Rigging Safety

International heavy lifting and transport specialist ALE has completed the world record jack up of the Arkutun Dagi Berkut topside for Exxon Neftegaz Limited at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company shipyard in South Korea.

A Potain Igo 50 offers a small footprint and radio controls which allow Patrinos Painting & Contracting to save up to a week and a half off construction on each floor of a new Hyatt hotel in Pittsburgh

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.

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.

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

A rotor was dropped last week as it was unloaded at power generation facility in Darlington Ontario, Canada.