Sims Crane Operator, Rory “Bubba” Carver, CCO, working at Doral Academy; a charter school in Doral, FL setting tilt walls with the 250 ton Link-Belt crawler crane as they expand for their ever-growing need of space. With this addition, they will be able to house more classrooms, and more students as […]
The results are based on independent studies conducted by Ducker Research, which used interviews as its main research. The sample of rental companies interviewed represents about 60 percent of the estimated total AWP rental market. Rental revenues for aerial work platforms (AWPs) in the US decreased 4 percent in 2010, to about $5.7 billion. But […]
Last week Sims Crane massive Grove GMK7550 mobile hydraulic crane dubbed “The Hulk” took a trip to Corinthian Catamarans in Tarpon Springs. Bob Muhlhan, our client and president of the catamaran manufacturer, was onsite for the lift of the vessel his company calls the “Queen of the Corinthian” fleet. The newly built double-decker is destined […]
We turned an 8 hour job into a 2 minute video demonstrating the erection process of the Kobelco CK1000 crawler crane. Thank you to Skanska and Sarasota Memorial Hospital for making this possible!
There has been a lot of inquiry on a suspended garden at Chelsea Flower show. The garden, a pink wing shaped structure suspended from a large crane was designed by Diarmuid Gavin and was one of 13 gold medal winners this week and was said to have been inspired by the film Avatar. The original idea […]
Stampede Crane & Rigging assembled U2′s massive stage in Commonwealth Stadium located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, as reviewed by this article in the Edmonton Journal, written by Shaughn Butts: Whatever words you use to describe U2’s 360° stage, just don’t call it small. On Sunday, a crew of hundreds used cranes, booms and lifts to […]
The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association announces session topics for its Crane & Rigging Workshop, to be held Sept. 21-23, 2011 at the Sheraton Philadelphia City Center, Philadelphia, Pa. For more information, go to the meetings section at www.scranet.org. Some of the safety related-sessions scheduled include : • Bringing Your Safety Program into the […]
Approximately 80 safety professionals attended the General Assembly meeting of the New board members being sworn in, a traditional activity of the ACRP General Assembly is a Rigging Jeopardy contest, sponsored by The Crosby Group. Attendees divide into teams and work together each day answering rigging questions in a multiple choice format. This year’s highest […]
Drew Merschat has developed the RigIT mobile app to give instant access to all necessary rigging capacity chart information. Every chart in the app includes the three basic hitches and their load capacities. This includes vertical, choke, and basket hitches. Also included in the charts are screw pin shackles with working load limits and pin diameters. […]
Working in construction sites has always been considered as hazardous. In the period between 1997 and 1999, there were 158 accidents which can be considered as crane-related. 73 percent of these crane related accidents involved mobile cranes. Of this number, 10 accidents were caused by electrical contact. This gives people the importance of electrical grounding of […]
