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Mountain Crane Service recently helped Primary Children’s Hospital replace their helipad. There were 50 yards of concrete needing to be broken up and removed. Concrete by the bucketful, 160,000 lbs. worth, was lifted off the roof by our crane. Once removed, we were was able to replace the 2,500 square foot helicopter pad.

Mountain Crane Serivce has recieved the "Zero is Attainable Award"! Which is given for completing 2013, at the Salt Lake Refinery without an OSHA recordable or days away from work injury. We hold very high standards for our company, with a special emphasis on safety. In fact, our motto is "Safety Strong". To have our […]

Mountain Crane’s Wind Maintenance Team recently worked on a few maintenance projects for multiple wind farms around the U.S. In May, we worked on two sites for Nordex: Rippey and Hawkeye. Both locations are in Iowa, and used the LR1600/2 with 344 ft of main boom and 39 ft of jib. Starting in Hawkeye, our […]

Mountain Crane recently completed tilting concrete panels on the North Pointe building in American Fork, Utah using its Manitowoc 2250. This tilt up presented a unique challenge in the form of a number of very large panels measuring 70’ wide and weighing up to 180,000 lbs. These panels were expertly placed by Danny Anderson, one […]

Mountain Crane continues to be involved with exciting lifts that push us to think outside the box. We were lucky enough to be involved in a double crane lift! Due to, the unique size and length of the pick it required not only many pre-lift meetings but innovative methods for transporting through tight corners and […]

Lifting a 40 ft. long shark tunnel is a peace of cake for Mountain Crane. We were ingredibly grateful to have been a part of creating a place of so many smiles and fun memories! Who doesn't love that amazing shark tunnel? It just makes you feel something special. A little scary, nervous, but above […]

Mountain Crane company installed a sky bridge that connects two state-of-the-art centers. The bridge is an exciting and critical step for completion of the ACC building. Mountain Crane company was especially thankful to have been apart of connecting such valuable centers. Check you this video by KSL News of the construction. The two centers are: […]

Mountain Crane awarded Best of State, again! We received it for best Commercial Building Subcontractor. We were first awarded in 2009 followed by 2011 and 2012. We strive for excellence in every aspect of our business. To receive recognition for our hard work is truly gratifying. The Best of State award is given for excellence […]

Mountain Crane Service is excited to announce the arrival of its second Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1. The first, easily recognizable with its red paint and Optimus Prime Transformer decals, quickly became a flagship of the Mountain Crane Service fleet after its purchase in 2010. The second machine is equipped with the same attachments as the first, […]

Mountain Crane company employees are now Qualified Riggers and Signalpersons, according to OSHA 1926.1400. We hosted a crane rigging and safety management course including, presenters from Construction Safety Experts. The course covered safe rigging, selection/inspection of hardware and rigging, sling angles, hitches, center of gravity, and wire rope use. Furthermore, hand and radio signal communication, […]