Both Genie and Skyjack will unveil new boom lifts and self propelled mast type lifts at APEX later today
16.09.2008
A giant mechanical spider has popped up all over Liverpool with the help of 16 cranes carrying out 300 lifts.
APEX, the tri-annual access equipment show opens on Wednesday, here is a glance at a couple more products that are on show.
15.09.2008
Over $300,000 in fines are being sought in the fatal New York tower crane accident that killed seven in March.
Today’s Death Wish comes from Oranienburg, north of Berlin in Germany and is one of the worst cases of work at height we have seen so far.
Unic Cranes Europe has appointed new distributors in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus for its spider cranes.
ALE Heavylift has unveiled its heavy lift crane, designed to lift up to 4,300 tonnes
The UK’s Strategic Forum for Construction has launched its tower crane website with advice and guidance for contractors and members of the public.
Arnie Dirckinck-Holmfeld of Instant UpRight is leaving to join German based powered access company manufacturer PB.
14.09.2008
Verania Costa Rivas has joined PSE the Dutch based access sales company as part of a move into the Iberian market.
When a scaffold tower is not high enough and you have a fork lift…..
JPW Riggers has sold all of its small lifting equipment in order to focus on its growing wind farm business.
United Rentals, the world’s largest rental company has reached a final settlement with the SEC, closing the long running investigation.
Virtually the entire Vertikal Team will be at Europlatform, APEX and Conexpo Russia next week which may reduce our reporting of other news
Manitou South Africa has signed an agreement to distribute CVS Ferrari container handling equipment in Southern Africa.
12.09.2008
UK based NASC is encouraging its members to anonymously ‘whistle blow’ on principle contractors who continue to use non-regulated scaffolding companies.
Altrad, the Montpelier, France, based scaffold and concrete equipment manufacturer, has agreed to merge with Belle, the UK based producer of compact equipment.
UK based cranes2u.com has added a Maeda MC285 to its new fleet of spider cranes, one of its first jobs was as tight a squeeze as is possible.
The first of the 1,200 tonne LTM11200-9.1 telescopic cranes to be delivered has arrived with Mammoet and went to work in Rotterdam.
Apex 2008 the specialist show for access equipment will open its gates in Maastricht next Wednesday to a record number of new products.
Wayne MacDonald, senior vice president of engineering at JLG has announced that he will retire at the end of the month.
11.09.2008
Jackie Hanford is leaving SED, the UK construction equipment show after 30 years.
The UK Health and Safety Executive has appointed Stephen Williams to the newly created post of director of field operations London and the Olympics.
Several readers from New Zealand have asked why we have not reported on the crane accident that occurred earlier this week.
