by Crane Market | Oct 24, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
It was nearly a year ago when industrial contractor, Hollandia Infra, contacted The Sarens Group to discuss an intricate project involving the Queen Maxima Bridge. Crossing the Old Rhine River at Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, the planned new structure included a...
by Crane Market | Oct 24, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News
The lift of the MCHE, which weighed a total of 650,000 lbs. (295 tonnes), was a dual lift utilizing a Terex-Demag CC-2800 crawler crane as the main crane and a Liebherr LR-1300sx crawler crane on the tail. The inclement weather was a source of many challenges...
by Crane Market | Oct 24, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
A market leader in all-terrain and crawler cranes, Liebherr’s ‘LTL’ range of rough-terrain cranes was previously introduced through the 1980s to mid-90s — with lifting capacities of between of 25t and 80t. Liebherr was prompted to turn its attention once again to the...
by Crane Market | Oct 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
One of the eye-opening statistics of the high rise apartment boom is that there are now more tower cranes servicing high rise apartment construction down the east coast of Australia than in major cities across North America. Key points: Record 528 cranes working on...
by Crane Market | Oct 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Workforce News
Seattle is — for the moment, at least — the tower crane capital of America. As the city transforms with taller and taller buildings, Seattle this summer had 58 construction cranes reshaping the skyline — more than any other city in the country, according to recent...
by Crane Market | Oct 20, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
When it is completed the airport will almost double its overall capacity to 30 million passengers per year. The project is being constructed using 23 Liebherr EC-B series tower cranes – eight 250 EC-B 12 Litronic cranes, six 150 EC-B 8 models and nine 110 EC-B 6...