Volvo - Wed September 12, 2018
Volvo CE Unveils Electric Compact Wheel Loader Concept
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) unveiled its latest concept machine — known as the LX2 — to industry specialists, policymakers, the media and academics at the Volvo Group Innovation Summit on Sept....
terex - Mon August 06, 2018
Lattice Boom Crawler Crane Aids in Renovation of Motorway Bridge
Heavy loads, large equipment and limited space are usually not a good recipe for lifting operations. This was the situation in the demolition of the old Illtal motorway bridge on the A1 at Eppelborn in Germany, which had to give way to a modern structure....
Liebherr - Wed July 25, 2018
Group of Liebherr Cranes Hoists Roof Construction
The roof construction for a future industrial building near Mechernich, Germany, had to be hoisted to allow its support pillars to be extended. The job in the town in the Eifel Mountains was tackled by mobile crane and heavy haulage contractor Salgert based in Lohmar using six Liebherr mobile cranes....
terex - Mon June 11, 2018
Demag AC 500-8 All Terrain Crane Erects Tower Crane in the Middle of Stuttgart
You would be hard-pressed to find a place in Germany that is as busy and congested as the area around the main train station in Stuttgart. And that is exactly where Bietigheim-Bissingen-based crane service provider Wiesbauer had to erect a 295 ft....
Omaha Media Group - Wed May 02, 2018
Wednesday Weekly Wrap-Up : May 2, 2018
Was your week a little busy? No worries! Here is a recap of the most popular stories from our website over the past week:Work To Begin On 57-Story Skyscraper After Years Of WaitingAfter over 7 years of struggling, construction of a 57-story skyscraper in Mexico City has finally been given the go ahead for construction....
David Rising - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon April 23, 2018
WWII Bomb Diffused After Construction Workers Report Find
Berlin police evacuated thousands of people from a central area of the German capital April 20 and shut down the main train station as a precaution while they defused and removed an unexploded World War II bomb found during recent construction work....
Tue January 30, 2018
Hermann Kranverleih Puts Grove GMK5150L to Work in Southern Germany
Hermann Kranverleih is the first company to operate a Grove GMK5150L in the southern German region, Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz). With a capacity of 165 ton (150 t) and a reach of 197 ft. (60 m), the five-axle crane is ideally suited for tower crane assembly and other applications where strength at height is required....
Thu November 30, 2017
Eschbach Secures Very First Demag AC 300-6 All Terrain Crane in Germany
Bad-Schönborn-based crane service provider, Eschbach, is the first German customer to order the brand new Demag AC 300-6 all terrain crane. The contract was signed on Oct. 23, 2017 while the Demag AC 300-6 and AC 45 City were being showcased in Zweibrücken, Germany....
The Associated Press - Mon November 20, 2017
Construction Crew Finds Enormous Swastika on Site
BERLIN (AP) — Construction workers in Germany have unearthed a giant concrete swastika on a sports field in the northern city of Hamburg. The German news agency dpa reported Tuesday workers were digging in the ground with an excavator to build changing rooms when they suddenly hit the 13-by-13 ft....
Wed November 15, 2017
Terex AC 700, Demag AC 500-8 Lift Gantry Crane in Tandem Lift
As part of a holiday assignment, Bietigheim-Bissingen-Germany-based crane service provider Wiesbauer lifted a 58-tonne, 45-meter-long gantry crane at Gebr. Lotter KG's mild steel yard in Ludwigsburg....
