All Dams Articles
A growing US market, increased activity around the 500 tonne-metre range, taller free-standing units, and a preference for topless models on city-centre sites. Heinz-Gert Kessel looks at the latest developments in the tower crane industry.
High in the Swiss Alps a pair of giant Wolff tower cranes are working to replace a dam at lake Grimsel. Alex Dahm reports
Roller-Compacted Concrete supplied by BHS-Sonthofen mixing plants for Morocco dam project
D.A. Collins utilized a Link-Belt 248 HYLAB 5 lattice crawler and Link-Belt ATC-3275 all-terrain.
Mountains, tight turns, steep inclines and minimal space were all challenges met by Fanger with its 160 tonne Demag AT crane on a dam job in the Swiss Alps
Renewable energy already being produced at Keeyask Generating Station in Canada
Flood protection scheme in UK boosted as Ainscough Crane Hire was enlisted to install 8.5 metre gate using 500 tonne Liebherrs
Water companies aim to develop first major reservoir in the country since the 1980s
Consortium signs $468 million build contract for Sambangalou Dam renewable energy project
Filling to start for Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam despite resistance from Egypt and Sudan
New CS350 climbing jack lifting system joins CS1000 and CS5000 models in the Sarens heavy lift fleet
New standards for dam safety put into practice as country aims to increase electricity production
Contractor pulls out of African dam project
Mexican materials producer supplies specially designed concrete for Presa Bicentenario Dam in Mexico
German specialist engineering firm bolsters flood protection around the River Rhine
German contractor Bauer commissioned for another construction phase on Herbert Hoover Dyke, US
The company will custom-build an engineered, suspended platform to operate within the penstocks of the new $9b Canadian megaproject
Contractor Fulton Hogan takes delivery of 120 tonne capacity Tadano crawler crane for remote dam project
Dam safety to be expanded using space-based monitoring system DAMSAT to prevent failures
Residents evacuated as heavy rains cause spillway to crumble – with further bad weather forecast