and 10 light plants to the rescue site. NES&L’s Mark Zambanini also is Sipesville’s fire chief and was on the scene from beginning to end. Click for more...

BQE Project Breaks Records in NY →

At $215 million, it’s the largest single highway contract let to date by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). Covering only 2 mi. (3.2 km), it’s also the most concentrated. The reconstruction and rehabilitation of the northern end of the six-lane Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) in Woodside, Queens, NY, calls for demolishing and replacing 13 highway bridges and four railroad bridges, each a section at a time to keep traffic moving. Click for more...

Grove TMS500E Erects Steel for Church in Mesa, Arizona →

S&H Steel Co. Inc., of Gilbert, AZ, handed all the steel erection for the Love of Christ Lutheran Church, Mesa, AZ, expansion to its existing facilities. Its new Center of Compassion, which opened this summer, includes performing arts, gym, nursery, classrooms, music room and other activity rooms. The Grove TMS500E was one of two S&H cranes, the other a Grove rough terrain. The TMS500E is a 40 ton (36 t) with standard boom length of 95 ft. Click for more...

Crane Helps LA Contractor Handle Transmission Line Overhaul in AR →

Headquartered in Westwego, LA, near New Orleans, Highlines Construction Company specializes in installation and maintenance of high-voltage transmission and distribution power lines for 12 states in the southeast and western United States. Along with electric utility companies, Highlines does electrical work for government facilities, shipyards and the petro-chemical industry. Founded in the early 1970s, the company has grown to more than 200 workers and maintains a fleet of 300 licensed vehicles. Click for more...

Liftech Handling Enters Upstate NY Construction Market With JCB Line →

Liftech Handling Inc. has entered into an agreement to become the dealer for JCB Inc., serving the Upstate New York marketplace. Liftech will provide sales, parts, service and rentals for the full line of JCB construction equipment, as well as sales of construction industry allied products. Liftech assumes control of the territory previously served by Anderson Equipment Company. Established in 1988, Liftech Handling Inc. Click for more...

NC’s Inco Negotiates Tight Space With Its Link-Belt RTC-80100 →

It is supposed to be a textbook lift. The new 100-ton (91 t) capacity Link-Belt RTC-80100 Series II rough-terrain crane picks a prefabricated condenser unit from a flatbed trailer and raises it to a vertical position. Once off the flatbed, the crane rotates the 46,000-lb. (20,865 kg), 50-ft. (15 m) tall, 12-ft. (3.6 m) square structure more than 300 degrees and lowers the unit onto its foundation. Click for more...

DC Crane Raises Seven-Story Condo With Link-Belt 218H II →

D C Crane Services Inc. of Lake Worth, FL, is utilizing the newest addition to its stable of Link-Belt cranes in the construction of the new seven-story Jupiter Yacht Club Condominiums in Jupiter. The Link-Belt LS-218H II with a new luffing attachment enables D C Crane to reach higher and further, and work in confined spaces. The LS-218H II, which is set up on the seven story, 120-ft. (36.5 m) deep by 235-ft. Click for more...

Stronger, Faster 95ZVs Prove Rock-Solid for NY Quarries →

When Kawasaki recently unveiled its new 95ZV loader, two central New York aggregate producers were quick to be the first on their block to own one. W.F. Saunders and Son Inc., of Marcellus, NY, recently purchased a Kawasaki 95ZV from Tracey Road Equipment. Michael Burt, site superintendent of Saunders, said his company purchased the Kawasaki loaders because of the machine’s “tremendous up-time.” “We owned our previous Kawasaki 95ZIV for about six years and we experienced no major breakdowns, no serious downtime and tremendous support from Tracey Road. Click for more...

Crews Finish Up New $65M Sidney Lanier Bridge →

The 43-year-old Sidney Lanier Bridge on U.S. Highway 17 in coastal Brunswick, GA, has seen its share of navigational nightmares. Because of this the U.S. Coast Guard declared the span a navigational hazard, and plans were created and funds were appropriated to replace the bridge. The current bridge is a lift-span that employs a mechanism that elevates each time shipping traffic flows in or out of the Port of Brunswick. Click for more...

Industry Mobilizes to Rescue PA’s ’Miracle Miners’ →

Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord! Lord, hear my voice. — Psalm 130 When a crane lifted nine coal miners, one by one, in a rescue basket from their dark captivity 240 feet below the earth at the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania on the early Sunday morning of July 28, it was an almost unbelievably happy outcome for time-critical cooperative efforts by hundreds of people from the construction industry as well as other rescuers. Click for more...

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