Search Results: 'liebherr'

A new luffer, better than the old luffer?
29 December, 2015
New York’s tightly packed and quickly built skyscrapers, busy streets, patchy electricity, and maze of subways combine to make lifting in city uniquely challenging and highly regulated. As the NYC Department of Buildings seeks to restrict the use of older cranes, the diesel luffers that dominate the city’s skyline face new competition. Will North reports.

Go Forth and conquer
29 December, 2015
The Queensferry Crossing, a replacement road bridge at the Forth Bridge site, is set to be completed and ready for traffic by the end of 2016.

Liebherr telecrawler climbs mountain
07 December, 2015
A Liebherr LTR 1060 telecrawler has been used by Swiss contractor Clausen at an altitude of 2,900m to assist construction of a mountain station for the new Hirli chairlift in the Alps.

Crane helps plane with final take-off
24 November, 2015
A Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler has been used to move an 82t Airbus A-300 aircraft over a fence at Cologne-Bonn airport.

China projects round up
16 November, 2015
This month we review projects from Shandong, Macau, Jiangsu, Hong Kong.

Tallest tower
16 November, 2015
Set up on the top of Germany’s tallest peak, the Zugspitze, a Liebherr 150 EC-B flat top will temporarily be the highest object in the country.

A watershed moment?
09 November, 2015
This quarter has seen big changes at the top at the US's biggest multiline, multinational, crane manufacturers. At Terex, Ron DeFeo is retiring from the company that he helped put together through a series of acquisitions in the 1990s and early 2000s. At Manitowoc, Glen Tellock is departing from the company after 24 years.

GMVykon
30 October, 2015
GMVykon supplies hydraulic cranes in eastern Mexico from its Monterrey base, and is looking to expand its fleet, as well as its rigging business.

Still the lucky country?
30 October, 2015
Arriving at the recent CICA Crane conference in Perth, Western Australia, Stuart Anderson expected a lot of long faces and sob stories. Instead, he found crane users and dealers fairly upbeat.

Great British take-off
30 October, 2015
The UK crane rental market is enjoying a strong period, driven by the burgeoning construction sector and resulting in new projects and fleet investments. Daniel Searle reports.

After Mecca crash kills 109, a rapid response
01 October, 2015
When a Liebherr LR 11350 owned by Saudi Bin Ladin Group crashed at Mecca, killing 109 people, local authorities and Mammoet worked to make the site safe for pilgrims with only days to spare before the start of Hajj.

Liebherr: Mecca crane boom should've been down
24 September, 2015
Liebherr has released its own experts report into the collapse of a 1350t LR 11350 at Mecca, saying that recorded wind speeds of 105kph show the crane's boom should have been lowered.

Liebherr crawlers serve tennis project
22 September, 2015
Crane company Buckner has used three Liebherr crawler cranes to build a roof structure over the world’s largest tennis stadium in New York.

Mecca accident kills 107
15 September, 2015
A 1,350t Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane, working on the expansion of the Grand Mosque at Mecca for Saudi Binladin Group, has collapsed in high winds, killing 107 people and injuring more than 200.

HKV builds bridge overnight with Liebherr
09 September, 2015
HKV Schmitz + Partner erected a temporary bridge overnight on a motorway expansion project, using a Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2.

Heavy metal road crew
08 September, 2015
Over this page and the next, we look at how new highway projects are driving demand in the US South. The lead contractors on a major upgrade of the I-4 motorway in Florida, USA, have ordered a series of Liebherr crawler cranes for long term work on the six and a half year, $2.3bn project.

New 300t AT joins Emerson fleet
28 August, 2015
Emerson Crane Hire has added a new 300t Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 all terrain crane to its fleet.

Emission objective
13 August, 2015
The next step in regulating crane engine emissions is due to come into effect before 2020, and will affect crane manufacturers and end users alike. Daniel Searle reports

Liebherr cranes set for Florida highway job
12 August, 2015
A construction joint venture has ordered multiple Liebherr crawler cranes to work on a major motorway project in Florida.

First LTM 1750-9.1 delivered to Mexico
29 July, 2015
Mexican crane company GMVykon has added a 750t, nine-axle Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 all terrain crane to its fleet.