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Central Crane News



1/18/2012

Part of enterprise-wide commitment to ongoing technical education
 

12/15/2011
 
Two Crane Sales Reps, Two Safety Directors, and One Dispatcher Added
 
 

6/28/2011

ALL Crane Rental of Louisiana Opens Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Ready to Hire Immediately
 

6/10/2011
 
Tight site and "blind" lift require perfect planning from ALL Crane of Cleveland
 
 

5/3/2011
 
 
Fleet Now Offers 3 of World's Largest Rough Terrain Cranes
 

3/21/2011

 

Increased Global Demand for New and Used AT Cranes Sparks Purchase
 
 
 

3/16/2011


Focus on Improving Safety and Revised OSHA Cranes & Derricks in Contruction Standard
 
 

3/10/2011

 

See New ALL equipment at CONEXPO-CON/AGG2011 on March 22-26, 2011

 


2/18/2011

 

General contactor James McHugh Construction hired Central Contractors Service of Chicago, a member of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies, to provide the lifting power to help replace failing Chicago Harbor Lock Gates.

 


2/2/2011

Part of enterprise-wide commitment to ongoing technical education


1/27/2011

Acquisitions Include New Grove GMK6300L 350-Ton All Terrain Crane and New Grove GMK7550
 
 

10/28/2010

Pedestal Crane Barge for New York Power Authority Built in Cleveland by ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. and Great Lakes Shipyard.


8/18/2010

 

The ALL Family of Companies is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Ledford as General Manager of ALL Crane Rental of Alabama, LLC, in Whistler, Alabama.

 


7/15/2010

 

Rick Mikut Named Crawler Crane Manager of ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp; Clay Thoreson Named Manager of ALL Tower Crane Division

7/6/2010

 

A total of 10 qualified technicians from the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies successfully completed the manufacturer-sponsored Manitowoc Crane CARE GMK Level 5 course, the highest level of training that Grove offers outside of its own factory training center.

 


6/17/2010
Additional Trailers Enhance Customer Service Capability

To help its customers keep their jobs on schedule, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has acquired 18 new hydraulic detachable gooseneck trailers for its fleet from XL Specialized Trailers, Inc. The new trailers will be distributed among the company's 30 branches across North America, increasing the company's ability to deliver immediate door-to-door crane and parts service.


5/25/2010 

Dawes Goes Above and Beyond Requirements in New OSHA Crane Regulation


4/7/2010

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. and the ALL Family of Companies announce the complete revision and revamping of their web site at www.allcrane.com.


3/10/2010

Compact Profile, Maneuverablility, and Greater Capacity Ideal for Power and Refinery Work

To meet the high demand for a versatile, productive alternative to a rough terrain crane for jobs requiring compact size, mobility, and greater capacity than typical industrial cranes, ALL has added five Shuttlelift 22-ton Modfel 7755 Carrydeck cranes to its Fleet.


2/11/2010

ALL Sunshine Crane Rental of Apopka, Fla., a memeber of the ALL Family of Companies, was presented with two awards from the Florida division of the United Safety Council at their awards banquet on January 22.


1/29/2010

ALL Aerials, a member of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies, annunces the launch of its completely revampe Web site at www.allaerials.com/.


12/23/2009

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. introduces the newest in its arsenal of lift-planning tools, increasing safety and improving productivity at the same time.


11/19/2009

To expand their services to the burgeoning Canadian market, the ALL Family of Companies announces the expansion of ALL Canada Cranes & Aerials with the addition of two new facilities - one in Newfoundland and Labrador and a second location in Ontario.


11/19/2009

ALL Crane & Equipment Rental Corp. of St. Albans, West Virginia, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, helped erect a huge steel and bronze abstract sculpture in front of the CLay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, West Virginia.


10/21/2009

For the third time since 2003, ALL Crane & Equipment Rental Corp. of New Albans, West Virginia, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, was chosen to provide a boom truck for the BASE jumping event at the annual Bridge Day celebration at the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia.


