Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), Milwaukee, Wis., responded to President Obama’s State of the Union address by urging Congress and the Administration to take measures to rebuild and modernize America’s infrastructure, including passing a fully-funded highway bill. Slater issued this statement: Last night President Obama spoke about the urgent need for […]
Two men were saved by their harnesses yesterday after a suspended platform collapsed in Cleveland, Ohio. The two men were working on the construction of a six story building when the incident occurred. Local reports are conflicting, although an eye witness confirms our understanding that both men were saved by their harnesses and lanyards. Initial news […]
The Hendry Corporation, based out of the Port of Tampa, completed a first of its kind lift last week with the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The USCG brings their ships into dry dock every two years for inspection and repairs. Hendry already had one large ship in dry dock, but came up with a […]
Michele Pugh has been with Sims Crane & Equipment for almost six years. Prior to joining Sims Crane & Equipment, Michele worked at a feed and hardware store near her home in Plant City. She wanted to go somewhere that she could grow with and move up in the company and a friend told her about […]
CraneBlogger.com has announced its Great Crane Photo Contest. The deadline for entering the contest is June 8, 2012. Photos will selected in the following categories: Coolest Tower Crane Photo Coolest Mobile Crane Photo Wildest Crane Project Photo To enter, send your photo to craneblogger@gmail.com with a two-sentence description. Rules: 1) All photos must be submitted […]
Industrial Training International announces it will open a subsidiary in Edmonton, Alberta. ITI Canada will include local management, trainers, and supporting administration that will work in the Edmonton office and conduct business throughout Canada. ITT will continue to handle sales, marketing, design, and logistics functions out of its corporate headquarters in Woodland, Washington. “We are excited […]
Sims Crane and Hensel Phelps Construction Co. provided a fast motion video of the work at the SouthCom Project from 2009 in Doral (Miami), Florida.
“Our products are specifically designed to help facilities professionals improve safety, productivity and efficiency, which are the most common challenges that work sites present,” said Randy Marzicola, JLG Industries director of channel development. “We look forward to showing NFMT attendees how the JLG LiftPod and JLG Compact Crawler Boom can address their needs.” JLG’s LiftPod […]
RigIT, LLC, maker of the RigIT iPhone Application, has incorporated Industrial Training International in their app by creating a Training Page. The RigIT mobile app was developed to give instant access to all necessary rigging capacity chart information. Every chart includes the three basic hitches and there load capacities including vertical, choker and basket hitches. Also included […]
According to the Exports to Australia/Oceania led the way in 2011 with a 73-percent gain. The region took delivery of $2.8 billion of U.S.-made construction equipment. Construction machinery exports to South America increased 39 percent in 2011 with purchases worth $4.3 billion, and exports of construction equipment to Central America gained 23 percent and totaled […]
