A crawler crane set up for foundation work tipped over in Bellevue, Washington yesterday due to soft ground.
28.07.2008
Burdens, the UK based supplier of civil engineering and building materials has taken delivery of its 200th Palfinger crane.
Harsco parent of SGB and Hünnebeck has secured three new contracts valued at around $7 million on large infrastructure projects in Europe and the Middle East.
A man was injured in Vancouver on Friday after he tried to free up a boom lift that had become trapped as a crane lifted it from a barge.
Bronto has reported first half revenues up by over 30% to almost €67 million. Operating income climbed by over 19 percent to 6.3 million
After a short lull, another example of a recent work at height job with the wrong equipment
Haulotte the French aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer has announced a 12 percent fall in sales to €259 million. Operational profits slumped 40%.
25.07.2008
Haulotte, the leading European manufacturer of aerial lifts has acquired Bil-Jax, the US based trailer lift and scaffold producer.
Manitowoc has appointed Cynthia M. Egnotovich, a segment president with aerospace company Goodrich, to its board of directors.
Elavation, the Milton Keynes, UK, based powered access rental and training company has moved to the next stage of its growth plans with a 45 unit order for Niftylift booms.
JLG has supplied the first of its new Powershift telehandlers, a 13 metre, 4,000kg capacity Model 4013 PS, to the Isle of Man.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is planning to use a large “cherry picker” to hold up a 6m square panel to shade the wicket in a game next week.
A 79 year old man was killed when a crane he was watching tipped over onto his car in Oklahoma City yesterday.
French based telehandler and aerial lift manufacturer Manitou has reported an increase in first half revenues of over 8%.
24.07.2008
A crane driver in California has managed to avoid a prison sentence for three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter through a plea bargain.
The Glasgow depot of AFI-Uplift has given a lift to the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland by raising a £1,000 donation.
Richard Tindale, sales and marketing director for UpRight powered access has won an export award from One North East.
Terex Cranes has reported a 38 percent jump in its first six months revenues to $1.44 billion, while profits leapt 93%.
First half revenues at Terex AWP - largely Genie aerial lifts and telehandlers were up by 6% on 2007 while the order book dropped over 40%.
A lattice crane boom crashed down onto a self propelled boom lift in north Normal, Illinois, yesterday killing the man in the platform.
23.07.2008
The boom of a boom-truck type crane came crashing down across a road in the ski resort of Vail, Colorado yesterday.
A man was crushed while helping to dismantle an old boatyard crane at a canal marina in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes in the UK.
Hertfordshire, UK, based haulage company Hallett Silbermann has purchased three new cranes from Fassi UK, including a 63 tonne flagship.
Commuters in Surrey, British Columbia, faced long delays yesterday after a crane dropped its boom across both sides of a highway.
