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John Carney, a Carney-McNicholas, Inc. fifth generation mover, attended a UniGroup sponsored “boot camp” training recently to improve customer service practices and customer service leadership skills. CMCN and affiliated company Midwest Fine Art S...
Cleveland, OH – A trio of art handling specialists from MidWest Fine Art Service and Transportation, LLC, complimented by their rigging colleagues, the Norris Brothers, stopped traffic on busy Carnegie Avenue on a recent August Saturday to move the monumental sculpture, "Three for One." The sculpture was the creation of Dennis L. Jones, the renowned artist and Director of the School of Art at the University of Arizona. The move took place on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic and forced the closing of two lanes on the heavily traversed thoroughfare. Nary had a horn blared nor a fist shaken as awed onlookers and drivers alike gazed at the stainless steel sculpture being hoisted over the three story pedestrian sky walk, to its new home within Lerner Research Institute's courtyard.
Jones was on hand for this conveyance event, and the university art director watched intently and offered acute insight.
The sculpture, which weighs nearly seven thousand pounds and measures 91/2' x 20' x 15', was originally proposed in 1985 by Jones and dedicated in 1991 following a national competition organized by the Cleveland Clinic Board of Trustees. The sculpture was funded by a generous gift from Thomas and Iris Vail. Vail was the publisher and editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer at that time. MidWest was delighted to have Mr. and Mrs. Vail on hand for the sculpture's relocation.
MidWest F.A.S.T. and the Norris Brothers Co. used two separate cranes manned by the skilled operators of Midwest Equipment Company and Crane Rental to lift the piece from its original site and place it in its new home.
The team consisted of Charles Eiben and art handlers John and Tim Carney, of MidWest F.A.S.T. They were joined by master riggers Kerry Parsson, Paul Harnichar, Jack Kelly, and John Weir from Norris Brother's. The Norris Brothers Company is one of the premier rigging and heavy equipment companies in the United States with over 145 years experience. Mark Koenig of Final Touch Metal Fabricating was instrumental in preparing the sculpture and re-welding at the new site.
EDMONTON, AB - Two MidWest FAST tractor-trailer teams delivered the traveling exhibition Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings to the Art Gallery of Edmonton recently. This exhibition presents 27 of the world’s most important m...
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