Blade picks Böcker

Blade Lifting and Logistics have placed a multi-unit order for long and light Böcker cranes, and taken delivery of the first, an AK 48 with a 3t, 49m boom.

New crane delivered at Sheffield Forgemasters

Work on the construction of Sheffield Forgemasters' New Machine Shop continues, with the first of eleven new 35t cranes arriving from GH Cranes in Spain, ready to be installed by Sheffield's PLS, Professional Lifting Services.

Southern takes two new Liebherr cranes

Southern Cranes & Access has taken delivery of a five-axle 150t Liebherr LTM 1150-5.3 all terrain crane and a six-axle 300t LTM 1300-6.4.

Palfinger davits for East Anglia Two wind farm

Smulders will install Palfinger davit cranes on 64 turbines it is currently building for ScottishPower Renewables' 960mW East Anglia Two wind farm, off the Suffolk coast.

O'Rourke family trust invests in Moritsch cranes

Oisin Capital, the O'Rourke family office investment fund, has invested in Moritsch Cranes, the Italian crane manufacturer established by the son of the man behind Comedil luffing jib cranes.

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