Volume 8 Issue 4
JULY/AUGUST 2017 $5.00
MONUMENTS
LANDMARK PROJECT City of Edmonton photo
B.C. rental firm honoured to raise symbolic totem pole Surrey-based Eagle Crane Inc. installs Survivors Totem Pole in Vancouver park
ALE Roll-Lift Canada supplies Terex-Demag crawlers for Walterdale Bridge replacement project
Photo courtesy of Eagle Crane Inc.
Crawlers play major role in Edmonton bridge build
Work on Walterdale Bridge captured in September 2016.
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he recent installation of a memorial totem pole in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, National 1195 boom truck from Eagle Crane Inc. lifts the Survivors Totem Pole into position in Vancouver’s a.k.a. the DTES, Pigeon Park. couldn’t have happened without the work of a local crane rental firm. Surrey, B.C.-based Eagle Crane Inc. was honoured to be the company that actually lifted the Survivors Totem Pole into position last November in Pigeon Park in the DTES. “It was very cool to be a part of it,” general manager Trevor Brown told Crane & Hoist Canada. “That’s always going to be up there and we stood that totem pole up.” The pole’s installation was the result of a three-year collaboration among DTES advocates; members of First Nations; Japanese, Chinese, and South Asian survivors of racism; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer — LGBTQ — communities. It will serve as a symbol of survival and healing from social and racial injustices.
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ith Edmonton’s century-old Walterdale Bridge reaching the end of its lifespan, crews working on a signature replacement turned to Terex/Demag CC 2400 and 2500 lattice boom crawlers for the heavy lifting. Named after John Walter, a Scottish settler who made his mark on the local business scene, the Walterdale Bridge opened to traffic in 1913. Ryan Teplitsky, project manager with the City of Edmonton’s integrated infrastructure services depart-
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ment, says rehabilitation costs were high and the old bridge didn’t meet current transportation needs for motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. Officials settled on a modern through-arch, cablesuspended bridge, with a strong aesthetic emphasis. “We wanted to create a true landmark,” Teplitsky says. “It’s in the heart of the city, so we wanted something significant — a signature bridge that will serve the citizens of Edmonton and be a gateway to our downtown.” continued on page 8
WINTER GAMES PREP
Local contractor does lifting on Winnipeg sport centre job
Photo courtesy of Litz Crane & Rigging
Extra precautions taken While the mechanics of the lift itself were fairly simple, given the importance of the pole to the community, Brown said the crew took additional precautions in order to avoid damaging the pole. For example, blankets were placed between the rigging and the pole itself in order to protect the intricate painted designs; and a spreader bar was used at the top to keep the slings away from the pole.
$24 million addition to Sport for Life Center employs various cranes
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o commemorate the 50th year of the Canada Summer Games, several projects are being undertaken that will serve Winnipeg during the games and beyond. Alongside a permanent mountain-bike course and new beach volleyball courts, the biggest legacy build will be a $24 million addition to the city’s Sport for Life Center, which required the use of a bevy of cranes from Winnipeg’s own Litz Crane & Rigging. The first phase of the Sport for Life Center was established in 2010 when Sport Manitoba renovated an historic 84,000
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A 230-ton 4100 SII Manitowoc crawler from Litz Crane & Rigging towers over the superstructure construction of Winnipeg’s Sport for Life Center.