• The contractor used two Manitowoc crawler cranes to install new generators producing 4.4 megawatts of electricity per year, doubling the previous capacity of 2.2 megawatts.
• Despite site challenges, Boldt successfully rebuilt the 114-year-old dam powerhouse over several months relying on its own Manitowoc 2250 crawler crane.
• Boldt partnered with Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental to employ a Manitowoc MLC300 VPC-MAX™ to install two new generators on the site.
• Maxim Crane Works is working with Manitowoc’s EnCore service team to remanufacture 14 Manitowoc 2250 crawler cranes in its fleet.
• The company sees the project as an ideal, cost-effective way to continue serving the 300 USt crawler crane rental market.
• A variety of economic factors are driving growth in the 300 USt weight class, including data center construction, infrastructure work, petrochemical operations, and more.
• A new, three-mile-long Howard Frankland Bridge is being constructed over Tampa Bay, alongside the famous-yet-flawed original span.
• Over 20 Manitowoc crawler cranes are currently being used to drive sheet and piles and build columns and set beams and decks. The cranes were adapted for use in the marine environment in partnership with the manufacturer and dealers Walter Payton Power Equipment and Ring Power Crane.
