A 450-tonne crane has lifted the first parts of Sydenham Station’s new pedestrian concourse as part of a major upgrade to bring the station to Sydney Metro standards.
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Keeping pace with maintenance and support
With the opening of a new facility in Sydney, Pace Cranes is building on its success as a crane distributor and servicing and repairs specialist for over 30 years.
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NSW cuts red tape for mobile crane road access
The NSW Government has established two new changes to regulations to provide mobile cranes greater access to the NSW road network.
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Cranes used for Sydney Metro overnight engineering operation
A large-scale engineering operation in the heart of Sydney will help to keep pedestrians flowing while the new metro station at Martin Place is built.
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From a half to a whole lot
Gregg Melrose on the rise of Melrose Cranes, and some major works the company has undertaken that have made a lasting improvement to the country’s infrastructure.
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Ratchet lever hoists supplied by Ranger Lifting pass tunnels test
A major infrastructure project in Sydney has leveraged the benefits of Yale Ergo 360 ratchet lever hoists, suited to pulling, securing and lifting, featuring manufacturer Columbus McKinnon’s (CM) patent-pending crank handle.
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Reds Global moving with the times
He ran Verticon for two years prior to starting Reds Global. Persistence and innovation has seen this business continue to grow. Having its main depot in Sydney, it now has cranes working in key markets around Australia although the Greater Sydney area has the highest concentration.
Things have changed a lot in tower cranes in Redman’s time in the industry. At the start, Favco diesel hydraulic tower cranes dominated the market and the average age of the cranes was much greater in the earlier era (the average age of the Reds Global fleet is three years).
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Pick and carry crane road safety
This is a document that introduces a speed limit on pick and carry cranes, whereby under the National Class 1 Special Purpose Vehicle Notice 2016 (No 1) the State Schedules for Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania now state: “A pick and carry crane must not exceed 80kph.”
Pick and carry cranes are our most common crane in Australia with numbers in the thousands. I’ve written many bulletins about them due to the high number of risk factors involved, particularly mobiling with loads.
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Building a “city” in weeks
From July 21 to 23, 2017, the Parklands at North Byron Bay hosted the three-day music festival Splendour in the Grass, attended by 32,500 people per day, and Coates Hire was an integral part of building the infrastructure that made the festival possible. Jan Arreza reports.
During the three-day event, the 267-hectare Parklands area at Yelgun in North Byron was host to three performance stages and a DJ area, as well as a designated camping ground that was home to some 20,000 campers.
The contractors who set-up the festival faced tight time constraints, having only three weeks to construct the small “city”, which had to be fitted out with power, water, dwellings and toilets. Then, at the conclusion of the event, there were only nine days allocated to pack up the entire temporary infrastructure.
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Teamwork for difficult Coffs Harbour precast job
Coffs City Cranes (CCC) was engaged by builder R&D Spagnolo to erect 34 tilt-up panels at the Wet Seal Development in Forge Drive, Coffs Harbour (NSW). Greg Keane reports.
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