On June 15, the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association will host a webinar titled Tower Cranes: How OSHA 1926.1400 Affects Operations. This presentation will highlight the key areas in the regulations and explain how to comply with them. It also will cover new items forthcoming in the next edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers standard […]
JLG Industries, Inc. has launched an online equipment selecting tool to help customers identify what equipment would be best for their needs. Users can choose what they're moving (people, materials or people and materials), where they are working (indoor, outdoor and other selections based on what is being moved), and then what working height is […]
An 80 ton crawler crane has been ‘stood down’ in Cumbria, UK after robins were found nesting inside it.Workers on the United Utilities waste water site in Keswick and had been using the crane and were preparing to strip it down and return it to the crane rental company. The contractors noticed the nest with at […]
Vertikal Days is just a month away and looks like being the very best ever & space is now just about sold out. There are one or two small spots left in specialized areas and the organizers say that they will do everything possible to accommodate those later entries. On line visitor registrations are running […]
The US based crane operator certification company, the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) has won a lawsuit brought against it in the California Superior Court by California Crane School (CCS) and its owner, John Nypl. The jury took little time to deliberate on their verdict, returning a complete defence verdict for […]
Malcolm Culpepper briefly pauses from his work Thursday morning to explain what he’s doing. “I’ve been on this project on the Alafia River for 3 weeks now. We’re replacing four circuits and adding a fifth circuit. The fifth circuit we’re adding will go from State Road 60 to the Big Bend Power Plant,” […]
Sims Crane CCO David Tosado rolled onto Church Street in a 60-ton Todano mobile hydraulic crane Wednesday night as the crowds from a concert at Orlando’s Amway Center headed home. Set-up for the lift began just after midnight. Kosmo Studios, a full service design and fabrication firm, hired Sims Crane to place a massive canopy […]
Princess Cruise lines prepares the M/S Grand Princess for a four week long dry docking. Security is a priority at the Ports, and highly trained K-9’s and their handlers inspect each package of materials heading onto the ship, and apply a sticker giving the seal of approval for it to be loaded to the ships. Hallmark […]
Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, FL is one of the deepest ports in all of Florida that has a huge influx of tourists each week as they board any one of the almost 20 cruise ships that call Port Everglades home. Each year, every cruise ship is taken into dry dock for about a week […]
A couple of months ago we profiled the work Sims Crane is doing at Florida Atlantic University’s new Football stadium. On a recent trip back to South Florida, we checked back in to see the progress they are making on the Fighting Owl’s new football Stadium. They are coming along right on schedule, the Press […]
