Crane Business

General Crane USA and affiliate, Republic Tower and Hoist, LLC, were recently sued for nearly $200,000 in Dallas County District Court.

Terex-logoTerex Corp. (TEX) posts a third-quarter loss–its fourth in a row–on lower sales and restructuring charges.

Luffing jib Liebherr tower cranes are working side by side on adjacent projects in Dubai. Al Shafer General Contracting (ASGC) chose the cranes to help build the high rise towers forming part of Dubai’s Business Bay projects.

The promise of heavier lifts at petrochemical, nuclear and renewable energy sites is driving the demand for crawlers, even in this difficult economic period.

The number of fatality and permanent disablement in the workplace has gone up.

We put together a page in our crane resource lirbrary called Crane Hand Signals.

DUBAI // The last crane at the top of the Burj Dubai will come down soon, and that’s really the story of Dubai’s fast-disappearing crane culture.

The first picture of Wilbert Turmkrane’s giant WT 1905L e.tronic at work has been released to IC. Claimed to be Europe’s largest luffing jib climbing tower crane,

Last year, two crane collapses in Manhattan, which killed nine people, led to investigations by Mr. Morgenthau’s office and the Department of Investigation .

Here is must read 1 page article for anyone in the crane industry, published by Modern Contractor Solutions.