The Heavy Lift business unit of Monadelphous Group recently added new models to its fleet including new Tadano Demag crawlers and hydraulics. Lorna Rechichi, Heavy Lift General Manager, and Dave Muirhead, Technical Services Manager, provide background to the organisation and discuss its Heavy Lift business.
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Big blow for NSW wind farm projects
The Minns Labor Government has released a map deeming majority of NSW as “less suitable” for wind farm developments under its ‘Draft Wind Energy Guidelines’.
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JCB launches new, compact electric telehandler
Modulift’s MOD 250 Spreader Beam key in 63 tonne wind tower lifts
Modulift’s MOD 250 Spreader Beam was at the centre of multiple plus-60-tonne lifts on a Nordex Wind Tower in Colombia for G2 Ocean.
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Friede & Goldman launch 3200 metric-tonne FO-146 WTIV
Naval architecture and engineering firm Friede & Goldman and OIM Wind have officially unveiled the FO-146 WTIV (Wind Turbine Installation Vessel).
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JYC deploys two 800-tonne Liebherr cranes for wind farm dual lifts
Contracted by a market leading wind farm operator to refurbish two wind turbines in Central Victoria, Johnson & Young Cranes (JYC) provided an innovative, cost-saving, emission-reducing alternative to the historical method of undertaking this scope of dual lifting work with two lattice boom crawler cranes: wind farm dual lifts with two hydraulic mobile cranes. Engineer John Humphries talks technicalities, fleet mobilisation, logistical challenges and the performance of JYC’s Liebherrs.
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Vanguard purchases six Scheuerle rotor blade transport systems
South African company Vanguard has purchased six rotor blade transport systems from German manufacturer TII Scheuerle.
The system features three units: a four axle
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BMS Heavy Cranes’ Liebherr LG1750 mobile cranes construct Finnish wind farms
Two Liebherr LG1750 SX mobile cranes supplied by BMS Heavy Cranes have helped complete construction on two wind farm sites in Alajärvi, Finland.
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McConnell Dowell to trial renewable diesel fuel on Franna Mac25
A Franna Mac25 is at the centre of a renewable diesel fuel experiment in the upcoming month for construction company McConnell Dowell.
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Big lifts in Borger Cranes’ wind farm work
Borger Crane Hire and Rigging Services recently took delivery of its first Liebherr LG 1750. As soon as commissioning was completed it headed straight to a New South Wales wind farm. Shawn Borger, General Manager at Borger Crane Hire is particuarly pleased with the latest addition to the fleet.
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