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The hotel is being constructed on a narrow rectangle of land within the Battery Atlanta development, creating a tight work site. To respect the air space of surrounding buildings, this is the rare vertical construction project that employs a luffing tower.

Branscum specified a Potain MR 418 tower crane with a 120-ft. mast and 197-ft. jib.

The Battery Atlanta is an ambitious mixed-use real estate development by the Braves Development Company, anchored by SunTrust Park, new home of the Atlanta Braves. The 1.5-million-sq.-ft. site has reached 90-percent capacity with the recent groundbreaking of the 143-room Aloft Hotel. Choate Construction of Atlanta has the contract to build the Aloft Hotel, Silverspot Cinema, retail and the 4 Ballpark Center loft office development, which includes a new 536-space parking deck. It called on ALL Crane Rental of Georgia Inc., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, to provide the tower crane for construction.

“We’re really proud of this job because The Battery Atlanta is such a prestigious development and the mixed use project has allowed us to flex our muscles in providing support beyond equipment,” said Daniel Branscum, ALL Crane Rental of Georgia’s sales representative.

The hotel is being constructed on a narrow rectangle of land within the Battery Atlanta development, creating a tight work site. To respect the air space of surrounding buildings, this is the rare vertical construction project that employs a luffing tower. Branscum specified a Potain MR 418 tower crane with a 120-ft. mast and 197-ft. jib. see CRANE page 10

GUCA Members Donate $20K to Hurricane Relief in Bahamas

Aerial look at the flood damage caused by Hurricane Dorian’s impact on the Green Turtle Cay area of the Bahamas.

Georgia Utility Contractors Association Inc. (GUCA) Community Service Committee took on the initiative to help the Bahamian residents impacted by Hurricane Dorian as one of this year’s community service projects.

GUCA members were challenged to donate $1,000 to the relief efforts to help those impacted by the catastrophic hurricane that ravaged the island community.

Atlanta HydroVac; Blount Construction Co. Inc.; BRW Construction Group; Cleary Construction/Rock Solutions; The Corbett Group LLC; Cyclone Land Development; DeKalb Pipeline Company; GUCA; Heavy Machines Inc.; Large & Gilbert, PC; Legacy Water Group LLC; McCoy Grading

Inc.; Peed Bros. Inc.; PINCO; RDJE Inc.; Ruby-Collins Inc.; Brent Scarbrough & Company; Southern Champion Construction; Sterling Seacrest Advisors; and Tractor & Equipment Company donated $1,000 each for a total of $20,000. The funds were sent to Green Turtle Cay (GTC) Foundation so that they will be used to help the residents rebuild their homes and the island.

The Green Turtle Cay (GTC) Foundation was formed to promote the common good and general welfare of the community in and around the area of the Town of New Plymouth, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas, and to promote, develop, redevelop, encourage and maintain housing, education, see GUCA page 10

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At the FAE USA exhibit area, representatives from Atlantic & Southern Equipment joined the FAE staffers (L-R) including Adam Montague, Chad Florian, Adrian Majka, Bradley Wiseman, John Hoffmann and Kurt Jackson.

Deep in discussion of the attachments in the Loftness exhibit area (L-R) are Fred Webb, a farmer based in Panama City, Fla.; Neil Rountree, MacKinnon JCB; and Blake Eavenson of Loftness Mfg., Ortonville, Mich.

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Ownership and key staffers of Crosby Equipment were out promoting their lines of machines (L-R) including Jay Crosby, Jerome Crosby, Brandon Hunter and David Crockett.

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Fecon and its local dealer, Tractor & Equipment Co., join forces to promote the Fecon line of mulching machines and attachments (L-R) including Scott Deitz, Frank Plotts, Britt Hefner, Scott Burson and John Lake.

Scott Brown (L) and Frank Hollowell, Prinoth factory reps, chose an indoor exhibit to showcase their vegetation management machines and attachments.

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Kubota displayed a wide array of tractors and machines including skid steer loaders and compact track loaders sporting a variety of specialty attachments.

Both yellow construction iron and green ag machines lined the massive John Deere exhibit area.

The Husqvarna chainsaw sculping always draws a tremendous crowd of spectators.

In the Don Allison exhibit talking about the Manitou MLT 625-75H telehandler on display (L-R) are John Schoessow of S.I. Feeders; Chris Ergle, Don Allison Equipment; and John Rau and Mike Disser of Manitou.

In a sea of static exhibits, attendees had the opportunity to operate a backhoe attachment on a Massey Ferguson GC1725M tractor in the AGCO exhibit area.

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Screen Machine Taps Heavy Machines as New Ga. Dealer Screen Machine has announced Heavy Machines Inc. as its new dealer in Georgia.

