CONTENTS Ӏ AUGUST 2023 CoNTENTS August 2023


08 JOB OF THE MONTH Vernazza Autogru’s


Tadano CC 68.1250-1 loads one of the world’s largest pipelaying ships in one of Europe’s biggest dry docks.


18 MIDDLE EAST


Investment in equipment is strong across the region with a


wide scope of work keeping rental firms busy. Cranes Today reports.


24 POWER GENERATION


To help drive down the use of fossil fuel diesel lifting power is rapidly being replaced by electricity.


34 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS Not so long ago it looked like


offices and shops, the core of the commercial construction sector, would be replaced by new ways of working and shopping. But the sector has proved resilient, Will North reports.


oN THE CovER 34 24 08


Mammoet at work on the Umm Wu’al Sulphuric Acid and Power Plant in Saudi Arabia. See p18.


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