"From fleet expansions in Quebec to record-setting tower crane work in Ontario, Canada's heavy lifting industry knows how to stay busy even as construction season starts to wind down for the year."
St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, QC-based formwork specialists Les Constructions LJP has added a 150-tonne Liebherr LTR 1150 telescopic crawler crane to its fleet.
EllisDon, Urban Capital and Rogers Real Estate Development recently marked the topping off of the 81-storey M3 building in Mississauga; the third tower in the M City condo development.
Shara Perez-Wilkinson brings more than 15 years of experience in organizational transformation and optimization to FCC, including leadership roles for Western Canada’s TNT Crane & Rigging.
Set to be used for production, warehousing and innovation initiatives, the new 40,000 sq. ft. facility in Winona, MN is four times larger than OZ Lifting’s prior space.
A dedicated training facility – such as Unirope’s new Mississauga, Ont. training centre – “fosters a mindset centered around learning and improvement,” says Justin Brown.
COMANSA is a leading manufacturer of flat top and luffing jib tower cranes. All cranes are built with the latest technology that is grounded in safe, reliable operation. They also are some of the simplest cranes to erect and dismantle because there is no tower top or pendant lines to assemble, and all connections are pin connected. Comansa’s North American branches offers sales, engineering support, service and parts to the U.S. and Canada from its locations in Charlotte, Dallas and Seattle.
The AT44, featuring a three-axle design, is powered by a 308-horsepower Mercedes diesel engine, and has a 44-ton lift capacity, 20-metre boom, a 1-metre radius and 18.9-metre maximum hook height.
Bridgestone Americas has released its new V-Steel Highway Service 3 (VHS3) tire, a high-speed radial tire designed for use with mobile and all-terrain cranes.
Improvements and additions to the VLN 2.0 include extended battery life, a redesigned control box to accommodate a variety of rigging angles, and enhanced sensor suites and data fusion algorithms for improved precision and accuracy.
