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Recent News 03/31/10 Bigge Crane Receives Delivery Of First Manitowoc 16000 Crane Compliments of: North American Windpower 04/14/10 Bigge Expands Crane Rental Operations Compliments of: Lift and Access 04/27/10 Another Power Plant Generator to crawl through midstate" to "Bigge moves 400 ton generator from Three Mile Island Compliments of: ABC News 03/09/10 Emergency power replacement - a dam challenge for Bigge Crane and Rigging Compliments of: KHL Group 04/22/10 Bigge Wins 2009 SC&RA Superior Safety Record Award 10/09 "Kenworth T800s Help Bigge Make Big Moves" 06/09 "Cranes Today Fleet File The directory of who owns what" Compliments of: Cranes Today 06/09 Ranking the world's largest crane owning companies Compliments of: KHL Group/International Cranes and Specialized Transport magazine 06/09 American Cranes and Transport present ACT100 North America's largest crane owning companies. Compliments of: American Cranes and Transport     Recent Press Release June 17, 2010 Bigge adds another Manitowoc 16000 to its Wind Power Rental Fleet June 13, 2010 Bigge Hoists Girders to Widen American River Bridge May 25, 2010 Bigge Adds to Already Dominant Position in Specialized Heavy Transportation May 22, 2010 Wind Power Specialist Bigge Crane and Rigging Attending Windpower 2010 May 17, 2010 Bigge Adds Trailer Rentals to One of the Largest Crane Rental Fleets in the U.S. May 10, 2010 Wind Power Specialist Bigge’s new Heavy Boom Manitowoc 16000 Now Ready to Go May 4, 2010 Bigge Creates World's Largest Crane Reference Library May 3, 2010 Bigge Moves Three Mile Island Generator over Roads, Sea, and Rail April 27, 2010 Bigge Exhibiting at HEAVY USA in Houston April 19, 2010 Bigge Expands Reach of California’s Largest Crane Rental Fleet April 13, 2010 Bigge Crane Now Features Construction Hoist Rentals April 12, 2010 Bigge Leads Crane Industry in Environmental Awareness with its Green Initiatives March 26, 2010 Bigge Helps Crane Owners Insure a Clean, Green California March 15, 2010 Bigge Takes the Lead in Wind Turbine Erection With the First Two Heavy-Boom Manitowoc 16000’s

2008

• "Rolling Along" ACTtransport50 ranking North America's largest heavy and specialized transport companies - Compliments of: American Cranes and Transport
• Bigge’s new Lift Tower System meets challenge of congested refinery upgrade
• Bigge Grows Its Liebherr Crawler Fleet
• International Cranes and Specialized Transport IC50 issue lists the world's largest crane owning companies.
• Lifting and Moving the World - Compliments of: KHL and SC&RA
• Bigge pulled Japan Air "Shiga" out of the San Francisco Bay 1968 - Compliments of: CBS5 Eye On The Bay
• Bigge adds Construction Hoists to it’s Tower Crane Division
• One of the Safest Crane Companies in the World
• Bigge wind power press release
• From the Ground Up: A 10 Month Power Plant Project - Compliments of: American Cranes and Transport

2007

• Cascade Cruise: Transporting a 400,000 pound transformer 175 miles through Washington State - Compliments of: American Cranes and Transport
• ACT Transport 50 ranking North America’s largest heavy and specialized transport companies - Compliments of: American Cranes and Transport
• Harnessing the Wind - Compliments of: American Cranes and Transport
• Solutions traditionally used for heavy lifting and lowering can also be used to simplify removal of falsework - Compliments of: Bridge design & engineering - www.bridgeweb.com
• Bigge Celebrates Low Experience Modification Rating (EMR) of .48 at Summer Safety Meeting
• Bigge Supports Wind Power Contractors Nationwide
• Bigge Crane and Rigging, Now Renting Tower Cranes

2005

• Computer-Controlled Strand Jacks to Lift New Bay Bridge Transition Spans
• Bigge Buys American Heavy Rigging & Hauling Co

2004

• Bigge Announces Ownership Change
• Bigge adds "Jumper Bridge" to its Equipment Fleet
• Bigge Behind the Scenes on SF Bay Bridges
• Ares Corporation and Bigge Sign a Teaming Agreement to Provide Nuclear Power Plant Services
• Westinghouse and Bigge Sign a Teaming Agreement
• Bigge successfully transports 820 Ton Nuclear Reactor Vessel from Connecticut Yankee to Barnwell

2003

• Bigge adds 600 Ton Demag Mobile Hydraulic Crane to its Fleet!
• Bigge successfully completes rigging and transportation services for installation of nuclear reactor vessel closure heads at three (3) East Coast power plants.
• SC&RA’s 2003 Golden Achievement Award recipient is Brock Settlemier, Chairman and C.E.O. of Bigge Crane and Rigging Co., San Leandro, California.

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