Georg Diesch, president of Liebherr Cranes Inc in the USA has been promoted to managing director of Liebherr Hydraulikbagger, in Kirchdorf an der Iller, Germany, after 11 years in job, with Daniel Pitzer replacing him. The Kirchdorf factory manufactures Liebherr wheeled and crawler excavators and material handling equipment. It was the company's first facility, set up by Hans Liebherr and the place where he built the first Liebherr tower crane. Pitzer took over as president at the start of the month, and assumes responsibility for the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
Custom Liebherr towers for Shwe Taung in Myanmar
Myanmar contractor Shwe Taung Development has taken delivery of three Liebherr 280 EC-H 12 tower cranes. The first of the three cranes was supplied to help with the construction of the Twin Centro development in Yangon, Myanmar. The location of the project site meant that the crane needed a shortened jib, which was designed especially for the project, a company spokesperson said. The Twin Centro development, on Baho Road in Sanchaung Township, is made up of a 16 storey apartment building, complete with a pool, recreation centre and … [Read more...]
Crane overturns on New Jersey road job
Crane operator Christopher Graham, 39, was seriously injured when his crane flipped over backwards down an embankment in Brick, South East New Jersey on Saturday. The crane, a five axle All Terrain, was working on a new overpass on the side of the Garden State Parkway when it went over backwards and down the wooded embankment throwing the operator clear. He was airlifted to hospital and was said to be in a stable condition, with leg and head injuries. The crane appears to have lost the right rear outrigger beam which in combination with a … [Read more...]
Terex Explorer 5800 at the Jack Daniel’s distillery
Gilley Crane and Jack Daniel’s recently came together when Gilley Crane was tasked with lifting two boilers weighing more than 100,000 pounds each at the Jack Daniel’s Distillery in Lynchburg, TN. The plan required each boiler to be lifted twice at a 28-foot radius in a confined space. "At one end of the lift, we had to work around a fenced-in lot nearby other equipment, while at the other end we had to work around rebar sticking up around the boiler base," explains Gilley Crane Owner, Robert Gilley. Working in the confined area, Gilley … [Read more...]
First crawler crane for Gillespies
Gillespies Crane Services in Australia added its first crawler crane to its crane rental fleet. It is a 350 tonne capacity Liebherr LR 1350/1 lattice boom model. Commenting on his move into the crawler crane market, John Gillespie, Gillespies Crane Services managing director, told IC, “Our 1997 model Liebherr LTM 1400 was due for replacement and we wanted a larger capacity crane due to increasing client demands for us to make heavier lifts at longer radii. We considered all options with larger capacity all terrain cranes but our road … [Read more...]
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