Crane Business

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Inc. of Wisconsin reports that operator Ken Mulryan has been appointed Engineer of the Year by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, District D.

The first Zoomlion Jost flat top tower crane has been launched: the T8030-25U. A project team based at the Chinese manufacturers research centre in Germany developed the crane.

Photos sent to us by a reader show one of the craziest examples of working at height we have seen for some time.

A five axle All Terrain crane overturned in the city of Antofagasta, Northern Chile on Saturday when the ground gave way beneath one of the outriggers.

Manitoba has introduced changes that will increase fines and penalties for offences under the Workers Compensation Act.

Spotted by a reader in the Isle Of Man – between the UK and Ireland – a painter using a ladder and a truck mounted lift in an unusual manner.

A boom truck overturned in Milwaukee on Friday as it was unloading and placing steel beams and landed across four cars, one of which was occupied.

Trier-based Steil Kranarbeiten GmbH & Co. KG used their Superlift 3800 crane to build a bridge in Luxemburg only two days after the same machine was used to erect a wind turbine in the Hunsrück mountain range.

A fleet of Manitowoc crawler cranes is being used in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, demolishing and rebuilding a wharf at the Halifax Shipyard. The construction is part of the Halifax Shipyard Modernization Program and will serve the Royal Canadian Navy’s combat fleet.

Crane Pad line is specifically designed to provide the support mobile cranes need on softer soil or poorly compacted ground. Measuring 1½ -inch thick, they provide an extremely rigid base for equipment needing 9 to 16 square feet of area.