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24 | HYDRA-SLIDE: DOING IT RIGHT – AND DOING IT WELL


Based on over 25 years of hands-on experience in the heavy-moving and specialized rigging industry, Hydra-Slide has developed and diversified a complete range of products to handle any jacking and skidding job. Teir goal is to provide a strong, safe and simple solution that is the most cost-effective and accurate means of moving, loading and unloading all types of heavy loads.


29 | INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY: JAMES BENHAM FROM JBKNOWLEDGE


Knowing how much to invest in new technology, and choosing which technology to invest in at all, is becoming a more critical decision in our field. James Benham, CEO of the construction technology firm JBKnowledge, thinks the industry is dramatically under-investing for a host of reasons. He brings data to back up his view, and shares his perspective on how important it is to change this, and how we can chart a way forward.


[WRE CATALOG GUIDE] 35 | What’s New


39 | WRE Catalog View the latest product offerings and updated listings.


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[IN THIS ISSUE]


2 | EDITOR’S NOTE 7 | INDUSTRY NEWS


20 | WRE SPOTLIGHT 75 | WRE UPDATE 79 | AD INDEX 80 | RIGGER’S CORNER


ON THE COVER: As part of a major subway infrastructure project in Singapore, Yu Sin Engineering Work Pte Ltd successfully lowered components of a tunnel boring machine down a 100-foot shaft onto a Hydra-Slide HT300 hydraulically powered skidding system. The HT300 was then used to move components of the boring machine approximately 66 feet to its launch shaft. A variety of site obstructions made direct placement of the borer by crane impossible.


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