Crane business

Although he is a certified crane operator, Mike Doval was volunteering his time as he worked at the site of the future Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Shelbourne Street, near Ryan Street.

The new US Cranes and Derricks standard will finally be published in the Federal Register followed by a live online chat hosted by OSHA and the US Department of Labour

A Rough Terrain crane rolled over on its side yesterday in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, injuring the operator.

Over the next nine months, Svanen will install the remaining 89 foundations ready for the mounting of two substations and 88 wind turbines.

The cranes arrived on site in April 2009, and range from 6 t to 12 t capacities with working heights between 28 m and 61 m. The cranes work daily, transporting general building materials. They will remain on site until the project is complete in early 2012.

Three Comansa Jie flat top tower cranes are working on an extension to the Fuijan liquefied natural gas power plant in city of Putian, China.

The 110 EC-B6 has a maximum lift capacity of 6t, which reduces to 1.5t at the maximum 55m length of the jib. The crane has an underhook height of 51.1m. Work on the bridge is now in its final phase, and the structure is expected to be completed by October this year.

A1A Software will host is first 3D Lift Plan Boot Camp October 11-14, 2010 in Fernandina Beach, Fla.

A crane tipped over in Akron, Ohio yesterday with its boom crashing into the roof of a house. The three axle truck crane was removing a large dead tree from the rear garden of the home.

A safety alert on the influence of wind forces during crane operations has been issued jointly by FEM and ESTA.