Crane business

Grove Crane announces the arrival of its latest rough-terrain crane, the 75-ton capacity RT875E. Look for this newest generation of RT cranes, following the 875C series, at ConExpo in March in Las Vegas, Nev.

The Ruthmann Steiger TTS1000 sold by German rental company Gerken to Abilene High Lift of Texas, has now been shipped after a refit/refurbishment at the Ruthmann service centre in Gescher-Hochmoor, Germany

More than 180 Potain tower cranes, Grove mobile cranes and Manitowoc crawler cranes are helping build the world’s largest women-only university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to a news release.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published a new standard regarding the use of cranes and derricks in construction. Recognizing that more than 250,000 construction, contracting and equipment rental companies, employing almost five million workers, will be affected by the new rules

A man was injured in Gedling, Nottingham yesterday after a crane lifting a hot tub off the back of a delivery truck and into position tipped. The 20 year old man – who was helping deliver the hot tub – was trapped against the wall of a bungalow while the crane boom landed on the bungalow roof and the hot tub landed in the garden.

A 42 year old man, Michael Parsons, was killed and another injured as they were storing the crane for the night, reports say that “something fell from the crane and landed on the two men

IHS Global Insight forecasts a 4% growth in construction activity throughout South America in 2010 and, according to Harald Böhaker at Austrian loader crane manufacturer Palfinger, “South America is experiencing a historical economical change never seen before.

The 12 tonne Hydra crane built by ACE, reportedly lifting a two tonne concrete pile, when the ground under its front wheels subsided causing it to tip over sideways with the three section boom dropping across the busy road. Officials from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation immediately blamed the incident on operator negligence

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International Tower Cranes 2011 is a new top-level one day conference and networking dinner for tower crane users and manufacturers worldwide. ITC 2011 will be held in central London, UK on 12 May 2011. Organised by KHL Group, publisher of International Cranes and Specialized Transport,