Bad weather is being blamed for the damage done to the jib of a tower crane earlier this week in East London, South Africa.
21.06.2008
Italian crane manufacturer TCM is set to launch a new range of Rough Terrain cranes.
20.06.2008
Bribes and building owner sued for $100 million
Cracks have been found in the slewing gear of another Kodiak tower crane in New York, similar to the one that collapsed at the end of May.
Hull based Peter Hird and Sons has spawned a number of crane and access related companies.
JLG is moving the operational responsibility for its worldwide service centres and parts business to Peter Bonafede, its head of operations.
Palfinger promotes Ortner to CEO
19.06.2008
Cleveland, USA-based All Erection & Crane Rental Corp has purchased five Grove GMK7550 All Terrain cranes.
A new report in the USA says 22 workers die annually from crane related incidents.
A demolition worker was killed yesterday in Granite City, Illinois, after a steel beam knocked him out of his boom lift.
18.06.2008
A 44-year-old tower crane erector died instantly in Montreal on Tuesday after he was struck by a tower crane jib section.
Capital Access in the UK has been certified as an IPAF training centre.
Derek C. Hathaway, recently retired CEO of Harsco, owner of SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent scaffolding, has been awarded an OBE
Belgian based access and telehandler sales and rental company, Heli, celebrated its 25th anniversary last week with a large open day.
Gottwald Port Technology has won its first order from Oman
Wolfgang Anzengruber is to leave Palfinger
KDM Hire has won 'European Rental Company of the Year' at the ERA awards
New York City’s Department of Buildings will propose a series of new crane safety regulations within the next few weeks
The minority shareholders in tower crane rental company, Arcomet, have sold their stake to CEO Dirk Theyskens.
We are delighted to announce that Peter Hird and his partner Emma Finn had a baby daughter yesterday.
The June/July issue of Cranes&Access is now on line and available to read or download.
17.06.2008
Frank Scarborough, the chief operating officer of US based aerial lift manufacturer Snorkel, has left the company.
A lattice crane boom came down on a Hotel construction site in Snowmass, Colorado, one man was injured.
Bil-Jax the USA based aerial lift and scaffold manufacturer has launched a “Go Green” environmental campaign
