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This week’s roundup of articles from the Crane and Transport Briefing, 26 to 29 May 2025.
Mediaco selects gantry for major machine move
Hydraulic telescopic lifting gantry chosen as best option to help remove 13 metre long machine tool from a factory
SC&RA Job of the Year: Go for stack!
Bragg Companies accomplished an unprecedented feat installing the Endeavour in the blast-off configuration. 
2025 SC&RA Job of the Year award winners
Who are the winners of the 2025 SC&RA rigging and hauling job of the year contest?
Here are the winners of the 2025 ESTA Awards of Excellence
Find out who were the victors in the prestigious ESTA Awards of Excellence 2025
Smooth operators: a foursome of city cranes
Precise control of movement was vital when installing large and very expensive boats for a trade fair, using as many as four cranes per lift
Mammoet moves huge crusher for Codelco
Mammoet engineered a project to move 16 crusher parts for Chile’s state-owned copper mining company Codelco
PSC Crane & Rigging assembles NASA’s new wind tunnel
Rigging a 37-meter (120-foot) vertical wind tunnel at the NASA Flight Dynamics Research Facility
Big Marr tower crane makes 170 tonne lift
Milestone lift by 330 tonne crane on BlueScope blast furnace project in Australia
Sennebogen makes sustainable moves
Loading and moving new machines with an eye on sustainability and cost
Wolff tower cranes work out in Norway
Five flat top tower cranes are helping to rejuvenate an industrial district of Oslo
Graveyard shifts: Barnhart’s eerie lift at Memorial Park Cemetery
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In this spooky Site Report, ACT highlights two projects that were certifiably ghostly.
Cooler at the top: trying out a big luffing jib
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Peace of mind came directly from the crane manufacturer on a tower lift job with 81 metre luffing jib
Boldt Construction completes major upgrade to historic Minnesota dam
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Using two Manitowoc crawlers, the project involved building a new powerhouse and installing two generators, doubling the dam’s capacity to 4.4 megawatts.
Power towers: large luffing cranes for wind turbine work
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New tower crane concepts for wind turbine installation. Part one of a series by Heinz-Gert Kessel
MEI installs lunar habitat mockup at Space Center Houston
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An early, full-scale mockup of astronaut accommodations designed for a space station orbiting the moon has been installed. 
Sarens and Empire Energy sign MOU for wind work
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Empire Energy Partners and Sarens form one-stop-shop for offshore wind in USA
Big job in a small space for Weiland
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Specially modified Tadano all terrain taxi cranes prove their worth for a tandem lift by Weiland in a small space
Powering up: how batteries are making tower cranes greener
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Hong Kong-based battery manufacturer Ampd Energy is expanding globally on a promise of providing a viable alternative to diesel generators for powering tower cranes
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