Jerome Willis regularly reads the Max Ehrmann poem Desiderata. From this poem he finds inspiration and solace. His favorite lines are the following: As far as possible,without surrender,be on good terms with all persons. These words have guided the current new equipment sales and industrial accounts manager, through a successful career at Sims Crane. […]
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Terex Cranes has confirmed that it will end crane production at its Wilmington, North Carolina, facility by the end of the year. 60 shop floor jobs will go along with a further 30 administrative posts. Terex acquired the Wilmington plant with its takeover of American Hoist & Derrick in 1998, after that company’s ill-fated relocation […]
CCO Tim Smith took control of a 275-ton Kobelco crawler crane to raise and set panels for the arch at
The 2011 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE), Louisville, Ky., will feature for the first time crane and rigging safety demonstrations from the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), Fairfax, Va., and International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), Cumbria, UK, with a focus on ensuring adequate ground support for the machine and load carried. The show will again […]
New York (CNN) -- When you walk in, all you see is a construction site. Amid the hum and rumble of downtown Manhattan -- not to mention the clang of steel and the tangle of cranes -- hard-hatted workers in fluorescent orange vests yell orders, spread cement, move machines. Empty boxes litter the ground. Shop lights […]
A Tuesday morning at the Apollo Beach subdivision, Symphony Isles, is the stage for a scene not often witnessed by residents of this gated community. Parked in the center of a cul-de-sac is a 70-ton Grove mobile crane. Next to the crane, there’s a pick-up truck with an attached bumper pull utility trailer. […]
A video received today is reported to be of an accident that occurred on Saturday in Columbia, in which two men survived thanks to wearing harnesses with lanyards of a suitable length. The two men just before the accident The photographs we have would easily have qualified for our Death Wish series, the scaffold tower […]
Talk about nerves of steel! Construction workers recreate one of the world's most famous photos — 800 ft. up a London skyscraper. Michael Crompton persuaded 11 pals to sit across a girder like the nonchalant New York steel workers in the 1932 snap Lunch Atop A Skyscraper. Michael, 61, from Southampton, said: "We changed it […]
To fill the gap between 440-ton and 660-ton machines, SANY America introduced a 550-ton crawler crane, suited for construction of wind energy towers, fossil fuel plants, nuclear facilities, and a variety of infrastructure projects. First presented at the Bauma China trade show in November, SANY’s SCC8500 features a host of exclusive and in-demand capabilities to […]
