Lifting Safety

The China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group (CRMBEC) used six Potain tower cranes to build two 280m tall bridge pylons for Chishi Grand Bridge in southern China.

The Below-the-Hook lifters are attachments for crane systems used in the handling of waste material from a uranium enrichment process for commercial nuclear power plants.

Linden Comansa’s internal climbing system has been used for the first time in North America on a large hospital development project in Montreal, Canada.

It is “generally” safe to walk by a crane, the occupational health and safety watchdog’s CEO says amid concern about dangers from such equipment.

Liebherr has developed a four axle armoured crane rescue vehicle for the German Army.

One man is dead and another seriously injured after a tower crane overturned in the town of Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland yesterday.

Liebherr has launched an intelligent grab for its mobile harbour cranes – SmartGrip, which it says can boost productivity by over 25 percent.

Chunjo Construction used its Manitowoc 31000 crawler crane with a Variable Position Counterweight (VPC) system to lift a 670-tonne wash tower in South Korea.

Honored as Top Trainers by Crane & Rigging Hot Line during the May General Assembly of the Association of Crane & Rigging Professionals (ACRP) were William “Hank” Dutton, and Angelo Alverio.

A mobile crane overturned in West Fargo, North Dakota, yesterday, with the boom landing on a new building causing considerable damage. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt in the incident.