by Crane Market | Oct 23, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Workforce News
So how many construction workers does it take to maneuver a 140,000-pound bridge beam onto 45-foot-high supports? For the Southern Beltway bridge over Quicksilver Road near McDonald in August, the answer was three — Maxim Crane to operate an All Terrain crane to lift...
by Crane Market | Sep 7, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Workforce News
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to extend the employer’s responsibility to ensure crane operator competency and enforcement for crane operator certification to Nov. 10, 2018. OSHA issued a...
by Crane Market | Jul 5, 2017 | Workforce News
IRISH BUILDING SITES face more disruption as Unite union crane drivers have voted to escalate strike action. Unite, which claims to represent the vast majority of Irish crane drivers, previously balloted its members on industrial action. The Journal IE repoorts they...
by Crane Market | Jun 22, 2017 | Manufacturer News, Workforce News
KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA continues its commitment to provide customers with quality products from its North American excavator production facility in Spartanburg, SC. Increases in manufacturing capacity and several new hires are on the horizon as the...
by Crane Market | Jun 13, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A man has died after being caught under a Pick and Carry crane in Australia The 35 year old from Plympton suffered fatal injuries. Ambulance and Police crews were called to the construction site and they spent some time with the victim at the scene behind a sheet....
by Crane Market | Jun 12, 2017 | Workforce News
A large number of crane drivers on some of Dublin’s highest-profile building sites were simultaneously unavailable for work last week as a pay dispute in the construction sector worsened. As many as 80 per cent of crane operators on sites in Dublin city did not...
