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crane causes evacuation at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
03/08/2014 15:46
KITTERY, Maine �� Portsmouth Navy yard workers nearby Building 178 were evacuated Wednesday morning from report associated with an unstable contractor crane was reported. The used tower cranes was subsequently secured and is particularly in a very safe condition, PNSY public affairs...
Jobsite Limitations Lead Contractor to Self-Erecting Cranes
03/07/2014 16:52
Built out, busy, and quite particular about business disruptions and noise, Winter Park, Fla., would be the sort of place that could present an authentic challenge to any contractor. When constructing the newest four-story Landmark on Morse residential condominiums in Winter Park, Jack...
Hearing into fatal mobile crane firm to be held
03/07/2014 16:47
A hearing in a haulage company whose mobile crane was associated with a collision when a mother and her two children died might be held in a few days.
Ann Copeland, 45, and daughters Ciara, seven, and Niamh, 10, from Johnshaven, died after their car skidded about the A92 in...
Crane accident injures man in 60s, a female worker involved ends up in water in St. Clair Shores
03/07/2014 16:41
Emergency crews were called on the scene of an bridge crane accident in St. Clair Shores Friday morning.
In line with investigators, the two workers were seeking to transfer a welder from a truck while travelling as a result of a boat when something went wrong. The other worker,...
MCG is on course to launch revolutionary Grove
03/07/2014 16:34
The GTK1100, first announced from the Manitowoc Crane Group, Manitowoc, Wis., last fall, is being built on the company’s factory in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The quality crane is scheduled to get displayed with the Bauma show next month.
The GTK1100 consists of a wheeled carrier as...
Three cranes dismantled whilst foundations checked and strengthened
03/07/2014 16:28
It is often reported with the Essex Chronicle that three tower crane for the former Anglia Ruskin university site were dismantled after ��heavy rain threatened to dislodge their foundations��.
Genesis Housing Association and Denne Construction are believed to have scaled back work...
Serious Flaws In Tower Crane Rescue
03/07/2014 16:20
I��ve just stood a phone call from a reliable source dedicated to Tower Crane Rescue.
It seems that inside two reported instances where rescue may be urgently required (both of which were london), the rescue efforts have apparently been a bare shambles in instances because rescue efforts were...
Zoomlion to Show Full Crane Product Line at ConExpo
03/07/2014 16:11
Zoomlion/CIFA, Yorkville, Wis., will introduce crawler, truck, all-terrain, and rough-terrain cranes towards the Usa market during ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las Vegas, Nev. The crawlers on display range from the 88-ton QUY80 and the 286-ton QUY260. These models represent the lower and middle ends...
UPDATED Men talked down from 100ft crane after three-hour ordeal
03/06/2014 16:33
TWO men who threatened to leap from the 10-storey used tower cranes were rescued after having a three-hour ordeal at 100 feet on Monday evening.
Crews from Dorset Fire and Rescue, police officers and paramedics visited a building site at the rear of the Old Firehouse in Holdenhurst...
Crane, power tower collapse into water
03/06/2014 16:32
Take a look at this!
Video from HLN affiliate KGW shows a used tower cranes and a new power transmission tower go splashing into the water in Walport, Oregon.
Workers were trying to replace an old wooden tower that holds up power lines across the bay when the crane appears to buckle...
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