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ACT
MARCH 2014
SPECIALIZED
LIFTING
50
ACT’
s
SPECIALIZED
LIFTING
50
features many companies that are also on
our
SPECIALIZED
TRANSPORT
50
and our
ACT
CRANES
100
lists.
To stay competitive, more crane and
transport companies are seeing the need
to add gantries, skates, strand jacks and
other such equipment to their fleets. As
they add this equipment they also add
employees who have the skills, knowledge
and expertise to engineer this type of
rigging.
2015
To be a part of our 2015
SPECIALIZED
LIFTING
50
, email
D.Ann Shiffler for a survey form at
Methodology
In January 2014 some 150
firms known to offer specialized
lifting services were emailed
and mailed survey forms for the
SPECIALIZED
LIFTING
50
.
Companies that completed the
surveys were included in our list.
In some cases, data from our
2013 surveys were used, and in
this case the entry is marked with
an asterisk, which denotes the
SPECIALIZED
LIFTING
50
index
is an estimate.
While every effort was made
to ensure the accuracy and
completeness of the information
listed,
ACT
and its editors do not
take responsibility for errors or
omissions.
To perform these jobs often requires
the use of highly specialized tools and
equipment, some of which is available
commercially and some of which is
fabricated in the shops of the companies
that offer these types of services.
The big difference in our 2014
SPECIALIZED
LIFTING
50
from 2013 is
that several companies invested in larger
capacity equipment. Our index in 2014
is 85,000 tons higher than it was in 2013,
showing modest growth in this sector.
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NUMBER OF
TOTAL
SPECIALIZED
NAME OF
RUBBER TIRED
NUMBER
LIFTING INDEX
RANK COMPANY
GANTRIES
OF GANTRIES
(US TONS)
1
Rigging Gear Sales
1
82
9,687
2
Barnhart Crane & Rigging
25
58
266,078
3
Bigge Crane & Rigging
10
27
62,809
4
George Young Group
2
26
13,973
5
International Industrial Contracting Corporation
5
22
10,750
6
Fagioli USA
1
20
218,000
7
Crane Rental Corporation
3
16
2,143
8
Mammoet North America
27
13
165,765
9
Edwards Moving & Rigging
9
12
51,987
9
Taylor Crane & Rigging
2
12
5,832
10
Deep South Crane & Rigging
6
8
10,400
Top 10:
NUMBER OF GANTRIES
