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Kier Partnership Homes to develop residential project in Derby

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and Derby City Council have appointed Kier Partnership Homes, an arm of UK-based construction company Kier Group, for the development of a residential scheme in Derby, UK.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

ESTA wind turbine safety summit speakers confirmed

ESTA has finalised the speakers list for its one-day ‘safety issues in wind turbine erection and transportation’ summit, being held at the Courtyard Marriott Hamburg Airport Hotel on 14 March.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

Hiap Tong takes delivery of a GMK6300L

International rental firm Hiap Tong has bought a Grove GMK6300L all terrain crane for work within its headquarter country of Singapore.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

Crane Rental Corporation expands offerings with new branch

Crane Rental Corporation, US-based rental firm, plans to open a taxi crane service from a new location in its home state of Florida, while adding another Manitowoc 31000 to its fleet of heavylifting crawlers.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

Mighty Crane mini-cranes launched in Russia

R&B Engineering, a Japanese manufacturer of mini-cranes, has formed an agreement with Russian LTECH-Lifting Technology to distribute Mighty Crane mini-cranes throughout Russia.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

Unic minicrane flies to roof of Shard Skyscraper

Contractors lifted a Unic URW-706 compact mini crane to an awe-inspiring height, 283m, on the roof of the Shard, the new skyscraper in London, England.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

Scheuerle's flexible option

A new semi-trailer from Scheuerle and sister company Nicolas incorporates hydraulically movable axles, allowing spacing to be adjusted to suit the centre of gravity of the load.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

IMT’s Hasty takes on general manager role

Service truck crane manufacturer Iowa Machine Tooling has promoted its current vice president of sales, Jim Hasty, to the position of general manager of the company.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

Liebherr goes direct in Argentina

Liebherr announced this month that it is establishing a mobile crane division in Argentina.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

Investigation clears Zoomlion in megacrawler collapse

An investigation in Jiuquan, China, into the fatal collapse of a megacrawler has cleared manufacturer Zoomlion of error.

Published: 02-Feb-2012

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