Fascan Introduces Industry’s Tallest Wallboard Crane

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Fascan International introduced its new F600SE.44 wallboard crane, which boasts a vertical reach of more than 10 stories—giving it the highest reach of any wallboard crane in the U.S. market. The F600SE.44 has a maximum lifting capacity of 6,600 pounds, a vertical reach of more than 115 feet and a horizontal reach of 101 feet. Its overall dimensions are 8-feet, 3-inches wide by 28-feet, 7-inches long by 9-feet, 5-inches high. The F600SE.44 has been designed to withstand extensive, intense operation through its high-capacity oil cooler, AGS automatic greasing system with braided, high-pressure grease lines and rigorous fatigue testing by Fassi … Read more

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Honeywell’s New SRL System Protects Workers At Height

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Honeywell’s new Miller Falcon Edge self-retracting lifelines are designed to protect workers against serious injury or death if their lifeline becomes severed by a sharp edge during a fall from height. Available in 20-, 30- and 50-foot cable lengths, the new SRL series provides versatility, reliability and maximum safety, with the capacity to support user weights up to 420 pounds in all connections at foot level and above, including horizontal, vertical and overhead mounting. The new SRLs are equipped with an RFID tag, which enables safety managers and workers to efficiently track important product information, inspection and employee training in … Read more

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Sustainable Concrete Innovation Beats the Heat

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Portland cement, in addition to being a large user of energy in processing, is the #2 greenhouse gas contributor in the world. In an effort to advance sustainability and address the environmental impact of this dilemma, New Technology Solutions, LLC (a subsidiary of Silicone Solutions), has developed its patent-pending CoolCure—a major development that could potentially change the global environmental and productivity footprint of concrete technology. New CoolCure concrete admixture converts typical cement into a Type IV, low-heat cement resulting in up to 80 percent less heat and 50 percent greater strength. It’s ideal for large mass pours, and can be … Read more

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Balfour Beatty to Construct $382M Manchester Engineering Campus Development

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Balfour Beatty has been formally awarded the $382-million contract by The University of Manchester to construct the Manchester Engineering Campus Development located in England. The four-year project forms an essential part of the University of Manchester’s 10-year campus master plan to create an estate benefiting staff, students and visitors. This will support the university’s strategic goals of creating world-class research, providing an outstanding learning environment, student experience and social responsibility. MECD will provide a state-of-the-art facility, housing the university’s engineering schools, innovative teaching spaces and research institutes such as the Dalton Nuclear Institute and the BP- International Centre for Advanced … Read more

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University Honored for Community Impact, Design and Construction Excellence

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CHICAGO, Ill. – The University of Chicago’s Campus North Residential Commons, located in Illinois, has won three awards from the Design-Build Institute of America, including the first Chairman’s Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility. Following a competitive judging process, the university’s first major Design-Build project was one of two recipients of this new honor and also won awards for merit and excellence in design. The Chairman’s Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility was created this year to “reward Design-Build teams which have shown extraordinary commitment to triple bottom-line success—economic, environmental and social—and which have clearly improved the communities … Read more

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