WORLD NEWS
INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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SEPTEMBER 2013
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OBITUARY: BROCK SETTLEMIER
IC regrets to announce the death of Brock Settlemier, 79, former
Owner, President and CEO of Bigge Crane and Rigging Company, San
Leandro, California, USA.
In the statement released by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging
Association (SC&RA) it was said that Brock Settlemier died peacefully
at his home on the evening of 1 August, surrounded by his family.
In 1957 Settlemier married his college sweetheart, Marlene Bigge
and after two years of service in the US Army, Settlemier joined Bigge
Crane and Rigging Company in 1958. He purchased the company
in 1980. During 40 years at Bigge, he grew the company into a
worldwide player in nuclear power construction, heavy crane rental,
power generation and heavy lift rigging.
Over two decades he managed major heavy lift rigging projects
in more than 30 countries and won numerous SC&RA Rigging Job
of the Year awards. In 2003, Settlemier received SC&RA’s most
prestigious honour, the Golden Achievement Award, for outstanding
lifetime accomplishments. He was also active in the Crane Owners
Association, the Beavers and the Associated General Contractors of
America.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to
The Brock R Settlemier Memorial Fund for Rugby, payable to UC
Berkeley Foundation.
New Hiab loader
crane generation
Hiab, part of Cargotec, has
launched a new generation of
loader cranes as part of its 70th
Anniversary celebrations.
The X Series has four new
models, the X-CLX 178, the
X-DUO 178, the X-HIDUO
188 and the X-HIPRO 192.
The cranes have a faster
boom extension system, which
is said to be almost twice as
fast as its predecessor, the Hiab
XS 166.
They also have increased
lifting capacity. improved
precision handling, safer and
easy to use stabiliser legs and
a new joystick control. The
cranes were developed with
input from customers and
end users.
Hiab’s President Axel
Leijonhufvud said, “With the
launch of the X-series we will
be writing a new chapter in
the history of Hiab and I’m
fully convinced that we will
be setting a new standard for
future loader cranes.”
The new loader cranes will
replace the existing Hiab XS
166. They will be available
on the global market during
autumn 2013.
Sandy rebuilding continues
Marine contracting company
Albert Marine Construction
from the USA has been using
a Manitowoc 8500-1 crawler
crane to help repair damage
caused by
Hurricane Sandy
.
One of the projects for
the 85 US ton (77 tonne)
capacity lattice boom crawler
crane included rebuilding the
Lavallette Boardwalk along the
Jersey Shore.
The crawler was chosen
because of its compact
footprint and ability to
navigate near the water 9
metres from the job site, a
spokesperson said.
The crawler was used
to prepare foundations for
the new boardwalk. Work
included lifting an 8 tonne
diesel hammer with a piling
lead and driving 1,200
wooden pilings 7.6 m long into
the sand.
“The Manitowoc 8500-1
is incredibly versatile, which
was a necessity for this job.
The hydraulic system on
the crane makes it simple to
adjust the width of its tracks,
greatly increasing stability,”
Bob Albert, owner of Albert
Marine Construction added.
“Because the crane needed
to move up and down the
beach when placing the
pilings, this could have been
a really time-consuming
project,” Izzi Albert, owner of
Albert Marine Construction
explained. “However, with
the Manitowoc 8500-1’s
removable counterweight
system, assembling and
disassembling the crane takes
only two hours.”
Mega move from Allstone
Self propelled modular
transporter (SPMT) from
Tianjie Heavy Industries
(parent company of Shanghai
Fulangjie Import & Export) has
been used to transport material
for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
Macao Bridge.
In total 60 axle lines of
TJ-S2.43 SPMT was used to
roll a mega steel structure
onto a barge. Heavy transport
company Allstone, China,
handled the Tianjie SPMT
transport operation.
The mega steel structure has
a dead weight of 1,750 tonnes
and is shaped in a figure 8. It
is 90 metres long, 43 m wide
and 8.7 m high. Complete
with cargo and load spreading
beams the transport weighed
2,045 tonnes.
The 60 lines of SPMT were
split into 10 individual units,
with 34.1 tonnes of gross load
on each axle line. The capacity
of each axle line is 40 tonnes.
Around 180 lines of
TJ-S2.43 SPMT will be at
work on the project until the
end of 2013.
The Manitowoc 8500-1
crawler crane
