Two UK contractors, Bowmer & Kirkland and Bingham Davis have been found guilty of breaching health and safety laws following the collapse of a tower crane in Liverpool in 2009. They will be sentenced on Friday. The crane went over a apartment block at Chandlers...
Spanish tower crane manufacturer Jaso has announced a new tower crane for sites where space is restricted. The J360 was unveiled at the Intermat construction equipment exhibition in Paris, France on 16 April. Maximum capacity is 18 tonnes and the longest jib is 60...
Perched above New York City’s skyline, two tower cranes are piecing together the new One World Trade Center, which just became the city’s tallest skyscraper. How do those cranes get up there? By using their own hoisting power to make themselves taller....
Southworth offers Elevating Worker Platforms for assembly or maintenance operations where large structures, such as aircraft or manufactured assemblies, must be accessed at varying heights. These custom designed worker platforms eliminate the risks and the hassles...
The occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined a New Hampshire construction company $167,000, attributing the proposed fines to safety violation standards which resulted in a worker falling to his death from scaffolding. MacMillan Co., Inc. had hired...
Hey everyone, did you read the article that was posted about 2 months ago on NY Daily New website? The Bloomberg administration is considering letting operators of giant tower cranes get their license without any prior New York City experience — a sensitive...
Hi everyone, hope everyone is having a great start to a new work week. The topic for today’s blog is Safety. Safety should be everyone number one priority in any job they accomplish. Fatalities and serious injuries can occur if cranes are not inspected and used...
Hi Everyone, Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!! The topic chosen for today’s discussion is about the origen of the crane and it’s actually quite fascinating. A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains,...
What do cranes have to do with dinner and breathtaking video footage? Overhead cranes are commonly used in every step of the steel manufacturing process. The automobile industry also uses overhead cranes to handle raw materials. When we envision a crane we are...
Already popular in Europe, gantry cranes have become a widely accepted alternative to overhead bridge cranes. This type of crane is similar to the bridge crane except that it runs on a runway at the floor level. The bridge is supported by a pair of rigid steel legs...
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