Crane business

In 2007, 12 people died in construction accidents; 18 died in 2006.

Using 500 US ton Liebherr and 550 US ton Grove all terrain cranes, Imperial Crane Services in the US executed a tandem lift to pick a 102 US ton reactor from a barge.

Heavy transport and lifting company ALE based in the UK has been awarded its largest contract to date.

The man, James Delayo, 60, the acting chief inspector for the Cranes and Derricks Unit at the city’s Department of Buildings, oversaw the issuing of city licenses for crane operators.

It has taken delivery of three new Terex AC300/6 wheeled telescopic mobile cranes with the fourth to follow at the end of January.

“Even though Terex will no longer be in the mining equipment business, we feel we have helped launch a superior product range upon which Bucyrus can build,” said Ron DeFeo, Terex chairman and chief executive officer

The crane will help the hotel builders reach the height that will make it the tallest building in Charlottetown, if not on the Island.

“With ‘green’ machines in your fleet, you can satisfy more of a customer’s needs and become a more valuable rental resource,

Some 12,000 workers and 100 cranes have built the hotel, residential and shopping complex which will include over 1,000 luxury apartments.

“For the last couple of months it is zero, totally dead,” David Semple, managing director of Manitowoc Cranes, said of the number of orders the company has received from Dubai.