Our friends Eagle West & Stampede Crane & Rigging in Canada were part of getting the stage set for the U2 360° Tour  in  Canada here is an awesome fast motion video of the stage going up, the concert and the tear down. Enjoy!

Kurt Kufferman, VP of Operations, Sims Crane Sims Crane & Equipment Co., Tampa, Fla., announces the promotion of Kurt Kuffermann to vice president/general manager of operations. He will oversee day-to-day operations of all departments located at our Tampa headquarters, including dispatch, shop, service, parts and yard activities. He will also serve as coordinator to branch operations across the state. […]

Edge protection what edge protection? A reader has sent us some Death Wish photos from Beirut which show the current levels of work at height and fall protection measures in the Lebanese capital. Detail shows the men at work The building shows very little attention to any edge protection, either on the regular floors or […]

Pieces of the global wind energy market are moving through Vancouver. Through July, trucks and rail cars will haul the enormous wind-energy components — including blades, generators and towers — from the Port of Vancouver to wind farms in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The port is importing the components from northern Europe, South America and […]

Ronald, Joseph Sr. and Joseph IV Vergona Joseph Vergona III, former owner of four-generation family business The Vergona Crane Co., Englewood, N.J., passed away last week from pancreatic cancer. He was 71. Out of high school, Vergona began working for his grandfather, who founded the business in 1931. In 1981, he took ownership of the company from the […]

RE: Structural Connection Points for Attaching Chain Hoists (load drifting) In power plants, refineries, aboard ships, in paper mill and other industrial settings, equipment must be installed or removed to accommodate the facility’s operation. Often riggers must be creative when rigging loads in tight quarters where there are no existing overhead cranes. If the proposal […]

The ASME B30 Committee on Cranes and Related Equipment has established a B30 Interest Review Committee. The new committee’s purpose is to allow those who are unable to attend meetings, but who would like to be involved with the development process, to participate. At its most recent meeting, Jin Hui, associate professor of engineering mechanics at Southeast […]

 IPAF welcomes the position paper issued by the FEM Product Group for Cranes and Lifting Equipment, which states that cranes should not be used for lifting people except in exceptional circumstances where safety requirements have been fulfilled and undertaken at the specific responsibility of the user. FEM is the European manufacturers’ association for material handling equipment. In […]

     St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg is currently undergoing major construction on the east side of its main building. Officials are adding a 100,000 square foot emergency center and patient care tower that is expected to house 32 private patient exam rooms, two critical cardiac care exam rooms, meditation room for solace and provide […]

Three experts in the crane and rigging industry have collaborated to build a website containing their contact information as well as growth potential for additional experts to be added later.  Ron Kohner, President of Landmark Engineering, Larry Means, President of Means Engineering, and Mike Parnell, President of Industrial Training International/ITI Field Services have built the […]