City Lifting erects the UK’s first 195 HC-LH

Liebherr has delivered the UK’s first 195 HC-LH luffing jib crane to City Lifting. Ahead of its first project, a housing development in Essex, Liebherr supported the company’s technicians during the crane’s initial erection at its yard in Leighton Buzzard.

Knuckleboom cranes for London Eye

Hiab has supplied and installed two new cranes on the London Eye.

Crane manufacturer in 3D printing hook-up

Always looking for new applications for its knuckle boom cranes, Palfinger has struck up a relationship with a manufacturer of 3D printing technology.

Ainscough outsources tyre management

Michelin’s Connected Solutions division is now managing all Ainscough Crane Hire’s tyre requirements, including trucks, trailers, vans and mobile cranes.

Crowland takes over Sany crane distribution

Sany UK has appointed Crowland Cranes as its distributor for its Chinese mobile cranes in Great Britain.

Select Plant Hire - Select Plant vantage+ hook camera system, 14122022

This is the first version of Select's highly successful hook camera system which has full recording and remote download - have a look for version 2 with new features.

HS2 - First support walls installed at HS2's Victoria Road crossover box in West London 02112022

The Victoria Road Crossover Box, near to Old Oak Common in West London, will allow HS2 trains to switch tracks underground on their approach into the new superhub station. The support walls for the structure - at 50 metres long and weighing 87 tonnes each - are currently being placed on site, to form the outer shape of the box. Once all the supporting walls are installed, HS2's construction team will prepare to excavate the box, which will be 130 metres long and 24 metres deep.

Andun Engineering Consultants - BS5975 Temporary Works Procedures Flowchart Overview 07052021

An overview of the updated Andun Engineering Consultants temporary works procedures flowchart

3D Living Studio - How Offshore Oilrigs Work, Float, and Extract Oil 20072022

Offshore drilling is the process of extracting petroleum from reserves located beneath the Earth's oceans instead of reserves located on the mainland. Offshore oil rigs have developed greatly over the past years, and have become gigantic structures that house hundreds of people at a time

Element 18 Architect’s Dream, Engineer’s Nightmare 20042022

Rising 610 metres tall, the Canton Tower in Guangzhou is the 2nd tallest television tower in the world, requiring great leaps in technology in order to be built. The architects were determined to create a building unlike any other. Conventional TV towers are shaped like tall needles with circular observation decks, Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit’s vision was radically different with a thin waist ... an architect’s dream, and an engineer’s nightmare