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20 | THE REMOTE HOOK’S TEN YEAR EVOLUTION Te word innovation gets tossed around the construction and rigging industries pretty regularly – to the extent that its impact can feel overused. But true innovators, like Barcelona-based Elebia, rise to the top of the of the lifting industry for one, undeniable reason: they walk the walk. Teir autohook is changing the way lifting operations proceed in many industries, and they are working to develop smart hooks that collect and report data on all aspects of a lifting operation.
25 | SCOTLAND BRIDGES HISTORY
Scotland’s biggest transport infrastructure project in a generation, the Forth Replacement Crossing (FRC), is scheduled for completion in May 2017. Te project will deliver a new bridge, the Queensferry Crossing – a three-tower cable-stayed bridge between Fife and Edinburgh – and upgrade the connecting road network on both sides of the Firth of Forth.
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2 | EDITOR’S NOTE 7 | INDUSTRY NEWS
17 | WRE SPOTLIGHT 75 | WRE ADVISOR | BUSINESS 79 | AD INDEX 80 | RIGGER’S CORNER
ON THE COVER: Workers from Ultraport Chile at Angamos Port in Mejillones examine a set of Elebia Autohooks suspended from a spreader. The revolutionary autohook enables remote controlled engagement and discharge of loads, allowing workers to manage the lifting process from a distance. This can improve the efficiency of dockside operations by up to 50% and eliminate the need for personnel to work at heights in many applications. Visit their website to see video demonstration of this remarkable system at
elebia.com
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