Ernie Pierini

On March 2, 1962, an unbreakable basketball record was set. I’m a Wilt Chamberlain fan. I have been since the late 1950s. Please don’t confuse this article as just a tribute to the late, great Wilt Chamberlain. Rather, it’s a commentary on setting standards, breaking records, and the ability to have so much skill that the rules are changed to level the playing field. That’s what Wilt Chamberlain was to basketball. What standards have you set?

A former Department of Buildings big testified Monday that she considered filing criminal charges against crane owner James Lomma months before his rig collapsed, killing two Manhattan hardhats.

The Australian third party inspection programme CraneSafe celebrated its 10th anniversary in January. The programme started in the state of Victoria, as CraneSafe was born out of the Green Sticker that was originally issued by WorkSafe Victoria.

Italian pick & carry crane manufacturer Galizia has introduced a new six tonne crane that is based on its innovative Multis 636 chassis.

NCCCO’s nationally accredited certification program recently passed a milestone: It has approved its 3,000th practical test site.

A crane operator died yesterday in Whitby Ontario, Canada, after his crane overturned on top of him. According to local news reports the man worked with Galcon Marine, who it is assumed, owned the crane. The company has a number of lattice crawler cranes, mostly Koehring and Link Belt units fitted with draglines or clamshells with capacitis of up to 50 tons.

Welsh hirer Bryn Thomas Crane is calling on an MP to stop using its name in her campaign against phoenix firms which fold to avoid paying health and safety fines.

We are still receiving letters from Expo guide that attempt to trick companies into committing to a minimum of €3,813 over three years.

A tower crane operator was rescued yesterday in Montreal, Canada, after he fell around five metres. The man was reportedly climbing the tower and had almost reached the cab of the 35 metre high crane, when he slipped and fell around five metres inside the tower.

At every seminar I give, I ask my audience, “How many of you would like to write a book?” The majority of the audience raises their hand. And I follow on by stating, “Keep your hand up if you already have the first chapter written.” Almost every hand goes down. One or two hands out of a thousand will remain up.