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Is the handshake losing its grip?

The handshake has been around for at least 3,000 years and has played a key role in trade and judging people you meet. After being off the agenda for more than a year now will it come back?

03.04.2021

Social Media?

I think there is a problem emerging in the construction industry regarding the over use of mobile phones and social media on site

05.02.2021 1

Here’s to a better year - hopefully

Normally at this time, we ask our readers if they think the new year will be better, the same, or worse than the one just ended? This year it is hard to imagine that many will believe that 2021 will be worse than 2020. But...

01.01.2021 2

The future of the office?

Some five months on from the imposition of lockdowns around the world, life has changed and we face the strong possibility that many of the changes will become permanent.

02.09.2020

The Economy or Lives?

It seems an age since the 'Lockdown' hit Europe and North America yet it is little more than two months. In that short time however Covid-19 has taken over 220,000 lives in the region, and the economy has gone into meltdown - What comes next?

09.05.2020

Climate change – is it real or imagined?

Climate change is a really hot topic these days and extreme weather events do seem to be occurring more frequently, sometimes bringing down cranes or halting crane operations and working at height. But what is the solution?

13.02.2020 1

A long road ahead

14.01.2020

The Commercial Influence on Safety

We are always trying to determine who is to blame when something goes wrong with a Crane. Or at the very least, anyone caught up in an incident wants to prove they aren’t to blame.

03.07.2019

We are being under sold

As a UK based heavy crane operator I recently discovered that we are now among the lowest paid operators in Europe

28.05.2019 7

Consolidation - the good, the bad and the ugly?

The past few years have seen an increasing number of acquisitions - from both manufacturers and rental companies - the latest being Tadano’s agreement to acquire the Demag mobile crane business from Terex.

19.03.2019

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Cranes & Access

February/March 2021
Vol. 23, Issue 1

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