Crane & Lifting News

Swedish construction services company SkÃ¥rs Gräv & Byggservice has taken delivery of a new Spierings SK2400-R crawler mounted self-erecting tower crane – the first in…

With building activity on the upswing, Utah contractors are having difficulty finding and hiring workers, a new survey says. Four of every five contractors in…

As some construction projects become more complex, the demand for lifting larger loads grows, which is impacting the size of cranes and the complexity of…

Barnhart was contracted to provide turnkey service for the removal and replacement of five Clipper wind turbine gearboxes on 80m hub height wind turbines. The…

Today’s truck cranes combine long reach, high lifting capacities, and highway-speed-travel capabilities to work on large bridge jobs, prefabricated building erection, and more. Since they…

It might have been tough to remember, as drivers sat stuck on the Thruway and stranded on the Tappan Zee Bridge, that Tuesday’s traffic nightmare…

David Spears sat in the crane’s cockpit and lowered the 46,000-pound counterweight onto the tractor trailer. Jesus was with him. After he’d nestled the load…

About 10,000 people briefly lost power in parts of Seattle after a loader crane working on a home improvement project in South Seattle became entangled…

New York City took the first steps towards tightening regulations of construction cranes and their operators on June 30, implementing several measures designed to prevent collapses…

Did you know that a blue whale’s lung capacity is 5000 litres? In comparison, humans can only manage a meagre six litres on average. As…