Case Studies

Central Contractors Service, a division of North American crane rental and sales operation ALL Family of Companies, provided a 35.3 USt capacity luffing jib Potain crane to work on the construction of consumer electronics giant Apple’s new flagship store in Chicago.

A power-generating station in Florida faced a big challenge last fall. The station’s circulating dry scrubber (CDS) vessel — used to remove sulfur dioxide — had collapsed into itself and was in danger of falling.

Built circa 1921, Pittsburgh’s Beechwood Boulevard Bridge, known locally as the Greenfield Bridge, underwent rehabilitation in the 1980s.

For Central Rent-A-Crane, Inc., ALL’s Indiana division, power plant modernization work is a key market, with crawler cranes at the core of the projects.

Three big crawlers and a tower crane are making a fresh connection to the new Collection at McCormick Square in Chicago.

It seemed that the ideal way to handle the work would be from inside the garage’s atrium, which could provide a large, open work space from which the trusses could be carefully picked and set precisely where they were needed.

An hour northwest of Madison, U.S. 12 in Baraboo connects Dane and Sauk counties to the interstate system. In 2011, work began on the new four-lane Baraboo Bypass off U.S. 12. The bypass is being constructed in two phases: the 5.7-mile north section of the bypass was completed in 2011, and the 5.4-mile south section is under construction, to be completed in 2017.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is in the midst of a two-year, $77 million project to address deteriorated bridge conditions and increased congestion along Interstate 96 at the U.S. Highway 23 interchange in Livingston County.

A Manitowoc MLC300 is at the center of a mixed-use development construction project in Chicago, Illinois, lifting precast concrete panels to build an eight-story structure that will consist of retail stores, condominiums and a parking garage.

The ability to quickly adjust the height of a Potain MD 485 B M20 tower crane is keeping construction of a 34-story apartment tower in Chicago on schedule.

The maneuverable luffing jib of a Potain MR 605 B is keeping the construction of an apartment tower in the River North neighborhood of Chicago on schedule.

A Manitowoc MLC300 crawler crane owned by Central Contractors Service, a division of the ALL Family of Companies, is constructing a new hotel at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

The year was 1958. The National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) was formed. The iconic '57 Chevy celebrated its first birthday. And two, two-lane bridges on U.S. Highway 10 were built to cross what would be Interstate 75 in Bay County, Mich. That was the last time these structures were replaced.

In late June, ALL Canada Crane Rental was hired by general contractor American Bridge for help dismantling and demolishing the majestic (yet aging) Seaway International Bridge in Cornwall, Ontario.

When completed in 2017, the St. Croix Crossing Bridge will be only the fourth extradosed bridge in the country.

Cherry on top. Icing on the cake. When something good is given finishing touches that make it great, we have some pretty sweet expressions to help make the point clear.

When the only way to access a jobsite is to go THROUGH a building, ALL’s Central Contractor’s branch has just the crane to get the job done.

The ALL Family of Companies loves a challenge. In July, its Illinois branch, Central Contractors Service, Inc., was handed a monster of a challenge when they answered the call for help from Chicago’s Revolution Brewing.

It’s a common challenge when working in a busy city like Chicago: there just isn’t much space to erect a crane.

Manitowoc’s new MLC300 crawler crane, which features the patented Variable Position Counterweight (VPC), made a big debut at CONEXPO 2014.