Crane business

Safety in the construction industry is something that has been hotly debated in the region for many years. With cranes dominating the skyline, almost as much as the high-rise towers alongside them, it has been an on-going challenge to ensure that these potentially dangerous pieces of equipment are operated and maintained safely.

Traveling along the Trans-Canada Highway in southeastern British Columbia will be a little easier, safer, and quicker this December when a stretch of highway will be upgraded from its current two-lane configuration to a four-lane highway.

On behalf of Lloyd-Werft Bremerhaven AG, the Sarens Group recently lifted two sets of four gigantic jackup legs onto two offshore installation vessels belonging to RWE OLG GmbH, a logistics company that is part of RWE Innogy, at the free port of Bremerhaven.

The 30th Bauma exhibition, being held in Munich, Germany from April 15 to 21 2013, will be the largest ever, with a total area of 570,000 m2.

A mobile crane overturned in Haugesund, Norway last night while lifting a tower crane jib. The crane operator was pulled out of the cab by work colleagues and was apparently unhurt.

Long traffic delays were created yesterday after a crane collided with a sign entering a bridge on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia. The details of what happened are not completely…

You must be prepared to cull the non-performers (weeds & deceivers) even when on the surface they look like rock stars.

A tower crane is reported to have collapsed near to the fairway of the Alcaidesa golf course near Sotogrande, Spain, due to neglect. No one was hurt in the incident and property damage was minor.

Link Belt has launched the 72.5 tonne RTC-8080 Series II, Rough Terrain crane as a replacement for its RTC-8075, expanding its series II range, filling between the RTC-8065 Series II and RTC-8090 Series II models.

Heavy load specialist Schmidbauer engineered a tandem jacket lift using two 750t Liebherr crawler cranes at an offshore terminal in Bremerhaven, Germany.