Photo courtesy of Bigge Crane and Rigging The Demag AC-500 crane needed 198 tons of counterweight for the BART track lift. Related Links: Video: Oakland Airport Connector Nighttime Crane Lift Flatiron/Parsons JV Awarded Contract for Oakland Airport Connector Crews are rapidly placing track sections in advance of the spring 2014 opening of the Oakland Airport Connector. Conceived in the early 1970s and started in 2010, the $484-million project will connect the Bay Area Rapid Transit system to the airport.Bigge Crane and Rigging, San Leandro, Calif., is providing and operating the cranes on the 3.2-mile project. Several of the lifts have
Photo courtesy Joe Volpe Crews working atop One57 use a mini-crane to assemble a stiff-leg derrick. YouTube Maeda mini-crane works on Baku Flame Towers Project. Related Links: Dangling Crane Was Act of God, Engineers Say Spider Cranes Crawl Into Tight Spaces Bigger is not always better. Such is the case of a small lifting machine, called a mini-crane, that has been advancing rigging and hoisting work needed to replace a large tower crane that partially collapsed in Midtown Manhattan last October during Superstorm Sandy.The unusual work requires crews to cut down, remove and then replace a crane-jib superstructure that is
Terex Corp.'s record-breaking Genie SX-180 boom lift, whose maximum platform height towers to 180 ft, uses a patented chassis that allows it to ride on a lowboy trailer without needing special road permits, sources at Genie say.
Related Links: Caterpillar Rolls Out Hybrid Excavator as Layoffs Hit Mining Division Caterpillar's Hybrid Excavator Pays Back in One Year At first glance, Caterpillar's new 336EH hybrid excavator could be mistaken for the non-hybrid 336E. It has the same profile as the existing machine, distinguished by only a small "hybrid" label near the rear. For operators sitting in the cab, the only sign they are running a hybrid excavator is a little green bar on the display console, which details fills and empties as the bucket swings during a work cycle.As an operator runs it for a few work cycles,
Photo by Tudor Van Hampton for ENR JCB's booth was busy the first day of the Bauma show, where it reported record earnings for 2012. Related Links: In India, Small Backhoes Mean Big Business JCB Digs Big Profit in Africa And Middle East In a year of tough economic conditions worldwide, J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd. outperformed the equipment sector in 2012 by posting earnings of $559.5 million—a record for the 67-year-old company—on $4.1 billion of sales and increasing production as others slipped."In view of the continued fragility of the global economy, which has led to renewed slowdowns in emerging and
Photo by Tudor Van Hampton for ENR Liugong, which is building diesel engines with Cummins, displayed 28 machines at Bauma 2013. Photo by Tudor Van Hampton at ENR Tom Linebarger, chairman and CEO of Cummins, says the deal will help it access emerging markets. Related Links: Chinese Machinery Exports Grow 20% in 2012 Excavator Sales Show Signs of Recovery in China Last year's roughly 40% decline in heavy-equipment sales in China was not just a sales nightmare—it was also a potent reminder to the Chinese manufacturers that they need to increase their share outside of China to support their high-volume
Photo by Tudor Van Hampton for ENR Martin Herrenknecht (center) took home a Bauma innovation prize for a semi-trenchless pipeline machine. Related Links: Five Trends To Watch At Bauma 2013 Bauma 2013 Website The European economy continues to suffer from a banking crisis that has slowed down most industries here, but manufacturers in the construction space are optimistic that fiscal policy and bright ideas will eventually win the day."We're all hopeful and quite confident that the political leaders will be able to come to grips with the situation," said Johann Sailer, president of construction elevator manufacturer GEDA and president of
Photo courtesy of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers This 1932 Caterpillar tractor, which sold for $55,950, helped usher in the diesel era. Related Links: Nearly 100 Antique Tractors To Cross Auction Block Obit: George E. Logue Sr. Bidders from around the world had the rare chance to pick through a large auction of vintage heavy equipment, including dozens of crawler tractors, graders and other machines, on April 10 in Trout Run, Pa."The turnout was huge," says Bob Logue, son of the late George E. Logue Sr., a contractor who spent much of his life piecing together the collection.Sales at the two-hour auction,
SANY Group China-based SANY Group posted 2.3% market share growth in the first quarter. Related Links: Chinese Machinery Exports Grow 20% in 2012 Five Trends To Watch At Bauma 2013 Sales of excavators in China rebounded in March after a steep decline at the beginning of the year, according to a new investor report published April 9 by J.P. Morgan.Excavator sales are still down compared to a year ago, but the pace of decline in March was only 6%, a significant improvement over January-February's precipitous drop of 47%.China-based excavator manufacturers have expanded their market share, with SANY showing a 2.3%
Photo by Jeff Rubenstone for ENR The 336EH has the same profile as the non-hybrid model but boasts superior fuel consumption. Related Links: Caterpillar's Hybrid Excavator Pays Back in One Year California Offers Money To Buy Hybrid Machines As a slowdown in mining sales softens its bottom line, equipment giant Caterpillar Inc. is hoping construction customers will be drawn to the promised fuel savings in its new 336EH hybrid excavator.Earlier this month, ENR visited the company's demonstration center in Edwards, Ill., to see the machine up close. Announced last year, the new machine is based on the design of the
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