10/13/2009

The ALL Family of Companies announces the appointment of Mike Kraguljac as General Manager of ALL Carolina Crane & Equipment of Raleigh, North Carolina. He brings 21 years’ experience in the crane and construction industries, most recently as Operations Manager for a Manitowoc distributorship where he worked closely with ALL for most of those years.


10/13/2009

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, held its 17th Annual Golf Outing on August 10, 2009. More than 125 people participated, including Dawes customers, equipment manufacturers, and Dawes and ALL management.


9/29/2009

Ideal for applications with poor ground conditions and long distances between lift sites.

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the acquisition of 10 new Link-Belt TCC-750 75-ton (US) capacity telescopic crawler cranes.


9/15/2009

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Steve Challoner to its management staff as Equipment Sales Manager. Steve, with 20 years’ sales experience in the lift equipment and related industries,


9/15/2009

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the acquisition of three (3) new Link-Belt RTC–80130 Series II 130-ton cranes, the newest and largest rough terrain (RT) model made by Link–Belt. It is touted as one of the strongest, most easily transported, and easy–to–maneuver RT cranes in the industry.


9/13/2009

New Build–A–Boom and Model Search Features Make Getting the Right Equipment Easy

ALT Sales Corp., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, announces the launch of its completely revamped Web site at www.altsales.com. The new site is easy to navigate and deep with features, including a new Build-A-Boom service that helps buyers find the exact boom truck to serve their needs. Helpful and detailed search functions help customers find new or used boom trucks by make, model, and year, or they can simply search the complete equipment database. A Fast Quote form can be submitted online to request immediate help from an ALT Sales representative.


8/19/2009

The ALL Family of Companies, headquartered in Cleveland Ohio, received two awards for transportation safety performance at the 2009 Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) Annual Conference, held April 21 - 25, 2009.


6/30/2009

ALL Web site increases visitors, expands other features

Now crane enthusiasts and ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. fans can buy ALL logo caps, jackets, sweatshirts, shirts, and work gloves on the company’s Web site at www.allcrane.com.


5/28/2009

Columbus, OH—ALL Crane Rental Corp. of Columbus, Ohio, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, received two awards for outstanding safety performance at the 2008-2009 Awards Banquet held by the Safety Council of Greater Columbus.


4/23/2009

Increasing Truck Fleet Beefs Up Customer Service Capability

To ensure that customer service is a number one priority, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has added 11 new Peterbilt tractors and service trucks to its already extensive fleet.


4/8/2009

Focus on customer support, inventory management, and warranty issues

Concentrating on key issues of a challenging marketplace, the service managers from all 30 ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. branches gathered February 20, 2009, at ALL headquarters for their annual meeting.


3/19/2009

ALL Web Site is the Complete Resource for Lift Equipment Load Charts

If a load chart exists for a crane or lift equipment, chances are it can be found in the online Load Chart library at www.allcrane.com/LoadCharts.aspx. As North America’s largest buyer of new cranes, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. offers the largest, most modern fleet of lift equipment for rent.


2/19/2009

Grove GMK7550, Largest Mobile Hydraulic All Terrain Crane, and Liebherr LTM 1300-6.1 Bring Added Capability to the ALL Family of Companies

The southern U.S. construction markets gain big capability with the addition of two new all terrain cranes, including the first GMK7550 in the Carolinas at ALL Carolina Crane & Equipment in Raleigh, NC, a member of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies.


1/29/2009

In two of the largest moves made in 2008 by DST Inc. (Dawes Specialized Transport) of Dawes Crane and Rigging Inc., they helped Vision Logistics move 10 giant kiln shells, three riding rings, and a massive P & H mining shovel to the Port of Milwaukee.


12/16/2008

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the move of its corporate headquarters offices to a new building at 4700 Acorn Drive in Independence (Cleveland), Ohio, just a few miles up the road from its former headquarters at 7809 Old Rockside Road.


