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Happy new year! Not even the holidays can get in the way of the industry's determined pursuit of safer operations, with new mandates going into effect as of January 1 for scheduled crane inspections in Ontario. Here's to a safe and productive 2025!
- Jack Burton, Editor
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These mandates to the Occupational Health and Safety Act introduce new scheduled inspection requirements in addition to new compliance measures in alignment with the most recent CSA standards for the design, erection and dismantling of tower cranes and other crane types.
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BC Hydro has awarded 30-year electricity purchase agreements to nine energy projects from its call for new renewable power-generation projects this year. Combined, the construction of these projects will generate between $5 billion to $6 billion in private capital spending.
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The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 793 has signed a partnership agreement with the Carpenters’ Regional Council aimed at advocating for workers’ rights across the construction trades in Ontario and strengthening member representation across the province.
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Falcon Equipment, a heavy equipment supplier with locations across Western and Central Canada, has entered a strategic equity partnership with Ohio’s Railway Equipment Leasing and Maintenaince (RELAM) Inc.
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DeSantis Crane Service Inc. has added Liebherr’s new LTM 1160-5.2 mobile crane to its fleet, joining the company’s collection of 18 other cranes. DeSantis shared that the crane will primarily be used for the lifting of prefabricated concrete parts and air conditioning systems.
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Exploring the vital role of logbooks in the crane inspection and certification process.
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After entering into a definitive purchase agreement this past September, Manitex International is officially a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tadano Ltd. as of January 2. Manitex specializes in mobile truck cranes, PM knuckle boom cranes, Valla small electric cranes and aerial work platforms.
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Pomerleau Construction’s vice president David Morley has been appointed as chair of Skills Ontario’s board of directors, while Andrew Pariser, vice president of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON), has been named as the board’s vice chair.
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A new report from Future Market Insights has valued the current size of the global crane motor market at $30 billion USD, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2 per cent set to drive it to a total value of $60 billion USD by 2033.
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The project broke ground in early 2021 and contains 2,470 residential units across four towers, which range in height from 41 to 59 storeys. The largest tower stands at 190.5 metres high and is the tallest tower in the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC).
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Tadano is introducing the North American market to its first fully electric rough terrain (RT) crane with the company's new 100-ton capacity EVOLT eGR-1000XLL-1. The unit comes with an on-board battery pack to power up to seven hours of lifting, or up to five hours of lifting when combined with up to 5.5 miles of jobsite travel.
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Link-Belt revealed its new 225 US ton capacity all-terrain (AT) crane, the 225|AT, at its CraneFest event this past September in Lexington, KY. The third model in Link-Belt’s range of five-axle AT cranes, the 225|AT features a 14 to 62-metre six-section latching boom.
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An upgrade of Potain’s Igo M 14, the Igo M 24-19 joins the Igo MA 21 and Hup M 28-22 models in the company’s line of mobile self-erecting cranes, designed as a solution for new home construction and renovation applications.
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