Circle the best answer for each system which matches the illustrations at the right.Information: All winches have a maximum capacity of 2 tons. All single sheave rigging blocks are rated at 3 ton WLL, and triple sheave rigging blocks are rated at 10 ton WLL. All load and wall anchor pulling lugs are rated at […]
Installing the mast was a four day project Huisman has installed the world’s largest offshore mast crane onboard the heavy lift ship Seven Borealis, says the company. The Netherlands-based lifting, drilling and subsea specialist said the four-day installation of the 5,000 tonne lifting capacity crane was its heaviest and most complex project to date. BigLift’s […]
This week, alumni of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Sarasota program donned blue surgical booties before making their way to the Courtyard Tower construction site for a campus improvement update from Sarasota Memorial President and CEO Gwen MacKenzie and Skanska Vice President Richard Redmon. Source: http://www.smh.com/mfpblog/?p=375 This Drill was No Disaster To be […]
We have received a series of photographs this morning of an amazing – albeit far from textbook –rescue of six or seven men who are alive today thanks to them all wearing a decent harness properly and attaching their lanyards to a steel safety line. Sadly we do not known where or when it occurred, […]
Identify the rigging method below which provides the best load control of the two hitch systems illustrated. Answers below. P.S. This article was originally published in The Professional Rigger Newsletter - Load Control. Answers: Source:Mike Parnell - http://iti.com/simscraneITI-Field Services
With the help of a Terex CC2500-1 lattice boom crawler crane, Challenges in the preparatory work, carried out by Riga Baumann, to expand Düsseldorf’s Wehrhahn metro included some 60 lifts in a severely confined space and a very tight schedule, said Terex: the crane had to be assembled and dismantled overnight, between 9 pm and […]
During the recent Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association’s (SC&RA) annual conference in San Diego, Calif., the association elected David Lowry, Bennett International Group, McDonough, Ga., as president. Joining Lowry as officers for the 2011-2012 term are William Stramer, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., Lexington, Ky., as chairman; Michael Battaini, Sheedy Drayage, San Francisco, Calif., as vice president; Bill Keen, Keen […]
Systems Material Handling, Olathe, Kan., has released the Safe-T-Alert electronic horn, which has a continuous tone pulse rate. It has an expected life twice as long as a normal mechanical horn. With the mounting bracket included, the electronic horns are easy to mount and have a two-year warranty. The horn is housed in metal […]
Bubba Tillis, CCO operates the Grove GMK5240 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, FL “Using Sims Crane means having less to worry about,” says Michael Foley, President of Royal Aire Mechanical. His company is one of several contractors working on different projects currently underway at Tampa’s St. Joseph’s Hospital. Last Monday, the Oldsmar-based […]
