Keeping the water flowing

Ace World Companies brought Conductix-Wampfler in to be part of a massive undertaking to combat against the longstanding drought issue affecting Lake Mead. In 2015, the Southern Nevada Water Authority began a $650 million project to construct a low-level pumping station to ensure water can still be fed to southern Nevada even if Hoover Dam […]

28/04/2020 - 14:01 pm

Retrofit revitalises RTGs

Konecranes USA has successfully retrofitted its RTG cranes at the Port of Boston with the latest Konecranes RTG technology, including both drive and control system and smart feature retrofits. The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) owns and operates the Port of Boston, a vital economic asset for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The safety, efficiency, and productivity […]

21/04/2020 - 15:19 pm

EMH Crane custom engineers -40degC GE jet engine test site hoists

When EMH was contacted by Standard Aero, an international aircraft-engineering firm to help develop a unique Jet Engine Test Stand for a GE cold weather test facility; it was just another day at the office for Engineered Material Handling and its custom engineering hoist specialists. More specifically, EMH was asked to help custom design and […]

05/04/2020 - 17:51 pm

Dunkirk spirit

Dorian, one of Dunkirk’s little ships, has been in restoration in Southampton, UK, since 2011. With the work now complete, the ship, which weighs 9.7t, was lifted back into the sea and is now ready to attend the Return of Dunkirk, an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Dynamo in May 2020. A […]

03/04/2020 - 13:30 pm

Make the lift and keep your distance

Maintaining efficiency with a limited or restricted workforce has never been more important. With the widespread impact of COVID-19, many companies have temporarily closed their doors or made changes for personal safety, including employees working from home to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. Essential businesses, however, that have been deemed critical to […]

02/04/2020 - 15:53 pm

Three overhead cranes for a new pumping station in Ecuador

Spain-based Jaso Industrial Cranes has carried out a turnkey project for Acciona in the city of Guayaquil, which will help improve the city’s sanitary sewer system Acciona, a company that provides sustainable solutions worldwide, has chosen Jaso cranes for the construction of the new La Pradera Pumping Station (EBAR) which will form part of the […]

31/03/2020 - 12:30 pm

Automate inspections

A leading UK provider of inspection solutions for the lifting and hoist industries, CoreRFID, has delivered an automated system for one a large lifting equipment supplier based in Nottinghamshire, UK. CoreRFID has customised its software solutionCheckedOK for Catena’s business processes. Catena purchased the entire suite of CheckedOK modules, which records results of inspections from engineers working remotely […]

30/03/2020 - 20:48 pm

Caldwell Coil Grab for Steel Service Centre

A 37.5 USt capacity mill-duty coil grab has been installed beneath the hook of a 40 USt capacity overhead crane at a Monarch Steel Company Inc facility, located in Decatur, northern Alabama.  The coil grab was manufactured by The Caldwell Group, a Rockford, Illinois-based company that specialises in both standard and custom lifting equipment. A […]

24/03/2020 - 14:12 pm

Genie Z-45 XC Boom Takes On Tough Antarctic Mission

On the highest, driest, coldest and windiest continent on Earth, Antarctica construction projects are an extraordinary challenge that require the use of robust, reliable machinery. This is how Netherlands-based Authorised Genie Distributor HDW, came to provide its customer Royal BAM Group (BAM) with a custom-tailored Genie Z-45 Xtra Capacity (XC) boom lift to support the […]

23/03/2020 - 19:12 pm

JLG and ABC Keystone Partner to Provide Enhanced Equipment Safety Training

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), Keystone Chapter training facility in Manheim, Pennsylvania, took delivery of three pieces of equipment from JLG Industries recently to offer its members enhanced training.  Delivered on March 5th the equipment includes a rough terrain forklift, a 1930ES scissor lift and a E300AJP boom lift. JLG Industries Inc. and ABC […]

22/03/2020 - 18:25 pm

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