Transfer shock refers to the tendency of students transferring from one institution of higher education to another to experience a temporary dip in grade point average during the first or second semester at the new institution as defined by Hills (1965).
Liebherr LR 13000. The Liebherr LR 13000 is the most powerful crawler crane in the world. Designed for use in nuclear power station construction, the LR 13000âs main boom can reach a height of 473 feet, and the crane has a lifting capacity of 3,000 tons. The crane itself weighs 748 tons. 4. Liebherr 11200-9.1. The massive, yet still very mobile, Liebherr 11200-9.1 is the worldâs tallest and strongest telescopic boom crane. Fully assembled, this impressive piece of equipment can lift up to 1,179 tons, and reach a height of 550 feet with extensions attached.
What is heavy duty? A 600-tonne crane is a heavy-duty crane, but in the world of supercranes, heavy is measured in thousands of tons, not hundreds. Spurred on by the demand to build infrastructure bigger, faster and safer, the lifting capacities of the world's largest construction cranes are getting supersized. For the first time, ENR has assembled a list of the world's top supercranes, which we found hard at work on almost every continent building powerplants, refineries and other large-scale infrastructure and industrial projects. Ranked . . .