crane industry news

Bigge executed the extraordinarily rare and technically challenging task of erecting a luffing tower crane on a traveling chassis base for work on a large retail center in downtown Salt Lake City. Bigge not only provided the crane, a Comedil CTL 340, with a mast of 137 feet and a 131 foot jib, but also erected it and installed the rail system that will transport the crane as it works over the next year to help build the center.

A New York state judge has ordered New York City to reinstate the crane operator license of man with alleged ties to the Mafia. Judge Alice Schlesinger said that a rule that crane operators must be of “good moral character” in order to have their licenses renewed, was unfair and ordered the city to reinstate the license of Louis Inglese.

A tower crane accident occurred in Cologne this weekend causing damage to a building and a car below, but thankfully no injuries were reported. We have few details on the accident, which occurred in the Rudolfplatz in central Cologne on Saturday.

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They demand attention, these marvels of machinery. Below, a thousand workers might weld steel, lay bricks and juggle a thousand other jobs, but the eye strays up to the cranes. Specifically, these are tower cranes, inverted L-shaped behemoths that are helping to build Parkview Regional Medical Center and add a fifth floor to Lutheran Hospital.

Terex has unveiled a three axle 50 to 60 tonne All Terrain crane on three axles at its open day in Zweibrücken. dubbed the Challenger 3160, it is a light weight 50 to 60 tonne crane with 50 metres of main boom. It will lift over 35 tonnes to four metres radius and yet can meet 10 tonne axle loads if its counterweight is removed.

October 21, 2010—Daniel Erwin, the safety director and risk manager for Southern Industrial Constructors and Southern Crane, Raleigh, N.C., recently presented an overview of CSA 2010, the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration’s current safety initiative.

Construction contractors, proprietors of container handling yards, responsible persons of property management companies and proprietors of establishments with outdoor work should watch out for weather conditions and adopt contingency measures to ensure the occupational safety and health of their workers.

Crane operators in British Columbia must have a valid operator’s certificate by February 28, 2011. Any operator not certified by February 28 cannot legally operate a crane in British Columbia. There are still many operators who have not been assessed and time and resources are limited.

The structure of the new Sky Train transit network is taking shape at the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. When complete, the elevated rail system will transfer passengers between the airport’s busiest terminal, Terminal 4, and the Metro Light Rail station and East parking lots.