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08 May 2008
Cranes can appear anywhere at any time, often in the most unexpected of places. IC reader Eric Michotte, a director at Belgian concrete company SA Straming, saw these two vintage toy cranes at a market in Le Touquet in France. Neither are branded but Michotte says the clockwork toys were still in full working order.
As sustainability pressures, technology and rising operating costs reshape construction economics, contractors are looking beyond purchase price to understand what machines truly cost over their lifetime
When you’re working with machinery, uptime is money – so why allow downtime on a jobsite to be triggered by something as unglamorous as an air filter?
Rental experts discuss equipment strategies for today’s complex lifting challenges