Let’s Talk Safety: Working under a suspended load
Employees working beneath a turbogenerator suspended by a crane were exposed to the hazard of being struck by the suspended load as they were removing ... Read More »
MCMag NEWS
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Bigge Lifts Rodeo Pedestrian Bridge with King Crane Service | Nov 30 2022
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McCarthy Completes Rehabilitation for Port Houston Wharf 3 | Nov 28 2022
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Forssea Robotics and partners aim to slash pipeline inspection costs | Nov 25 2022
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Catwalk Collapse in Warehouse | Nov 23 2022
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JMS Completes Conversion of OSRV to Pilot Station Vessel for Sandy Hook Pilots | Nov 21 2022
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The MCM Conversation with: Dee Burch Advanced American Construction | Nov 18 2022
Apellix Launches Field Services Company for Robotic Contact-Based Inspections
Apellix™, a company protecting the world’s built and industrial environments through technology, announced that it is launching APELLIX NDT, a non-destructive testing field services company. ... Read More »
The MCM Conversation with: John White
In a future dictionary, the term “Renaissance man” might be accompanied by a photo of John White. A pile driver mechanic turned inventor, an entrepreneur ... Read More »
Bigge Crawlers Assist in Build of Oakland, Calif. Port Cranes
Accommodating the demand for a higher capacity of container traffic, Bigge was hired in January 2021 for work at the Port of Oakland to install ... Read More »
Defective I-Beam Spreader Bar Breaks Over Employees’ Heads
Let’s Talk Safety A lash barge is moored to the dock and a crew of longshoremen is loading bags of grain (corn-soy blend) into ... Read More »
Link-Belt HTC-86100 Builds Cruise Terminal at Port Canaveral, Fla.
Florida Atlantic Ironworks of Umatilla, Florida purchased a new 100-ton (90-mt) HTC-86100, the company’s 27th Link-Belt “crane”. Owner John J. Matusik has been in the ... Read More »
Aarsleff’s Centrum Pile System does double duty on Dutch photovoltaic project
Aarsleff Ground Engineering Group, has successfully completed the installation of 4,468 precast piles for the bearing structure of a large photovoltaic project in Holland. The ... Read More »
Port of Los Angeles Enters Agreement with IBM to Create Cyber Resilience Center
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved an agreement with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to design and operate a Cyber Resilience Center ... Read More »
Smith Brothers builds in Chesapeake Bay for more than 100 years
Smith Brothers—now a construction and barge service division of McClean Contracting of Baltimore, Md.—started off more than 100 years ago as a pile-driving company in ... Read More »
Greek temple ruins suggest cranes were in use as early as 700 B.C.
By Amanda Skofstad, University of Notre Dame How did ancient Greeks construct massive temples and other buildings—lifting and placing one heavy block at a time, ... Read More »