Deconstructing the old dam wedged in an Eklutna River ravine begins this month, a megaproject to eventually help native salmon return to home waters. It takes the largest crane known to exist in Alaska to handle the job, McQueen said. Getting the crane to the work...
Company enters market in downturn with new business model and equipment Alaska Business Monthly May 2016 www.akbizmag.com Special section Oil & Gas When one thinks of a fleet of cranes, one envisions a thriving economy, progress, construction, and the like. One...
CRANE’s April edition includes a feature story on AT cranes, and interviews Dave Myers, business development director for Alaska Crane. Alaska Crane recently took possession of the state’s largest all-terrain in February – a Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1....
A 76,000-pound Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” took to the air Thursday morning at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, but the plane can’t fly. A massive crane was used to raise the decommissioned C-130 from its pedestal at Heritage Park on JBER. “It’s the only one of...
In late October, Alaska Crane opened its North Slope operation, which is located in the region that contains the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The company works throughout the state with its fleet of lattice-boom crawler cranes and mobile cranes – many of...
A 74-foot Lutz spruce tree is making its way from Alaska’s Chugach National Forest to adorn the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol building, ferried along by more than half a million dollars in corporate donations. “The way that the Capitol Christmas Tree operates is...
