A little humor goes a long way when it comes to driving the need to impress crane safety on contractors, vendors, building crews, and others on a job who are involved in complex lifts. “If you work humor into a short video they can watch almost anywhere, anytime, you’ve got them learning about important crane […]
Link-Belt will display its new TCC-750 telescopic crawler crane with its 2014 Tier 4f engine package at the 2013 International Construction & Equipment Exposition (ICUEE). The TCC-750 is designed for rugged work environments and lends itself to applications including foundation work, bridge building, rail construction, power transmission lines, wind energy, and oil and gas. It […]
Objects falling from the load, or dropped during crane assembly and disassembly operations create a potentially lethal job site hazard. In many cases, the load simply has not been rigged, secured and balanced properly, causing material contained within the load to shift and fall. During assembly or disassembly operations, personnel involved in the operation should […]
Working in Florida, high wind conditions rarely show up alone. They are usually accompanied by rain and often lightning. There are many things to take into account while making decisions regarding a lift in these conditions. In October, when Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, a crane collapsed under high winds and was hanging dangerously […]
Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, broke its own heaviest lift record using two Manitowoc 16000 crawler cranes to pick nearly 1,000 tons as part of a project to construct the Navy's next-generation DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer warship. The two Manitowoc crawlers lifted a 992-ton deckhouse containing the ship's bridge, command center, and battle room off […]
Learning to operate a crane competently requires the operator to demonstrate skill in real time. The crane industry in North America recognizes the limitations of assessing competence of crane operators using written tests and informal employer evaluations alone without any real-time skill assessment. Despite often arcane educational terminology, competence assessment is a practical way of […]
Sims Crane brings you the second part of the series written by Ron Kohner, President, Landmark Engineering Services Ltd., in which he explains the meaning and implications of the "bold line" present in the crane manufacturers' lift charts. For Part 1 click here. The following are some of the factors that manufacturers must consider as […]
Eagle West Wind Energy is providing construction services for the wind turbine offload, erection, electrical wiring and mechanical completion for the Cape Scott Wind Farm located at the Northern tip of Vancouver Island. The project consists of 55 Vestas V100 wind turbines and marks the first wind project installation on Vancouver Island. The first turbines […]
Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 4.8% in 2013, according to the Q3 update to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook, released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. The foundation decreased its 2013 forecast from the 5.6% growth predicted in its Q2 Outlook, due to slightly slower than […]
Once a load is picked up, you need to have a place to put it back down. Cribbing in one form or another often is that place. Properly assembled cribbing constructed of a suitable material can provide a stable base for any object. If the cribbing is improperly assembled and/or made from inferior materials, it […]
