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Pressed for Time
Posted: 01/26/2024
A vehicle manufacturer’s large stamping press—a massive machine used for shaping body panels—is online and operational thanks to efficient installation by Deep South. The three primary components included a 181-ton press bed (27.72’ L x 16.4’ W x 13.12’ H), 250-ton press crown (28.38’ L x 16.4’ W x 13.12’ H) and a 92-ton press slide (21’ x 10.83’ x 10.5’).
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15 Module Lift and Transport
Posted: 01/08/2021
Deep South was contracted by a Gulf Coast refinery to transport fifteen modules from a fabrication shop in Port Allen, LA to the site in Norco, LA.
New VersaCrane TC-36000/S2 makes lifting debut - AC&T Feature
Posted: 10/27/2020
For more than 50 years, Deep South Crane & Rigging has been distinguishing itself throughout North America. Founder Camile Landry has an intense appreciation for cranes, and he has always been intrigued by projects that require a higher level of skill and expertise. In the 1980s, he saw a need for a new generation of cranes. He envisioned a high-capacity crane with a smaller footprint and a tighter tail swing. He wanted to see a crane that could be transported easier than other heavy lift cranes.
What's Your Why Art Contest
Posted: 10/26/2020
Our Deep South family is not defined by just those that physically come to work every day. It includes daughters, sons, nieces, nephews, wives, husbands, and grandchildren – all of which play an important part of why we come to work each day and stay safe.
To include these extensions of our “family,” Deep South is hosting an art contest for the children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews of Deep South employees who are ages 3 – 18.
Deep South Wins GBRIA's 2020 Craft Workforce Development and Safety Excellence Awards
Posted: 10/21/2020
The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance (GBRIA) recently honored Deep South Crane & Rigging with their 2020 Craft Workforce Development Best of Division I Award and their 2020 Safety Excellence Award for Division II.
Deep South Employees Honored with SC&RA, LWCC Safety 70 Awards
Posted: 08/14/2020
Deep South Crane & Rigging, LLC, is pleased to announce, for the third consecutive year, its acceptance of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association’s (SC&RA) Crane & Rigging Group Safety Award and its inclusion in the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) Safest 70 award program. Ten Deep South crane operators were honored with SC&RA Crane Operator Safety Award, which is presented to crane operators who exhibit exemplary work achievements while accumulating 10,000 consecutive man hours and recording zero accidents and incidents.
Turnkey in Tight Quarters: Split Trailers Reduce Height with Inches to Spare
Posted: 07/20/2020
Deep South recently released a new video highlighting a project solving many complex challenges, including coordinating international shipping from Spain to the client’s site, transloading the drums to a deck barge at the port, and barging them to the client’s site, constructing a new custom earthen ramp, and executing the roll off operation.
Safety Source: Surviving the Summer Heat by the National Safety Council
Posted: 06/18/2020
Looking for a safety topic to begin your upcoming meeting? Read on for helpful information from the National Safety Council regarding heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and other ways to keep each other safe.
