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Stalybridge firm fined after half tonne car drops on mechanic
03/02/2014 15:41
A motor vehicle salvage firm in Stalybridge has become fined over multiple safety failings following a car weighing over fifty percent a tonne fell from the forklift truck, crushing a young mechanic underneath.
The 22-year-old from Ashton-under-Lyne, who have asked not to be named, suffered...
Wallets Wide Shut
03/02/2014 15:32
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA �C Some economists, like Larry Summers, refer to it ��secular stagnation.�� Others refer to it as ��Japanization.�� But all agree that after too long of inadequate growth in advanced economies, substantial longer-term risks have emerged, not simply for that wellbeing...
Giant gantry crane arrives at Vancouver Shipyards
02/28/2014 16:04
FEBRUARY 20, 2014 �� After months of planning and anticipation, Seaspan’s new 300-tonne gantry crane arrive at Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver, BC today. When erected, the colossal crane is definitely the largest gantry crane in Canada, towering 80 m high and spanning 76 m...
Giant crane arrives at Seaspan shipyards
02/28/2014 16:02
The renovations at Seaspan’s shipyards are moving full steam ahead while using newest addition of a large used gantry cranes.
The crane, weighing 300 tonnes and separated into three pieces to its substantial size, left China in regards to month ago and arrived on B.C. shores Feb. 20. It...
Essex Rental Modifies Coast Crane Credit Facility With GE Capital, Others
02/28/2014 15:58
Essex Rental Corp. announced that it inked an amendment to its Coast Crane credit agreement. The modification on the credit agreement provides Essex with greater flexibility to capitalize on the opportunity to increase revenues of this particular sale of the latest equipment. The modification...
300 block of W. Main St. in Madison closed Friday and Saturday
02/28/2014 15:52
The 300 block of W. Main St. in Madison will be closed to through traffic Friday, February 28th and Saturday March 1st.
Workers will be assembling a tower crane for a construction project at 306 W. Main St.
W. Main will be closed between South Henry St. and Washington Place...
The Man in the Crane
02/28/2014 15:46
Bulldozers, backhoes, and earth movers are transforming the UConn Health campus as new buildings and parking garages are increasingly being constructed. Though the little bit of construction equipment that shines over the skyline may be the 250 ft. high tower crane that may be being...
Safety alert following tower crane collapses
02/28/2014 15:40
Medical and Safety Executive has issued a security aware of a pursuing the recent collapse of three luffing jib tower cranes in high winds.
The HSE is warning that cranes have to be left in free slew when unattended to help them to pull in high winds.
The alert states: ��HSE has identified...
Watch A Secret Climb to the Top of China’s Tallest Tower
02/28/2014 15:32
Few tasks are more harrowing, or offer better views, than being a construction worker over a Chinese skyscraper. On account of a couple of adrenaline-seeking Russian photographers, we have now a vivid picture of exactly what it��s like.
In a post on his blog, Mr. Raskalov said the pair made...
Liebherr’s Swiss Army crane
02/27/2014 16:19
Liebherr delivered four new LTM 1055-3.2 mobile cranes to the Swiss Army.
The units were built at Liebherr-Werk Ehingen, Germany and carried out Reiden, Switzerland. The cranes were fitted with minor supplements like crates for wood and snow chains together with cameras and further equipment...
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