11/28/2008

It turns out that Zero the polar bear is not smarter than the average bear. After he fell from his habitat at the Milwaukee County Zoo and ended up in a moat on October 13, it took a crane from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc. to lift the 1,500–lb. male polar bear out of his predicament.


11/14/2008

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp., with the largest, most modern fleet of lift equipment and cranes in the country, now offers a wide inventory of new and used name brand parts in stock for quick delivery from strategic locations throughout the U.S. and Canada


10/14/2008

For the second consecutive year, qualified welders and technicians from the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies were chosen to attend exclusive Manitowoc Crane CARE program training courses in Manitowoc Boom Inspection and Repair


9/25/2008

View the demonstration video on YouTube

Sandusky, Ohio—On June 27, 2008, a live tilt-up construction demonstration was hosted by Star Inc., an award-winning designer and builder, with the help of a crane from ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp.


8/13/2008

The mission: set a 275-foot prefabricated steel bridge in three pieces over a busy highway in one day—before 6:00 p.m. Mission accomplished with a double pick


Building a Connection to Art
7/22/2008

Cranes from Central Contractors Service Do Heavy Lifting for New Nichols Bridgeway Pedestrian Bridge Will Link New Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing to Millennium Park

 


6/17/2008

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. adds to its extensive fleet with the purchase of five Grove GMK7550 all terrain mobile hydraulic cranes. The first of the five was delivered in April 2008 and was headed for ALL’s branch location in Mobile, Alabama. The other four are scheduled for delivery to other ALL yards in late 2008 and into 2009.


6/3/2008

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental of Milwaukee, Wis., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, was presented with three Transportation Safety Awards during the annual conference of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) April 15-19 in Bonita Springs, Fla.


5/22/2008

As part of their strong commitment to service, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the addition of a new branch in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the expansion of its existing facility in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.


5/6/2008

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has fortified its fleet in the 200-ton to 250-ton range with the purchase of Manitowoc’s new Grove GMK5225 225-ton all terrain model, right off the display floor at ConExpo 2008


Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Earns 60-Year Longevity Award As Founding Member of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association
4/8/2008

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, will be awarded the 60-Year Longevity Award by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) at the association’s annual conference, April 15-19, 2008, in Bonita Springs, Florida.


3/11/2008

How do you carefully lift a 13-foot-tall, 6,500-lb. piece of history, safeguard an irreplaceable work of art, and still ”Keep off the grass”? When Todd Pitsenburger, rigging superintendent of Duncan Machinery Movers, was asked to move the 38-year-old Marshall Memorial Fountain


2/6/2008

The right crane can do the lifting, even in a difficult spot. But it takes people—seasoned crane experts—to figure out the ”how.” That’s why the general contractor for a power plant with an outage called ALL Crane Rental of Pennsylvania


6/15/2007

Lift-Planning Software Helps Plan Job That ”Couldn’t Be Done”

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. easily set a 184-foot walk bridge across a Lake Erie bay at the new Bayfront Convention Center in a complex but well-orchestrated two-crane pick.


6/12/2007

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has taken possession of three new Tadano 130-ton all-terrain hydraulic cranes, ready now for rental.


5/23/2007

Industry Crane Leader Adds New Manitowoc Model 14000 Crawler Cranes

As one of the largest privately held crane and equipment rental companies in North America, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. commits to maintaining the industry’s largest and most modern, technologically advanced fleet.


3/21/2007

Now Renting Largest Aerial Lifts with 150-foot Platform Height

ALL Aerials, part of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. family of companies, announces a major acquisition of approximately 250 new aerial lifts from JLG.


12/12/2006

As part of an ongoing commitment to maintaining the industry’s most modern and technologically advanced fleet, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has contracted for 150 new hydraulic cranes, with scheduled deliveries starting in late 2006 and running through 2007.


7/7/2006

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corporation announces the latest version of its Compu-Crane lift simulation software, version 3. Lift simulation software recreates the environment of your lift to help you properly plan your lift day, increasing safety and reducing cost.


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