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Grove Dealer CLT (Crane Load Technology) has expanded its plans to connect with customers and feature the newest Grove all-terrain cranes in South Africa.

In Denver Colorado a massive new infrastructure project is underway. The North Metro Rail Line is an 18.5-mile electric commuter rail system that will connect Denver’s Union Station with many of the city’s northern suburbs. Ten miles of the track have been completed so far along with six of the train line’s eight stations.

The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in Thailand has ordered eight Grove GMK2035E all-terrain cranes. The cranes are new additions to the PEA fleet which already includes six GMK2035 cranes. The GMK2035 is the predecessor to the GMK2035E and PEA purchased these back in 2000. The state-owned enterprise plans to use the cranes to erect electrical poles and install transformers at sites around Thailand.

Aertssen Kranen completed one of the most visually striking lifts in recent history employing 14 Grove cranes to simultaneously lift a massive pipeline for an industrial plant project in Antwerp Belgium. The cranes lifted the pipeline for temporary placement over the waters of the Port of Antwerp in Belgium a stretch of pipe typically used to carry sludge to the plant. Each crane lifted a 6.1 t section of the pipe positioned on its own pontoon floating in the port. Eight supervisors watched over the lift to ensure the project went smoothly.

Wren Works used a Manitowoc 11000-1 crawler crane to help build a retaining wall at the Mont du Lac Resort a skiing destination in Superior Wisconsin. Utilizing 140 ft of boom the 110 USt crane lifted an 18.5 USt pile hammer to heights of 75 ft to drive a series of 14 H-piles into the ground. Gangs of timber that weighed 0.5 USt were then lifted to a height of 60 ft and inserted between the piles creating a foundation for the retaining wall that will eventually shore up the resort’s new banquet room.

In Rogers Arkansas a Grove GHC75 telescoping crawler crane played a pivotal role in a project to rehabilitate a long-neglected city park enabling contractors to rebuild the park’s infrastructure amid tight quarters and challenging terrain.

With the arched shelter now complete over the disused Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine many of the Manitowoc cranes employed on the project have been dismantled. Five of the eight Potain tower cranes have left the job as have both Manitowoc 2250 crawler cranes. The cranes provided the majority of the heavy lifting work for the largest land-based moving structure ever built.

In late October German firm Autokrane Schares used the Grove GMK5250L all-terrain crane in downtown Dortmund during the construction of a new building that leases storage boxes. Schares chose to use the five-axle crane for its maneuverability as the job site had a tight entrance road and limited space in which to park the crane.

The very latest in lifting technology will be on show at the Manitowoc booth for next year’s CONEXPO 2017 where the company will display a collection of its newest products. A host of unique innovations from across the company’s range of crawler cranes all-terrain cranes rough-terrain cranes boom trucks tower cranes and self-erecting cranes will underline the manufacturer’s pre-eminence across the spectrum of lifting applications.

Manitowoc is set to debut the Potain MD 559 tower crane for the first time in North America at CONEXPO 2017. The 20 t (22 USt) crane will represent Potain’s MD CCS range which has the highest capacities of all its top-slewing trolleying tower cranes.

Manitowoc will feature one of its newest rough-terrain cranes at its booth for CONEXPO 2017: the Grove GRT880. This crane has several class-leading capabilities and Manitowoc’s Crane Control System (CCS). It will be shown in the company’s booth; Gold Lot stand G3348.

It has been nearly three years since Manitowoc debuted the MLC650 and its innovative Variable Position Counterweight (VPC) technology at CONEXPO and since then companies from around the world have been experiencing the power and versatility of this groundbreaking crane. For CONEXPO 2017 the MLC650 returns with a new set of enhancements that are sure to enable owners to maximize the utilization of their crane.