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Potain helps build giant casino
Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2012 – 7:37 | No Comment
Potain helps build giant casino

In Parañaque City, Philippines, four Potain tower cranes are building the $200m Belle Grand Manila Bay resort, a large hotel and casino within the four-casino complex, “Entertainment City”.

Man crushed by crane boom
Monday, 16 Jan, 2012 – 8:07 | No Comment
Man crushed by crane boom

A man was seriously injured in Calgary on Thursday after he was crushed by a lattice boom section being loaded onto a truck.

BigLift super fly load test
Friday, 13 Jan, 2012 – 8:20 | No Comment
BigLift super fly load test

Huisman has installed and load tested its 17 m super fly jib for one of the heavy lift mast cranes onboard BigLift Shipping’s Happy Buccaneer

Crane overturns in Cairns
Thursday, 12 Jan, 2012 – 8:12 | No Comment
Crane overturns in Cairns

A 40 tonne crawler crane fell, the boom coming down on an area where people were working, at Broad Construction’s $50 million (£33 million) redevelopment of Mt Sheridan Plaza, Cairns, Australia. Fortunately no one was injured.

Terex CC-2800-1 performs at Oklahoma wind farm
Wednesday, 11 Jan, 2012 – 8:39 | No Comment
Terex CC-2800-1 performs at Oklahoma wind farm

In Oklahoma, wind turbines are now about as prevalent as old oil derricks were in days gone by. Much easier on the eyes, the sleek, white turbines punctuate the horizon and provide clean electricity for thousands of homes and businesses. Wind farms have been or are being built throughout Oklahoma, especially on prairie land west and north of Oklahoma City.

New wind turbine safety summit
Tuesday, 10 Jan, 2012 – 9:01 | No Comment
New wind turbine safety summit

A new one day conference and networking event has been announced for the wind turbine erection and transport industry. Safety Issues in Wind Turbine Installation and Transportation will be on 14 March 2012 in Hamburg, Germany

Crane operator arrested
Monday, 9 Jan, 2012 – 8:22 | No Comment
Crane operator arrested

A crane operator was arrested in Middletown Connecticut last Wednesday for operating without a license.

Tate crane incident statement
Friday, 6 Jan, 2012 – 7:51 | No Comment
Tate crane incident statement

The company responsible for the work being undertaken by the crane that tipped at Tate Modern last month – McGee Demolition – has issued a statement and guidance for use by its site staff, subcontractors and suppliers.

Human error likely cause of Tate Modern crane flip
Thursday, 5 Jan, 2012 – 8:13 | No Comment
Human error likely cause of Tate Modern crane flip

The investigation into the upending of a mobile crane at the Tate Modern gallery in London last month has identified human error as the likely cause, with the wrong basic data possibly entered into the crane’s computer.

Truck crane, tipped over rearwards
Wednesday, 4 Jan, 2012 – 7:57 | No Comment
Truck crane, tipped over rearwards

Three men were rescued from a truck crane after the it tipped over rearwards, leaving the men stranded in the carrier cab around eight metres or more off the ground.