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Lattice-Boom Crane Expert Kadow Joins Tadano America
Based in Tadano America’s headquarters in Houston, Texas, Kadow supports Tadano regional sales managers, dealers, and customers with quick, expert answers to questions about any of the company’s lattice-boom crawler crane products. |
Steel Erectors Name New Executive Director
Gum was chosen after the association conducted an extensive nationwide search. He has 29 years of experience as CEO of not-for-profit construction trade associations.
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Raimondi Cranes Sees Change in Senior Leadership as CEO Takes Sabbatical
The company’s board of directors has approved CEO Domenico Ciano’s taking a one-year sabbatical, and Diego Borgna has become Acting CEO. Borgna, a crane industry veteran with more than two decades of hands-on experience in the global heavy lifting machinery sector, initially joined Raimondi as deputy managing director, also spearheading operations |
New Grove Teleboom Crawler Combines Stout Capacities, Maneuverability
The new model, launched last week, joins Grove’s recently launched 140-USt GHC140 as the two largest units in Grove’s growing lineup of telescopic-boom crawler cranes. “It’s like a tough younger brother for the GHC140, our biggest model, launched in 2020,” said J.J. Grace, Manitowoc’s product manager for GHC cranes. “It’s a perfect fit for contractors who need stout load charts and high maneuverability.” |
Select Crane Sales Delivers 90-USt RT Crane to Chief Marine Group
Chief Marine recently acquired Smuggler’s Cove Marina and plans to revitalize the location by developing a facility designed to suit the mariner lifestyle. |
Worker Hospitalized After Crane Collapse in Fort LauderdaleMay 3, 2018 - Emergency crews rushed a worker to the hospital after a crane fell on him in Fort Lauderdale Thursday morning. Officials say the piece of equipment fell just after 9 a.m. at a building located at 1850 South Ocean Lane. Crews were able to get the man free and take him to Broward Health Medical Center as a trauma alert, but would not release details about his injury or how the crane fell. |
2 workers die when crane topples on dock in Southeast TexasSeptember 21,2017- GALVESTON, Texax ,Authorities say two workers were killed and another hurt when a crane fell on a marine dock in Southeast Texas.
Jaree Fortin, a spokeswoman for the city of Galveston, says investigators are trying to determine the reason the crane toppled over at Pelican Island on Wednesday morning. Fortin says foul play is not suspected. The two were already dead when emergency responders arrived at the scene. Authorities have not released the names or other details about the victims.
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July 26, 2021 - The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) has named Pete Gum as its new executive director.
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July 21, 2021 – Manitowoc has rolled out its Grove GHC110, a 110-USt telescopic-boom crawler crane. 
July 21, 2021 - Select Crane Sales recently delivered a custom painted Link-Belt RTC-8090 to Chief Marine Group in Islamorada, Florida.