Metal fabricator BMM Ispat plans to use the 300t six-axle GMK6300 for lifting steel plant components such as 40t furnaces and 8–16t columns. The plant is currently expanding its production of sponge iron, a scrap metal made by reducing natural gas or coal, which can be converted into steel. Mrutyunjaya Senapati, director of corporate planning […]
Link-Belt's new 100-Ton Truck Crane Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., Lexington, Ky., has added the new 100-ton HTC-86100 hydraulic truck crane to its product line. The 86100 has a completely new carrier frame design that is both stronger and lighter. The added strength affords a 100-ton base rating and the reduced weight provides better transportability. […]
March 2, 2011 - VERO BEACH - Tiny little kids and great big trucks; for Childcare Resources of Indian River, the two have proven to be a terrific combination. At the Third Annual Touch a Truck Family Festival, held Saturday at the Indian River County Fairgrounds, squeals of laughter mixed with exceptionally loud truck horns […]
Some loads can be single point picked, and the rigging is selected based on suspended weight.Other times, a rigging task will require that we use a few steps to get to the solution. Note that in some cases the distribution of weight is required, then the sling tension is discovered as a 2-step process. In the […]
Construction employment increased in 30 states between January and February while 19 states added construction jobs during the past 12 months, the Associated General Contractors of America reported in an analysis of state employment data released by the Labor Department. Association officials cautioned, however, that it was too early to tell whether the relatively positive […]
DOVER - First Baptist Church of Dover has crowned the largest expansion in its history with a towering steeple topped with a gold-colored cross. The top of the cross is 130 feet above the ground – probably the tallest structure in the rural community outside of perhaps a cell phone tower. The steeple and cross […]
Rental company Hewden in the UK used a 55 tonne all terrain crane in preparations for the royal wedding on 29 April. Setting the stage for the royal wedding A full contract lift service with the was supplied from Hewden's Dartford depot to Tothill Street, London, opposite Westminster Abbey, to help lift a temporary television […]
Maximum Capacity Media's three-in-one conference and expo for construction and industrial crane users is coming to Houston, Texas, July 19-20, 2011. Three events under one roof Reach Expo provides a venue for suppliers and vendors to showcase products and services of interest to crane and rigging managers overseeing fleets of mobile cranes in construction and overhead […]
Nashville Tennessee - A crane operator suffered a stroke while operating the crane on Saturday. A firefighter climbed the crane and prepared the man for transport off the crane in a stretcher and harness. It sounds as if in this case there was a second taller tower crane on site which would have saved valuable […]
German crane rental firm Schmidbauer has helped to erect a 52m tall sculpture, named after 1930’s Hollywood icon Mae West, on a busy roundabout in Munich. A massive sight at a roundabout in Munich. A Liebherr LR 1600/2 was used to place the sculpture’s 57t upper section on top of the 15m tall base section […]
