Edmonton fire crews and police responded after a construction crane fell over in Edmonton Tuesday afternoon (2nd August 2022). Just before 2 p.m., emergency crews were called to 120 Street and 102 Avenue in the community of Oliver. Photos from the scene show the crane collapsed into the construction site. EPCOR is reporting two power outages in … Read more
Mission Group has decided to halt work on all their construction sites on 12th July to remember the five men who lost their lives after a crane collapsed at a site in downtown Kelowna one year ago. From 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. work will stop and five air horn blasts will play followed by a … Read more
An unstowed loader crane overturned while travelling on a road in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, Western Canada on Wednesday (22nd June) when the boom caught up in overhead power lines running alongside and across the road. Quite how it managed to get caught up has not been explained, but thankfully no one was hurt in … Read more
WorkSafeNB is investigating after a crane doing construction work on a bridge near Coles Island fell into the frozen Canaan River. The incident took place Tuesday on Route 10, when the crane fell off a temporary bridge and into the river about 65 kilometres east of Fredericton. No one was injured. “An operator was in the crane … Read more
A 77-year-old Falcon Lake man was killed after a hydraulic crane on his truck crashed into an overpass, Manitoba RCMP said. The single-vehicle collision, which took place just after noon on Thursday (27th Jan), occurred just off Highway 1, on the Falcon Lake exit ramp. Police said the crane, used for logging, hit the overpass … Read more
LTM 1110-5.1 replaces 120 tonne (135 US-tons) mobile cranes Powerful 60 meter (187 ft) telescopic boom, VarioBase®Plus technologies and suitable axle load were the main criteria behind the purchase decision The Liebherr team is always close at hand and provides outstanding service Crane and heavy haulage contractor Guay Inc. has taken delivery of two Liebherr … Read more
1. Fatal Crane Accident in Canada 3rd July 2021 – A man has died due to a crane collapsed involving a crane on the site in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The man, Corey Philips, 52, was declared dead at the scene. RIP. He was an employee of North Steel and was working under the main contractor … Read more
North American terminal operator Logistec Stevedoring has ordered a Konecranes Gottwald Model 7 mobile harbour crane for its dry bulk port in Montreal, Canada. Scheduled for delivery in October, the eight axles HMK 7608 B has a maximum capacity of 150 tonnes and a maximum radius of 54 metres. The crane can operate from an … Read more
The tower crane collapsed in downtown Kelowna, British Columbia on 12th July, killing five and injuring others at the job site. Kelowna is located near Okanagan Lake, about 240 miles west of Vancouver and about 90 miles north of the Canada/U.S. border. Evacuations were ordered in a 250-foot radius of the crane. As the crane … Read more
A man has died following an incident involving a crane on a site in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The incident occurred on Thursday at a building site in the town, which is due north of Toronto. According to police and fire officials the crane “collapsed”, but other information we have received suggests that it involved the … Read more
Canadian builder Avenue Building Corporation deployed two new Raimondi LR273 luffing cranes on one of the most awaited projects in downtown Toronto, Canada. The cranes are at work on construction of the first Canadian Nobu Residences and Hotel in Downtown Toronto – Nobu Residences. According to Jim Patullo, president of Avenue Building Corporation, decided to … Read more
Mammoet utilised its CC2400 crawler crane to replace a 38-tonne tonne gearbox at the Whitla Wind 1 wind farm in Southern Alberta, Canada. High winds and sub-zero temperatures made the work a challenge, said Mammoet. Nevertheless, from the time Vestas awarded Mammoet the project it took the teams just two weeks to complete. The lift itself took a day … Read more
Canadian crane and heavy haul contractor Myshak Crane & Rigging Ltd. took delivery of their first Liebherr LG 1750 SX mobile crane in December 2019 and their second upcoming in April 2020. The 750-tonne lattice boom crane will reinforce the company’s crane fleet and is mainly intended for jobs in the wind power industry. They … Read more
Mammoet Joint Venture With Haisla First Nation To Bag The Contract For Heavy Lift And Haulage For LNG Canada Through JGC-Fluor Joint Venture In Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.
The largest Potain crane to ever be used in North America, an MD 3200 helps construction group AFDE to complete heavy lifts on the Site C Clean Energy project. The massive crane was positioned on a custom rail track system that enables it to receive oversized loads and move along the length of the job site.
With the addition of a GMK5250L all-terrain crane and a TMS9000-2 truck crane, the construction company can now perform two-hook operations. Working with Manitowoc for over 60 years now, Irving Equipment provides the manufacturer with data that help it produce cranes that meet customers’ needs. Irving Equipment (Irving) added two new Manitowoc cranes to its … Read more
Bergheim, Austria-headquartered crane and access equipment maker Palfinger Group are looking to expand its business in North America through a partnership with British Columbia, Canada-headquartered heavy equipment sales, service and rental firm Falcon Equipment. Falcon Equipment will distribute Palfinger’s knuckle-boom cranes, material handling cranes, forestry and scrap cranes, aerial lift trucks, hooklifts, rail cranes, and … Read more
A tower crane working in the town of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada dropped a formwork section into the street last Wednesday. Although the material landed on the pedestrian walkway, thankfully no one was hurt in the incident. This is partly if not wholly due to the fact that pedestrians had been stopped from walking under … Read more
Linden Comansa, Established In North America Since 2001, Is One Of The Main Sponsors Of The “Tower Cranes North America” Conference In Miami. They Will Be Attending The Main Tower Crane Event In North America In June 2018, Showing Its Wide Range Of Products And Services.
A fertiliser company in Canada has called Mammoet to complete a factory-to-foundation project. The client manufactures agricultural fertiliser and industrial nitrogen and required the replacement of a R-101 vessel at its plant in Southern Alberta. [quads id=1] Mammoet LR11350 lifting the R-101 Vessel. Source: KHL The vessel was manufactured in Austria and Mammoet transported it … Read more