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Link-Belt field tests and introduces TCC-2500 in same week
The new Link-Belt TCC-2500 was already hard at work the same week Link-Belt Cranes formally introduced the 250-ton telescopic crawler crane at ConExpo.
The complete package
The construction of a new packaging centre in the UK for Amazon is being carried out by contractor Steel Work Construction using two Sennebogen telecrawlers
Technicians at ALE trained to tough wind standards
Wind turbine electromechanical installation technicians at ALE have been trained according to the standards of the Global Wind Organisation
Potain tower plays in Verona Arena
A Potain MDT98 tower crane was used at the famed Verona Arena in Italy to change theatrical sets between productions throughout the 2016 opera season
Playground lift with GGR
A Unic URW-706 spider crane from GGR commissioned to help build space-themed playground at Heaton Park, Manchester, UK
Mammoet has the legs for New York
Progress continues to be made on construction of the New York Wheel as Mammoet completes transportation of the observation wheel's four legs
XCMG elevates reputation in Tibet
Chinese manufacturer XCMG’s QAY300A all terrain cranes have been used to lifted and install a 100 tonne electric shovel on Tibet’s 5,400 metre-high Mila Mountain
Plain sailing for RRS super yacht mast lift
Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) oversaw lifting and rigging operations as three bespoke carbon composite masts for a luxury super yacht completed a year-long manufacturing process at Trafalgar Wharf in Portsmouth, UK
Jaso towers up in Denver
Crane Tech Solutions has erected its first tower cranes in the USA from Spanish manufacturer Jaso. A pair of J300A towers is up in Denver
Chappell’s takes delivery of Goldhofer MPA 5 semitrailer
Transport services company Chappell’s, based in Shedfield, UK, has acquired a Goldhofer MPA semitrailer in the five-axle version
SEAA expands ironworker training and testing network
Two additional companies have joined the Steel Erectors Association of America ironworker training unit and assessment site network, with three more scheduled to come on board in early 2016
Rig All chooses Terex AC 350/6 for Utica clock tower
Contractor Rig All in the USA used a 350 tonne capacity Terex AC 350/6 to erect a lattice base structure for a 150 foot (46 metre) clock tower
Potain MDT 178 at French castle
Contractor Foucher Fournier put a Potain MDT 178 flat top tower crane to work at the iconic French Château de Chambord in west centralFrance
Agrimeco builds Vietnam’s tallest tower
Vietnamese engineering and construction conglomerate Agrimeco has put seven units of Liebherr tower cranes to work on the VietinBank Towers project in Hanoi, Vietnam
SOCAR project for ALE
UK-based heavy lift and specialized transportation service provider ALE has been awarded the contract for the SOCAR Fertilisation Project in Azerbaijan
Big wheel for the Big Apple
International heavy lift and specialized transport company Mammoet has started work on the construction of the New York Wheel project in the USA
Chevron wins award for project involving Mammoet
Chevron received the PMI Project of the Year Award for a job that heavily involved Mammoet
Hospital refurbishment for Wolffkran
Wolffkran supplied two XXL class Wolff saddle jib tower cranes to help renovate the Klinikum Ingolstadt clinical centre in Ingolstadt, Germany
Scott Powerline places first GTC-1200 in the field
Scott Powerline places first Mantis GTC-1200 telescopic boom crawler crane on a power line project in Floydada, Texas, USA
Cambodia takes on Potain
Daun Penh Construction Group has put a Potain MCT 85 topless tower crane to work on a government building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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