Search Results: 'SMIE'

Bauma update!
17 November, 2022
The behemoth that is Bauma is almost here. We take a latest look at what’s on offer…

Bauma's back!
17 October, 2022
The eagerly-awaited construction show behemoth that is Bauma once again opens its doors. We look at what’s on offer…

Spatial awareness
30 September, 2021
Anti-collision systems have proved themselves on challenging jobsites around the world but what does the future hold for this technology? Christian Shelton reports.

Building for the future
04 September, 2020
Wolffkran Arabia has supplied six Wolff tower cranes for the construction of the Museum of The Future in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

A wider, safer working zone
17 September, 2019
In recent years, anti-collision systems have developed into new areas, offering improved integration with crane controls, cameras, and BIM systems. John Bensalhia reports.

Remote operated crane automation
02 August, 2019
SMIE, supplier of anti-collision systems for lifting and handling equipment, has taken its crane automation technology a step further.

SMIE merges with Smart Jobsite
24 April, 2019
SMIE, manufacturer of digitally-enabled anti-collision systems for cranes, has announced a merger at shareholder level with jobsite BIM experts Smart Jobsite. It is confirmed that group stakeholders will transition to a single body, with SMIE remaining a privately-owned company.

Express growth
13 July, 2018
The Grand Paris Express project aims to improve transport arround the Île-de- France region surrounding Paris.

Watching the weather
21 June, 2016
Crawler manufacturers and best practice guides recommend the use of well-placed anemometers as one element in keeping crawlers safe from high winds. Here, we round up some of the equipment on offer.

Elevated status
27 July, 2015
There was a noticeable presence at this year’s Intermat of manufacturers promoting operator lifts for tower cranes, due to recent legislation in France demanding the systems at certain heights. Daniel Searle spoke to some of the companies preparing for an increase in orders.

SMIE
12 April, 2013
The french anti-collision system system manufacturer is launching Prosite Safety, the first module of its completely new crane management system named Prosite and dedicated to Site Global Management.

London link
12 October, 2010
The upgrade of London’s underused Thameslink railway, and construction of a new line linking the City to Heathrow, has provided work for a range of different lifting equipment. Adrian Greeman reports

Bauma 2010
15 March, 2010
With the year’s big show just weeks away, Nicole Robinson considers what Bauma will mean for the international lifting industry.

Lyon safe with Smie
30 January, 2010
SMIE has installed anti-collision systems on a job site in Lyon, where more than twenty cranes are working on a project bisected by a busy railway line

SMIE ends talks with SK Group
15 September, 2009
SMIE has announced it is ending talks with fellow anti-collision software firm SK Group on joining the two technologies, due to “technical and strategic issues”.

Middle East Cranes
03 April, 2009
Now in its third year, Middle East Cranes gives the crane industry in the Gulf region a forum to exchange ideas and experiences. Will North reports.

Paris match
17 July, 2008
General contractors Vinci, Hines, Icade Capri and Nexity and a public-private consortium are working side by side, building apartments, offices, schools and shops in metropolitan Paris's largest brownfield site, the former Renault car factory in Boulogne-Billancourt, Will Dalrymple reports

SMIE goes solo
16 June, 2008
A new data console from the French anticollision systems manufacturer is designed for a single tower crane.

Working under the hook
13 February, 2008
Last month, John Spanswick, chairman of the UK's Strategic Forum for Construction, challenged crane operators to design worksites so that tower cranes never lift loads over workers (Cranes Today February pp21-2). Select Plant's Ken Turner, lifting operations manager at the new Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport, responds to the proposal.

Letter: Not all near misses are accidents
19 April, 2007
It was great to see tower crane anti-collision featuring so prominently in your Editor’s View (Cranes Today March 2007, p7). However, I would like to clarify and expand on some of the issues.