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NEWS
JUNE 2014
ACT
HIGHLIGHTS
ASIBACC revamps
NewYork overpass
The joint venture company
ofA. Servidone Inc. andB.
AnthonyConstructionCorp.
(ASIBACC) used aManitowoc
11000-1 aGroveRT880E
purchased fromStephenson
Equipment tohelp rebuild an
overpass inNewYork.
The site for thenewoverpass
and entrance ramp is onRoute
84 inMiddletown,NY. Tasks
includedmovingbarrierwalls,
drivingpiles andplacing large
sheets of structural steel for
ground retention.
A 110-ton capacityManitowoc
11000-1 drove piles and placed
steel sheets and large arched
box culverts.
The 80-ton capacityRT880E
has a128-foot boom and the
110-ton capacityManitowoc
11000-1was configuredwith
a200-foot boom. The 11000-1
was used for drivingpiles and
placing steel sheets and large,
precast, arched-box culverts.
TimAltman,ASIBACC
project engineer, said, “We
chose theGroveRT880E
and theManitowoc 11000-1
becauseof the versatilityof
these twomachines.With
somuch actiongoingon at
all times and the tight time
limitations, these two cranes
allowedus to complete the
operations in a timely, efficient
manner.”
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Three cranes
pick,rotate
research vessel
The three cranes
picked up and rolled
the ship’s hull.
Madison,WI-based Ideal
CraneRental used three
cranes to rotate thehull
ofTheFisheriesResearch
Vessel
Articus
,whichwill be
used for theU.S.Geological
Survey.
The cranes involvedwere
a100-tonGrove, 200-ton
Liebherr and350-tonGrove.
Therewere threeoperators,
twooilers andmultiple lifting
specialists from IdealCrane
Rental supporting the logistics
of the lift. This is the third
boat hull that IdealCrane
Rental has assistedBurger
BoatCompany in rotating.
For easeof construction, the
hullwas built upsidedown.
Once thehullwas completed,
it needed tobe rotated180
degrees to continuebuilding
the vessel. The lift started
with two cranes onone side
andoneon theother.After
thehull reached a vertical
position, the single crane
released the load andmoved
to theother side to reposition
between theother cranes. The
three cranes then continued
the rotation and the vesselwas
set on its keel andbraced. The
hullweighed136,000pounds
andmeasured26 feetwideby
78 feet long. The rotationwas
finished inunder four hours.
The
Articus
will replace the
existing
R/VGrayling
andwill
be amember of a five-vessel
fleet owned andoperatedby
theU.S.Geological Survey’s
Great Lakes ScienceCenter in
AnnArbor,MI. Themission
of the fleet is toprovide
offshoreworkplatforms for
the support of fisheries related
researchprojects. Theprimary
areaof operationwill beLake
Huron andLakeMichigan.
Itwill bebased at the
CheboyganVessel Base and
will operate across three state
boundaries, Canadianwaters
and treatywaters.
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Barnhart Crane &Rigging
has reached a definitive
agreement to purchase Hite
Crane and Rigging for an
undisclosed price. Hite Crane
and Rigging has been
providing hoisting and rigging
services throughout the Inland
Empire and Pacific Northwest
with cranes from10 to
440 tons, aswell as heavy
transport and specialized
rigging equipment. “Hite Crane
&Rigging has a strong, proud
history of doing exceptional
work.” said Alan Barnhart,
CEO, Barnhart. “Since 1969
Hite has been delivering
dependable innovative solutions
for their customers’ heavy
lifting and heavy transportation
needs. This acquisitionwill
allowBarnhart to continue to
serve those same customers
while offering a broader range
of services that should help
lower their overall projects’
costs.”
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Elliott Equipment Company,
manufacturer of truck-mounted
cranes and aerial work
platforms, has namedDrive
Products as a dealer of Elliott
HiReach aerial work platforms
and boom truck cranes in the
Canadian provinces of British
Columbia and Saskatchewan.
The new dealer agreement
included a stocking order of
a range of products including
boom trucks from18 to 36
tons and Elliott’s L6062-foot
material handlingHiReach
aerial work platform.
