Crane business

When it comes to crane site setup, operators look for optimal ground conditions but instead often find soil situations that can vary significantly. The right outrigger crane pad is essential for companies servicing utility lines or recovering equipment.

A mechanic who ordered a critical part for a tower crane that collapsed on the Upper East Side four years ago, killing two workers, avoided jail time on Tuesday under the terms of a plea bargain.

Linden Comansa has extended the jib length of its recently launched 21 LC 660 tower crane by four metres. The four versions of the tower crane which have maximum loads of 18, 24 36 and 48 tonnes now have maximum jib lengths of 84 meters.

A 60-metre-tall mobile crane has changed the skyline on the Thunder Bay waterfront. The $3 million dollar crane, located at Keefer Terminal, will transfer loads bound for western Canada from ships.

The Crane Manufacturers Association of America, Inc. (CMAA) has released Specification 79, the newly revised 2012 Crane Operator’s Manual.

Over 60 Manitowoc Crane Care dealers throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa met recently for a three day conference in Wilhelmshaven, Germany to discuss the company’s latest customer service initiatives for its Grove mobile crane range.

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the acquisition of two Manitowoc and Grove crane packages, adding a total of 17 machines to its rental fleet.

MCM Events is delighted to name the first members of the Canadian Hoisting & Rigging Safety Council (CHRSC), which will be inaugurated at its Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada on Sept. 13-14 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta.

When workmen arrived on site in Fairbanks Alaska to find their crane boom badly damaged and power line poles broken along with other damage they didn’t know what to think. So they naturaly called the state troopers in.

Early August sees deployment of a rocket powered robot crane to lower NASA’s mars rover, called Curiosity, to the surface of the red planet.