Crane maker Liebherr has issued its findings into the collapse of a 1,350-tonne supercrane in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia earlier this month, which killed more than 100 pilgrims and injured hundreds of others visiting the Grand Mosque for the Hajj.
A supercrane that collapsed during a Sept. 11 rainstorm into the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, represents the deadliest crane accident in decades and perhaps in modern construction history, according to a forensic engineer who studies such failures.
In a time when The Saturday Evening Post was one of the most widely circulated magazines in America, Caterpillar launched a decades-long ad campaign to promote infrastructure and yellow iron to the American public.
This point became clear to Walter Shanly, a civil engineer from Canada, who finally pierced the Hoosac Mountain in western Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day, 1873, in an age when tunneling was accomplished by the strength of strong arms swinging sledgehammers.
Photo Courtesy Bauma China Excavators on display at the last Bauma China exhibition, held last November in Shanghai. The Chinese yuan tumbled 3.8% after Chinese officials announced they were devaluing their currency on August 12, and further drops are expected. But for Chinese exporters, including those dealing in construction equipment, these currency shifts may help them compete on price in the global market."It is true that a weaker currency could drive Chinese exports higher," concedes Benjamin Duyck, director of market intelligence at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Meanwhile, U.S. equipment exporters are struggling to raise exports at a time when
Photo by Jeff Rubenstone / ENR With One Key, power tool settings can be selected on a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, and performance data and telematics can be uploaded to inventory-control systems. The next time you need a little extra power out of your cordless drill, you could just take out your smartphone and dial it in.Milwaukee Tool is bringing power tools into the “Internet of Things” with its new One Key system. Launching this fall, the system will allow Bluetooth-enabled power tools to be configured via a smartphone app, with full control over tool performance and behavior. These
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