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Construction Equipment

Crane tumbles despite loader’s help with unwieldy load

Thanks to the wonders of internet video, we’ve seen a lot of terrible ideas involving heavy equipment on this here website. But this one just might be the worst offender of all. (Well, maybe except for this one.) In the video below, an all-terrain crane is lifting a large billboard in place for mounting. And […]

August 3, 2017

Vocational

Fassi intros F345A, F345RA XE medium-duty knuckle boom cranes

Fassi has introduced two new XE knuckle boom cranes in its medium duty range. The new F345A xe-dynamic and F345RA xe-dynamic cranes have a maximum lifting capacity of 33.4 tm with a maximum hydraulic horizontal outreach of 20.5 m, which can be increased to 26.7 m in a configuration with six telescopic booms combined with […]

July 5, 2017

Construction Equipment

Link-Belt unveils 75RT rough terrain crane with new cab, updated operating system

Calling it the “next generation of the rough terrain crane,” Link-Belt has introduced the 75RT, a machine featuring the company’s updated crane operating system, a new cab and a new system that assists operators in confined areas. Powered by a Cummins Tier 4 Final QSB 6.7-liter engine producing 270 horsepower, the 75RT transports fully loaded with […]

February 28, 2017

Construction Equipment

Suspended from crane, Bobcat demos concrete beneath tracks

Here’s another jobsite video that’s beginning to float around the internet a bit. In it, the operator of a Bobcat compact track loader is suspended above a building by a crane while demoing concrete below. With a few hits of the machine’s hammer attachment the concrete soon crashes below as the Bobcat floats safely above […]

January 12, 2017

Construction Equipment

Winds topple crawler crane in NYC; massive collapse kills 1, injures 3

A crawler crane being lowered due to inclement weather toppled over in New York City Friday morning killing one man and injuring three other people. According to a report from NBC New York, the 15-story-high crane, owned by Bay Crane and being operated by Galasso Trucking and Rigging, was located in Tribeca and was being […]

February 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Worker dies after being struck by object falling from crane in Florida work zone

A Florida construction worker died Friday when an object fell 50 feet from a crane and struck him. According to WESH, 25-year-old Guillermo Solis, an employee of Lane Construction Corp., was working on a road widening and reconstruction project in Ocoee when the accident happened. “He was transported via ambulance to Health Central nearby. Unfortunately, […]

October 20, 2015

Workforce

Crane Industry Services brings custom training courses to West Georgia Technical College

Hoping to boost the number of skilled trade workers in Georgia, Crane Industry Services, an Atlanta-bassed crane operator and rigger training company, has partnered with West Georgia Technical College in order to bring a wide set of industrial skills training courses to students. CIS announced it will offer courses at the college, located in Waco, […]

October 12, 2015

Workforce

Worker scales crane to remove Confederate flag upsetting residents in North Carolina

When a Confederate battle flag found its way atop a construction crane in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, last week, a construction worker scaled the machine to remedy the situation. According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville residents noticed the flag atop the crane which has become a familiar part of the city’s skyline as the $20 million Mariott-owned […]

August 25, 2015

Construction Equipment

Man arrested after climbing 10-story crane to take a selfie

If this guy is any indication, in Wisconsin they take their selfies a bit more seriously than the rest of us. According to Channel 3000 news, a passerby noticed a man climbing a construction crane around 6:20 a.m at a downtown construction site in Madison and notified police. When officers arrived, the 25-year old man […]

August 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

Crane tips, crashes into University of Pittsburgh building

A crane accident ended in the best way possible in Pittsburgh recently—with no injuries and little damage. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a crane owned by masonry contractor Franco Associates was lifting a load of scaffolding when it tipped and fell over onto Langley Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus July 3. The crane […]

July 10, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in crane accident on Penn State jobsite

A worker on a renovation job on the Penn State University campus was killed Friday while dismantling a crane. According to a report from the Centre Daily Times, 29-year-old Jerod Chapman was killed Friday evening at the Burrowes Building where renovations are scheduled through the end of the year. StateCollge.com reports Chapman was killed when the […]

June 19, 2015

Construction Equipment

Crane collapses atop Dallas museum, many confuse it for an art installation

The Dallas Museum of Art has released surveillance video of a crane collapse that occurred there earlier this month and subsequently was mistaken as a piece of art itself. According to a report from the Dallas Morning News, the collapse occurred on April 3, falling onto the museum’s roof and narrowly missing a more than 40-year-old red […]

April 20, 2015