Employee Spotlight: Tanya Holesapple-Scott “I think the one thing that shaped who I am right now is having my son,” says Sims Crane Credit Manager Tanya Scott, as she proudly speaks about her eight-year-old son Ayden. “He made me grow up and learn that everything is not about me. I lost all the selfishness I […]
In compliance with ANSI standards, operators of aerial work platforms (AWPs) must perform pre-start inspections of machines before use each day or at the beginning of each shift. AWPT (American Work Platform Training), the North American subsidiary of IPAF, has now released a new safety video that demonstrates how daily pre-start inspections should be performed. The pre-start […]
The winners have been chosen for the 2nd Annual Great Crane Photo Contest, which began in May received nearly 100 photo submissions from around the world and thousands of votes for the coolest and wildest crane photos. View the winners from each of the three categories: Coolest Tower Crane Photo Coolest Mobile Crane Photo Wildest Crane Project Photo […]
Tracy Bennet- Editor Crane Hotline Small employers and owner/operators of cranes are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to complying with OSHA’s new Cranes and Derricks in Construction rule. To a degree, it’s simply a manpower issue—these individuals have to wear many hats besides crane owner and operator, including salesperson, accountant, and safety director. […]
Electronic billboards allow for increased advertising awareness due to its potential to showcase six to eight different messages at a time on a single sign face. Additionally, there is less labor required in comparison to the replacement of vinyl sign faces. Some anecdotal evidence also points to data that electronic billboards “out earn” their […]
In response to the publication of the new OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC standard requiring most crane operators involved with construction to be certified by November 10, 2014, the International Sign Association (ISA) is offering telescopic boom crane operator training and CCO certification to its more than 2,300 member companies. “ISA is pleased to […]
Sims Crane joined forces with Quinco Electrical, Inc last week to help transport transformers at the Orlando VA Medical Center. The new facility is currently being built on a 65-acre campus at Lake Nona, in southeast Orange County. CCO Bill Leonhard manned the 120-ton truck crane as he lifted several transformers to the top […]
The World Crane and Transport Summit 2011 is on 10 and 11 November in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This top-level, two day conference, meeting and formal business dinner, will bring together the leaders of the world crane and specialized transport industries, their suppliers and manufacturers from around the world. WCTS is supported by the world's leading […]
Lifting Technologies, headquartered in Missoula, Montana has a nice working relationship with Industrial Training International. They supply crane suspended manbaskets at ITI Training Centers in Woodland, Washington and Memphis, Tennessee while hundreds of project engineers, operators, and riggers utilize them each year in crane and rigging training programs. Matter-of-fact, ITI students have often commented how […]
It’s early in the morning when CCO Stanley “Bubba” Tillis and Oiler Will Mercado drive up to an open field in Myakka City. They unload the trucks. The first truck holds three pieces needed to assemble the 240-ton Grove All-Terrain Hydraulic Crane. The base weighing 26,000lbs comes in on its own truck. Atlas Construction […]