The dealership will be a stocking dealer providing equipment sales, service and rental of the full Screen Machine lineup from its location in Covington, Ga.

“We’re excited to partner with Heavy Machines in a market like Georgia,” said Screen Machine Director of National Sales Jeff Williams. According to Williams, with Screen Machine’s recent acquisition of Diamond Z, and Heavy Machines Inc. being

one of Diamond Z’s top dealers, adding the Screen Machine line was a natural fit for the dealership. Williams added that Screen Machine is not entirely new to the dealership, as over the span of 10 years Heavy Machines has worked with the manufacturer Heavy Machines Inc.’s Covington, Ga., location will now offer sales and service of Screen Machine products for customers local to the Atlanta area.

on special projects for its clients.

Heavy Machines has extensive experience in recycling and has developed an excellent relationship with its customers by understanding and meeting their needs. The addition of Screen Machines to Heavy Machines’ line provides them with the ability to offer another level of service to existing customers involved with both wood and aggregates recycling operations, while opening up new opportunities in purely aggregate markets.

“Heavy Machines is excited to expand our territory with Screen Machine Industries,” said Steve Northcross, Heavy Machines’ senior vice president of sales. “Screen Machine offers an excellent product that complements all brands we offer in the Georgia market.”

Established in 1972 and headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., Heavy Machines Inc. has nine locations serving the construction, forestry, recycling and port material handling markets in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Maine. As well as being the authorized dealer of Diamond Z and Screen Machine in Georgia, Heavy Machines also is the authorized dealer of Liebherr, LeTourneau, Link-Belt Excavators, Rotobec, Sakai and Yanmar. 

Tower Cranes Key to Construction GUCA Members Aid Green of The Battery Atlanta Development Turtle Cay Foundation CRANE from page 1

“In a majority of vertical construction, we use hammerhead towers because there is no issue with the ability to freely swing across the site,” said Branscum. “With the Battery, because so many shops and residences, along with the stadium, are already open, we needed to tighten up that swing.”

A typical tower crane has a long, horizontal boom with a radius that, by design, extends across the entire job site. The hook travels in and out along a trolley, but the boom remains fully extended.

Conversely, a luffer pivots up and down at the top of the tower, allowing the operator to fluidly move the radius — and the hook — as the crane is lifting.

“Picture the swing area as a circle over a square, the square being the mixed use building site,” said Sam Moyer, general manager of ALL Tower Crane. “Anywhere the circle exceeds the edge of the square, we need to move the radius inward to stay inside the lines. Picking at 197 feet, the boom angle is at 15 degrees. When the operator is swinging and needs to set the load at 90 feet, he booms up until the angle is at 65 degrees and sets the load.”

There was another challenge to overcome with the size of the job site — and its multiple utility and existing vehicular travel paths. The tower crane had

to be mounted on a ballasted base.

“There was no room for a traditional base, so we engineered a ballasted base in which two of the legs tucked under the footprint of the building, and the other two legs are placed between the foundation and the street. It gave us the clearance we needed,” said Branscum.

Moyer added, “The ballasted base allowed us to distribute the vertical downward reaction across all four corners. We put down four foundations, one for each leg, which took that vertical load and distributed it to the soils. It was an ideal solution for the ground conditions present.”

“Georgia is one of the many states where we’re licensed to perform engineering services, and I was happy we came up with a solution for the customer,” said Branscum. “It’s rare to have either a luffing tower or a ballasted base on a construction site, so having both makes this unique.”

Throughout construction, the Braves Development Company intends to light up the Potain MR 418 tower crane in team colors each night. The mixed use site is scheduled to deliver next year.

For more information about The ALL Family of Companies, call 800/232-4100 or visit www.allcrane.com. 

GUCA from page 1

healthcare, employment, commerce, economic development and transportation facilities in the Green Turtle Cay community. All funds will be distributed locally on Green Turtle Cay to affected Bahamian residents.

If you would like to donate the Green Turtle Cay (GTC) Foundation, contact GUCA at 404-362-9995 for further information or go directly to their Facebook page.

Georgia Utility Contractors Association Inc. is a nonprofit state trade association located in metro Atlanta representing more than 400 contractor and affiliated firms statewide. GUCA represents the workforce that supplies, installs and rehabilitates the infrastructure of water, sewer, gas, electrical, telecommunications and other underground utility systems for the public and private sector including pipe and plant funds raised by GUCA members were installation. For more infor- The sent to the Green Turtle Cay (GTC) mation about GUCA, please Foundation to help residents rebuild visit www.guca.com.  their homes and the island.

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