by mssadmin | Apr 18, 2019 | Jobsite Stories
Industry, PA – When Jon Mihalic’s last cable crane operator retired recently, he knew the time had come to also retire the aging Manitowoc 4000 crane from his barge dock. “You can’t find a qualified cable crane operator anymore,” he noted, “but really, that old crane...
by mssadmin | Apr 18, 2019 | Jobsite Stories
Swan River, MB – Insiders recognize that Larry McKay is a rare species in the lumber processing industry. As the owner of Mountainside Unloading Ltd., he is under contract to operate the Louisiana-Pacific woodyard in Swan River, MB. “I am pretty blessed that they’ve...
by mssadmin | Mar 29, 2019 | Jobsite Stories
Burnaby, BC – “It’s difficult to find heavy equipment mechanics, generally,” says John Anderson, of ABC Recycling. “If we don’t have the people we need on our own payroll, we can end up waiting a long time for machine service. Having our own team of factory trained...
by mssadmin | Mar 13, 2019 | Jobsite Stories
Plaster Rock, NB – Earle Fawcett knew that he had squeezed everything he could out of his aged knuckleboom loaders. It was time to move on. “When you’ve made mill upgrades and you’re putting money into your operation, but you’re trying to feed it with some old...
by mssadmin | Mar 15, 2018 | Jobsite Stories
White River, ON – The re-opening of the sawmill in White River, Ontario, was one of the lumber industries rare “good news” stories of 2013. Shuttered six years earlier, the town’s population had dwindled to nearly half its size from the 1990s. Then numbering about 600...
by mssadmin | Mar 15, 2018 | Jobsite Stories
Dubai – Taking the lead in construction of a massive sea wall to create new building space for this burgeoning economy, Bilal General Transport LLC (BGT) has deployed SENNEBOGEN’s powerful EQ technology to precisely position stone blocks weighing up to 7 tons. Dubai’s...
