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Crane Contractors Plan to Expand Staff Pool

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has conducted a survey regarding the contractors’ plan to expand the staff pool, and it finds about 80% of the total member contractors are planning to expand the staff pool by the end of this year. Merely 7% has had plan to reduce the numbers of workforces, […]

By |February 4th, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on Crane Contractors Plan to Expand Staff Pool

A Novel Elevator for Mobile Crane from Liebherr

Liebherr has devised a new and novel elevator for mobile crane machines, allowing the operators to either ascend or descend the tower crane using the latest technology. The new elevator eliminates the yesterday’s method to ascend stepladders to reach out the operating cabin. The elevator includes rack 2×2 hold designs and maximum height of […]

By |February 2nd, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on A Novel Elevator for Mobile Crane from Liebherr

Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau Introduces New Certification Program

Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau, one of the foremost safety training providers in the US, has introduced a new certification program, which is more popular for its comprehensive contents and operative training tools. The training provider has brought in the course details along with the NCCCO written and practical tests in the states like […]

By |January 29th, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau Introduces New Certification Program

Liebherr to Introduce its Latest 5-Axle Mobile Crane System at the Intermat 2015 in Paris

Liebherr’s latest 160-tonne mobile crane LTM 1160-5.2 is ready to appear before the people at the gala occasion of Intermat 2015 in Paris, which is scheduled to take place on 20-15 April 2015. Being successor to the LTM 1160-5.1, the crane system includes so many impressive technical attributes that can make the job at […]

By |January 28th, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on Liebherr to Introduce its Latest 5-Axle Mobile Crane System at the Intermat 2015 in Paris

Trend of Larger Wind Turbines Posing Challenge to Crane Industry

The construction of wind turbine across the European continent has reached beyond the extent of 125m with 3MW hubs – which means that the type of crane systems available widely needs improvement and advancement in capacity to carry out the projects efficiently.

Klaus Kroeppel, the vice president at Manitowoc, maintains, “The latest generation of wind […]

By |January 21st, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on Trend of Larger Wind Turbines Posing Challenge to Crane Industry

Liebherr Cranes, Inc. Gets Two Faces in Top Management Team

Mr. Georg Diesch, who has managed the business at Liebherr Cranes, Inc. for more than 10 years, has been brought in the top management as a Managing Director at Liebherr Hydraulikbagger GmbH in Germany, where the unit is tasked to build the series of Liebherr mobile crane and material control machinery for labor intensive […]

By |January 19th, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on Liebherr Cranes, Inc. Gets Two Faces in Top Management Team

Potain MR415 Tower Crane Takes a Remarkable Feat on 432 Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York

The construction of 432 Park Avenue, a high-rise residential building in Manhattan NY, has been recently accomplished with the greatest feat using high-end and advanced machines and technology. The building is now said to the 2nd tallest tower in New York, and 3rd tallest in the United States.

“432 Park Avenue is by far the […]

By |January 17th, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on Potain MR415 Tower Crane Takes a Remarkable Feat on 432 Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York

A New Reporting System for Employers Comes in Effect from Jan, 2015

With some key changes in the existing reporting system, the employers now have to report all construction related accidents within 8 hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, and other damages within 24 hours of the time when accidents took place at the workplace. It is required to report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Previously, […]

By |January 7th, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on A New Reporting System for Employers Comes in Effect from Jan, 2015

The Deadline to Enter the 2015 ESTA Users’ Night and Awards Comes Near

ESTA, the European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes, announces the ESTA Users’ Night and Awards each year to the key players who achieve remarkable success in the industry in a year. This year, it is going to be held on Thursday 23 April in Paris, during the Intermat exhibition.

The ESTA Users’ […]

By |January 5th, 2015|Crane News|Comments Off on The Deadline to Enter the 2015 ESTA Users’ Night and Awards Comes Near

Increased Ability of Crawler Crane in its New Series

Crawler cranes are a superlative selection for the projects that run for longer time and involve huge resources. The long-run projects, including power plant construction, wind farm construction, infrastructure and bridge & road constructions require reliable and heavy-duty crawler crane systems. Bearing the importance and increased ability of the latest crawler crane system on […]

By |December 31st, 2014|Crane News|Comments Off on Increased Ability of Crawler Crane in its New Series