American Cranes & Transport - June 2014 - page 7

JUNE 2014 ACT
CONTENTS
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NEWS 8
Mammoet relocates oldbridge;DeepSouthgets
firstTerexAC1000; Barnhart set topurchase
HiteCrane&Rigging andmore industrynews.
BUSINESSNEWS 19
Chris Sleight reports on a surge in the ACT HEI.
SAFETY/TRAINING 21
Daniel Erwin discusses the complications in
determiningwhat constitutes a suspended load.
NCCCONEWS 23
NCCCO is introducingPower Line Safety cards
andmore certificationnews.
GUEST COMMENT 25
LarryWeyers discusseswhy the industrymust
protect its intellectual property.
RIGGINGREVIEW 26
TimHillegonds talks riggingorganizationwith
HarryBaker and TonyFastuca.
INTERVIEW: 29
DAVEWOOD
D.AnnShiffler talks to DaveWood about
restoring accident-damaged cranes.
INDUSTRY FOCUS:
BRIDGES 33
D.AnnShiffler reports on the intricateprocess
of dismantling theoldBayBridge.
PRODUCT FOCUS: 37
TRUCKCRANES
JohnSkelly reports on the versatility andvalue
of truck cranes throughout the industry.
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Cranes andwelders in a
specially designedman basket
take down the old Bay Bridge
one piece at a time. See our
Industry Focus: Bridges on
page 33.
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June 2014
Volume10■Issue 6 AMERICAN CRANES& TRANSPORT
SPECIALREPORT
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Official domestic
magazine of
the SC&RA
Truck cranes
enjoy loyal following
Pilot car owners
discuss challenges
Interview:
WHECO’s
DaveWood
Latest LMI
technology
Bay
Bridge
take-down
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COMMENT 61
JoelDandrea discusses thedifficulty
of retaining talent at a crucial time.
NEWS 62
MikeChalmers provides a recapof the
SC&RAAnnualConference inBoca
Raton, FL.
RISKMANAGEMENT 66
ChrisNelson and RobertC.Moore discuss
DOTDrug andAlcoholCompliance inpart
twoof a two-part series.
MARKETPLACE
DEALER
LOCATOR 71
PRODUCTS, PARTS
ACCESSORIES 75
EQUIPMENT FOR
SALEORRENT 88
SAFETY, TRAINING&
INDUSTRYSERVICES 99
CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES 100
TRANSPORT &
HEAVYHAUL 100
ACT 100 43
RankingNorthAmerica’s largest crane
companies.
INDUSTRY FOCUS: 52
PILOT CARS
D.AnnShiffler reports thatwhile thebusiness
of pilot cars has improved, the cost of doing
business has increased.
TECHNOLOGY 54
REPORT:
LMI TECHNOLOGY
JohnSkelly
reports onwhat’s
new in load
moment indicator
technology.
SITEREPORT: 56
RIGGING
MountainCrane Services installs a cold train
module at aChevron refinery.
SITEREPORT: 59
TRANSPORT
Scott-WoodsTransport delivered seven steel
tanks to the remoteBaffin Islandwhereweather
and infrastructurewerenot on their side.
PEOPLE& EVENTS 106
AlanBarnhart slated as keynote speaker of the
WorldCrane&Transport Summit andother
news around the industry.
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