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An M2480D Favco tower crane from Marr Contracting in Australia has been used to lift what is likely to be the highest and heaviest load into a fully functional CBD site, writes Brent Stacey.
A 50 tonne mobile crane has overturned while lifting a garbage disposal truck in Hörgertshausen, Germany, on Monday.
I have been very critical of targets related to the absence of a negative. Targets for avoiding injury are not safety targets.
Demand for rough-terrain cranes of all sizes remains high, If the U.S. construction market turns a page in 2013, rough terrain cranes will lead the way.
WorkCover NSW has fast-tracked a safety inspection program of tower cranes across the state after one caught fire and collapsed at a Sydney construction site late last year. The inspections,…
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TEREX® AC 1000 PROVES ITS WORTH IN TWO WIND TURBINE ERECTION PROJECTS
by Ernie Pierini
January 25, 2013
Hannover/Paderborn, Germany, January, 2012 – On behalf of wind turbine manufacturer ENERCON, crane service provider Neeb-Schuch recently erected a total of four wind turbines in a windpark close to Hannover and a wind turbine in Benhausen, Paderborn, using a Terex® AC 1000.
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World’s largest quay cranes set for London Gateway
by Ernie Pierini
January 23, 2013
At a height of 138 metres, the world’s largest quay cranes have set sail for the London Gateway container port. Taller than the London Eye, the first three cranes manufactured…
A five axle Faun AT has overturned on a construction site in Lilleakerveien, Oslo, Norway.
A Rough Terrain crane overturned at a reservoir operated by Louisville Water Company in Kentucky yesterday.