Swiss based Welti-Furrer Pneukran & Spezialtransporte claims a record for the highest altitude wind turbine installation.
04.11.2011
Belfast’s largest sculpture the Rise has been completed thanks to the extensive use of aerial lifts and cranes.
27.10.2011
When IPAF Germany considered how to make visitors at a health & Safety show stop and take note of its message, it decided to get artistic.
20.10.2011
Police have used aerial work platforms and cranes to help evict protesters from Dale Farm in the UK.
19.10.2011 1
Telehandler and powered access manufacturer Manitou is sponsoring Formula 1 in South Asia.
18.10.2011
The nnovative new Sky Aces Tunlift platform has carried out its first job on a tunnel in Modena.
17.10.2011
A UK reader sent us a video of a very ingenious use of a scooter for lifting work on a building site.
04.10.2011
The 400 tonne Tadano Faun ATF 400G-6 unveiled in May has now been shipped and carried out its first job.
29.09.2011
Liebherr has extended the fully rigged mobility of its 600 tonne LR 1600/2-W narrow-track crawler crane.
28.09.2011
Campaigners in Sussex rented a 60 metre truck mounted lift to show the height of a proposed incinerator chimney.
08.09.2011 1
German based crane rental company Greving has taken delivery of a new 300 tonne Grove GMK6300.
07.09.2011
A new Polish based crane rental company Viatron, has taken delivery of a new Grove GTK1100.
05.09.2011
Aardman is filming a beach based animation with the help of at least two large JLG boom lifts.
09.08.2011
Wind turbine producer REpower has ordered 48 Palfinger cranes for service and maintenance of its offshore turbines.
04.08.2011
Bronto’s new camera cage/platform was in action this weekend in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
25.07.2011
The Spider division of SafeWorks has launched a modular 360° suspended platform for wind turbine blade access
13.07.2011
The following photos were sent to us from a reader in what on Saturday was a cold and wet Belgium.
11.07.2011 3
With all the reports of wind turbine installations we could not resist publishing a report on a more traditional windmill erection job.
04.07.2011
UK based Extreme Wind Services has purchased a 70 metre Palfinger WT700 for wind turbine maintenance.
17.06.2011
We have had several calls and more emails this week on a crane-suspended garden at Chelsea Flower show.
25.05.2011
The Chelsea Flower Show opens on Tuesday and this year many of the gardens have employed cranes and telehandlers
21.05.2011
A 600 tonne Terex TC 2800-1 lattice boom truck crane has solved a long reach problem on a UK Olympic site.
20.05.2011
Here in the UK much of the country is gearing up for the big wedding on Friday which has been declared a public holiday.
27.04.2011
Hocap of Holland has sold a Maeda LC785 mini crawler crane to assist on board one of the world’s largest cranes.
31.03.2011