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Part One If you count all the different makes, types, models, and sizes of aerial work platforms on the market today, the total would undoubtedly reach into the hundreds • if not a thousand. Out of this broad range of products, there are really only a few that can be classified as true niche machines. […]

Editor's Note: In researching our September State-of-the-Industry article, Crane Hot Line Magazine interviewed several folks in the crane industry about the current status of equipment backlogs. Here's what people in the trenches had to say. If a spike in nonresidential, petrochemical and transportation construction has contractors on the prowl for cranes this year, overseas exports […]

Verbal crane signal company Signal-Rite, LLC, Hayward, Calif., is now offering an eight-hour signal training course, for which it is seeking national certification. The verbal signal training program includes a written exam and a practical exam. While taking the practical exam, the student must show they have complete control over the hoist by landing the […]

At The Rental Show 2006, Bil-Jax, Inc., Archbold, Ohio, introduced the Summit Series product line, which at the time consisted of four trailer-mounted boom lifts. Pending successful field trials this fall, the company is positioned to add two new models to the Summit Series: the 2622T and 4642T. The smaller of the two new models […]

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), Fairfax, Va., is renaming its large and small telescopic mobile crane categories. The “Small Telescopic, Less Than 17.5 Tons Capacity” category will be known as the “Small Telescopic, Fixed Cab” category, while the “Large Telescopic, More Than 17.5 Tons Capacity” will become the “Large Telescopic, […]

This October, Lift and Access magazine and parent company Maximum Capacity Media will premier the Lift and Access Telehandler Showcase in Phoenix, Ariz. Fourteen 10,000- to 11,000-pound capacity telescopic handlers with 50- to 60-foot lift heights will be evaluated by the Lift and Access staff during the three-day event. Participating manufacturers include CareLift, Caterpillar, Gehl, […]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington D.C., has completed their 2005 Census for Fatal Occupational Injuries. A total of 5,702 workplace fatalities occurred last year, down from 5,764 in 2002. The fatality rate also declined last year to 4.0 per 100,000 employees, down from 4.1 in 2004. While private construction continued to be the highest […]

Bill Lasky, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of JLG Industries, Inc., McConnellsburg, Pa., was recently awarded a Powered Access Licensed-Registration (PAL) Card and Operator Training Certificate following the successful completion of a comprehensive aerial work platform operator training course held at JLG's McConnellsburg training center. The training program and PAL Card […]

Erik Olsson has been appointed chief executive officer of Rental Service Corp., Scottsdale, Ariz., and president of Atlas Copco's rental service business. Olsson, the former vice president of operations for Atlas Copco's rental service business and chief operating officer of RSC since March 2005, replaces Tom Zorn. Olsson started his career at Atlas Copco in […]

Private equity firm Oakmont Acquisition Corp., Bloomfield Hills, Mich., announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of One Source Equipment Rentals, LLC, one of the Midwest's largest independent construction equipment rental companies. The acquisition also includes One Source's related entities, such as One Source Equipment Rentals […]