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Dawes’ Grove GMK 6350 all terrain crane (capacity 350 tons) was positioned in a parking lot outside the stadium for what is known as a “blind pick,” meaning the crane operator could not see the lift spot over the stadium structure. The crane, outfitted with a 196-foot boom and 62-foot jib, had to clear the 140-foot-tall center field roof of the stadium and reach 50 feet inside to the lift area, relying on riggers and the signalperson/flagger to guide the pick.

Manitowoc’s stand will feature its new MC 125 Potain top-slewing tower crane which replaces the MC 115 B. Also on display will be the Igo 32 self-erecting tower crane.

Maximum Capacity Media, publisher of Crane Hot Line and Lift and Access magazines, will host the Construction Challenge 5K Run/Walk at ConExpo-Con/Agg on March 23, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nev. The Construction Challenge 5k Run/Walk will benefit the AEM Construction Challenge, an initiative designed to encourage young people to explore careers in the construction industry.

Two Sennebogen Star Lifter 3300 crawler cranes assisted in the construction of the Neumayer-Station III research station in Antartica. A third Sennebogen crawler, a 648, is being used on-site for building and servicing duties. The work took a total of seven months carried out over two Antarctic summers before the station opened in February 2009.m It can accommodate up to nine people.

Terex has issued a statement vowing to fight a US patent verdict against a side conveyor on some of its Powerscreen crushing machines. The jury verdict was handed down in an infringement lawsuit brought against Powerscreen International Distribution and owner Terex by Metso Minerals in United States district court for the eastern district of New York.

PHOENIX – The tallest Christmas tree in the nation arrived this morning at Outlets at Anthem in Phoenix. Measuring a little over 110 feet and weighing 12 tons undecorated, this white fir was delivered 750 miles from the Shasta Trinity Forest in Northern California this morning, says a representative for Outlets at Anthem.

Cold calling is over. The only people who don’t realize it are the people still making them. Or worse – their bosses.

I just read a pathetic sales pitch from an email where a “training company” was telling me why training fails, and offering what THEY thought was the best way to approach the process.

It’s only a little crane related, but a father makes some fun pancakes for his daughter and made this one of a crane. http://www.jimspancakes.com/ Fun Crane Picture was last modified:…

A company director has been ordered to pay £20,000 over the death of his best friend after an access platform toppled over in Manchester city centre in 2007.