Crane business

Mini crane specialists GGR Group were hired by Constantine Limited to take on an extraordinary job at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh this week, as a UNIC spider crane was used to lift their latest exhibit, a sperm whale’s skull, into pride of place.

More than 2,000 mi (3,218 km) from the continental U.S., residents of the Hawaiian Islands have learned the benefits of being self-sustaining. If a good or service cannot be produced locally, then it has to be shipped in.

Three people suffered minor injuries after a tower crane dropped its load in the Leith district of Edinburgh, Scotland, on Friday.

All the news services are reporting that a crane operator has been charged with manslaughter following the collapse of a building in Philadelphia last week in which six people died and 14 were seriously injured.

Tower crane rental and service provider LOGA is currently operating nine Terex CTT Flat Top Tower Cranes as part of the construction of the One Nation Paris project – in response to the needs of general construction company Spie SCGPM (Spie Batignolles Group).

THREE decorative turrets dangled over the City Oval yesterday when they were lifted from the historic grandstand with the help of a large crane.

The 2013 Crane & Rigging and Industrial Crane & Hoist Conferences made its debut in Indianapolis last week to a crowd of industrial and construction managers, crane operators, equipment suppliers, manufacturers and more.

OSHA has announced that it will propose to extend the compliance date for the crane operator certification requirement by three years to Nov. 10, 2017.

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has announced the winners of the 2013 Rigging Job of the Year Awards.

Developers building State Farm Insurance’s huge new regional office complex in Richardson aren’t wasting any time getting the project going.