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January 24, 2008	Vol. 5, Issue 2

Maximum Capacity Media announces the first annual Construction Challenge 5K Run/Walk sponsored by Terex Corporation. The event will be held on the morning of March 13 in cooperation with the CONEXPO-CONAGG 2008 Exposition and will benefit the AEM Construction Challenge initiative. For more information about this event or if you wish to register go to http://www.constructchallengerun.com/. Additional sponsorships are also available; information can be obtained by contacting Guy Ramsey at gramsey@maxcapmedia.com or calling at 480-595-2772.

Kroll Tower Crane Prepares for Operation

Monuments of the world and the K-10000-L shown together in true scale.

January 24, 2008 - A monster-sized tower crane is undergoing erection in Fort McMurray, Alberta. A Kroll K10000-L, manufactured in Denmark and owned by Syncrude Canada Ltd., is currently being erected by Syncrude to be used as the main heavy-lift crane for the construction of the Sulpher Emission Reduction Project. Working in the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposit, Syncrude is the world's largest producer of crude oil from oil sands...Read Full Story

Case Introduces Three Telehandlers at World of Concrete

Caterpillar ‘Super Compact' Telehandler Makes Its Debut at WOC

SWIR Expands Safety Training

Crosby Employees Receive Training in Oil and Gas Applications

Crane Operator Licensing News Causes Industry Waves
By Katie Parrish

Katie Parrish

January 24, 2008 – In the United States and Canada, chatter about crane operator's licenses has been anything but quiet in the last few weeks. News of licenses being revoked, new regulations going into effect, and updates on county ordinances have all made headlines.

More than 10,000 crane operators in British Columbia have registered for assessment to comply with the province's new crane operator certification program requirements...Read Full Story

Gehl Increases Load Capacities for DL Series Telehandlers

Manitou Names New Director of Sales and Marketing

Hirschmann Names New CEO

MEC Names New Sales Representation

Genie to Introduce New Machines at The Rental Show

Shrewsbury, Mass., January 2008 - A 20-year-old man was injured in a forklift accident. Police said he was operating the forklift with his leg outside the machine, which became pinned between the forklift and a storage rack. He was taken to a hospital for his injuries.

Read the rest of this accident here.

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