USA projects round up

Norman, Oklahoma

Manhattan Road & Bridge of Tulsa is using a 75USt Manitowoc Grove GHC75 telecrawler to install a series of drilled shafts along I35 in Norman, Oklahoma. Manhattan’s Grove dealer, Kirby-Smith machinery recommended the GHC75 for the project for its easy transport both to the job and onsite. Because the crane would be moving up and down the highway to install the series of drilled shafts, a model that didn’t need to be set up for each lift would guarantee efficiency. Easy transport to the job site would mean an increase in ROI for the company.

Denver, Colorado

Spanish manufacturer Jaso is selling its cranes in the USA through exclusive US distributor Crane Tech Solutions (CTS). Currently, two of its J300s are at work on a mixed-use project for Denver University. The cranes were erected with the help of local specialist RMG Tower Crane Consultancy.

Evansville, Indiana

Sterett Crane & Rigging of Owensboro, KY, has completed a project to remove and replace eight 250,000lb (113t) lids for anaerobic digester tanks at the East and West Evansville Wastewater Treatment Plants. Matt Crisp, crawler crane fleet manager for Sterett, said: “We needed to mobilize a crane that was small enough to fit into and manoeuvre in the tight area, while at the same time offer the capacity to lift the heavy lids.” Sterrett chose its Terex CC 2400-1, in Superlift configuration. The crane’s variable positioning counterweight tray meant that ballast could be moved around obstacles as the crane slewed, rather than needing an assist crane to unstuck and restack counterweight.

Newark, Ohio

West Virginia’s Capital City Group has used its new 110USt Link-Belt HTC-86110 hydraulic truck crane, along with an HTC-8690, to lift multiple bridge beams into place for a new interchange near Newark, Ohio. Over the course of two nights, a rolling road block was used while the HTC-86110 lifts from the median of Ohio 16 and the HTC-8690 from the elevated Cherry Valley Road level above. Each crane used flanged clamp rigging to hold the sections of steel. Once each section was in place, the beams were bolted together to form a 115ft section for each side of the four lane roadway. Capital City Group lifted 36 steel beams in total, 12 weighing 22,500lb and 24 of 11,700lb for the project.

Savannah, Georgia

The Port of Georgia has taken delivery of the 1,000th rubber-tyred gantry crane manufactured by Konecranes. Painted with a Stars and Stripes theme to celebrate the significance of the delivery, the crane is a technological descendant of the first Konecranes RTG delivered to the port, in 1995. That crane, the world’s first of its kind without hydraulics, used Konecranes patented Active Load Control system, which aims to deliver the best container handling productivity. Georgia Ports Authority executive director Griff Lynch said: “We now operate a fleet of 146 Konecranes RTGs and 22 Konecranes ship-to-shore cranes. This fleet is the linchpin of our business - the link between our road and rail connections and the most shipping services calling on any port in the US Southeast.”