Recently, at the construction site of the Xiamen New Sports Center, with the installation of the last steel beam, the main steel structure of the training hall of the stadium was successfully completed. Large tonnage steel structure combinations are used in the stadium and surrounding supporting buildings. Taking the sports centre as an example, the total steel … Read more
Konecranes was chosen for a $58.6 million modernization project for a major power utility in the United States. The utility has two polar reactor cranes in two different facilities that are in need of upgrades due to plant extensions. The customer is looking to increase lifting capacity and update the controls to variable frequency drives … Read more
Two Comansa 21LC660 flat-top tower cranes are working on the construction of a cable-stayed bridge that will join two islands in the Philippines. The cranes are configured with an 80-metre boom. The bridge, named the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway, will join popular tourist destination Cebu City, the second-largest city in the country, with Mactan Island, where … Read more
AS Manutention’s new Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane installs pedestrian bridge in Amiens New division – AS Manutention invests in 800 tonne heavy duty crane Job successfully completed in Amiens, France – a new LTM 1750-9.1 from AS Manutention recently installed a pedestrian bridge. The pedestrian bridge was completed after just two days at the … Read more
Sarens was asked by WKS Grybow to lift and install the viaduct over the railway track. The new track will help the train to now travel at a speed of 90 km/h thus reducing the time of travel by more than an hour. The site was located in the city centre and the team was … Read more
The Sany SCC4000A crawler crane was tasked to be the main crane for the lifting of the larges slab beam and the last piece of the beam of the Bangladesh Azsalaam 2×660MW coal-fired power station project was successfully hoisted in place recently. The smooth installation of the large slab beam marks another significant milestone of … Read more
LTM 1160-5.2 working on an important power line on the edge of the Austrian Alps – Three Liebherr mobile cranes operated by Prangl GmbH in action at altitudes of up to 1800 metres Cranes have to ascend site roads with gradients of up to 26 percent In Austria, work is currently proceeding at full speed … Read more
Last week, the first shield machine “Rongyao No. 1” of the Fuzhou Metro Binhai Express Line 1, contract 3 construction area including 1 station and 1 section, constructed by the Eighth Bureau of China Railway, was successfully hoisted down the shaft. Zoomlion’s ZCC3500V crawler crane was used as the main crane for this hoisting. It is … Read more
A Comansa 21CM550 tower crane is working on the construction of the first cable-stayed railway bridge in India, which is considered an engineering wonder. A 25-ton 21CM550 tower crane is working on the construction of Anji Khad Bridge, the first cable-stayed railway bridge in India, 331 metres above the river. This is a milestone project for the Indian railway and it’s viewed … Read more
On October 5th, a Sany SCC8000A crawler crane completed the installation for the first piece of girder above the main trunk road of JL. A. Yali in Bekasi, a city 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta. This was a major milestone marking good progress in one of Indonesia’s key national projects, the 20-km Becakayu Toll Road, which will connect the three cities of Bekasi, Cawang, and Kampung Melayu. The Sany SCC8000A crawler crane, with a 12 m superlift in HJDB working condition, has been undertaking the main hoisting work at … Read more
In late July this year, Sany SCC8000A has been mobilised to the construction site of the Zhuhai Xingye Express Line Shield Tunnel Project to assist in the launching of the super-large-diameter T-ring shield into the shaft that is almost 10 stories depth, marking the official entry of TBM “Xingye” for the tunneling process. The tunnel … Read more
The earthquake that occurred about 10.41 pm on 7th October, it has caused one of the Metro’s trains on Nippori-Toneri Liner to be derailed. The Nippori-Toneri Liner is an automated guideway transit system between Nippori Station in Arakawa and Minumadai-shinsuikōen Station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. It is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. … Read more
Exact planning and custom engineering ensure on-time delivery with minimum disruption in Vienna, Austria More than 30 years ago, a freeway junction on the Vienna southeast tangent in Austria was built but never put into operation. As part of a recent redevelopment program, the last bridge section of this “closed exit” would be demolished. Due … Read more
Ainscough Crane Hire has once again worked with its client J Murphy & Sons as part of Network Rail’s £2.85m Great North Rail Project, helping to secure the future of rail journeys between Manchester and Liverpool. Earlier this year, Ainscough worked with J Murphy & Sons to replace a bridge at Warrington Bank Quay station … Read more
The Palfinger PA1500 platform was designed and built by Palfinger Rail for its UK partner GOS Tool Engineering. Each unit employs a single scissor mechanism to raise or lower the six-metre long platform, which has an overall width of 2.9 metres that can be extended to 4.5 metres by its 1.6-metre lateral slide-out extension. The … Read more
The main tower of Pier 28 of the bridge is constructed by the China Railway Bridge Bureau and it is 17.6 meters long, 14 meters wide, 106.8 meters high, and weighs 2800 tonnes. The steel tower is manufactured in the plant in a horizontal position. The steel tower was then transported to the bridge location using … Read more
The 450-tonne LTM1450-8.1 and 250-tonne LTM1250-6.1 is used in tandem lift Pedestrian bridge is constructed over railroad track in Cleveland, Ohio, USA Successful run against the time in narrow time frame. Building bridges is never an easy job, especially if this bridge runs over busy railway tracks. ALL Crane, the largest crane rental company in … Read more
The Boskalis 5,000t lift sheerleg crane, Asian Hercules III, and their Anchor Handling Tug Sapphire have completed 8 lifts of their project’s planned 16 bridge section lifts for the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge. In 2019, Boskalis installed the foundations of the bridge pylons and carried out various lifting and transport operations of steel and concrrete bridge … Read more
With their flexibility, strength, and easy operation, telescopic crawler cranes are delivering on their promise of getting the job done, especially in fast-paced and demanding job sites. They are the ideal machine for Pick & Carry applications. More and more companies are increasingly relying on telescopic crawler cranes to accomplish the lifting, moving, and positioning … Read more
Liebherr LR 1500 features power, compact dimensions and a simple crane concept The Gradito crawler crane dismantled a tunnel drilling machine on Sicily in constricted conditions Strong, compact and simple – the perfect description of the Liebherr LR 1500 in three words. And it was precisely these features which were required to dismantle a large … Read more
Feb 26 – A crawler crane collapsed at a construction site of the SUKE Expressway project along the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) at about 9 am in the morning, causing minor injuries to crane operator and heavy traffic congestion from Ampang to Cheras. A man was injured after a crawler crane collapsed onto the … Read more