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On the afternoon of December 28, a tower crane breaking accident occurred at a building in process named “Phoenix Huayuan” locating at Fuyong Street, Baoan District Shenzhen. Five workers were found dead and one worker was seriously hurt in the accident.

MECHANICAL failure in the jib during commissioning caused the boom structure of a tower crane to come crashing down on BHP’s Worsley Alumina Refinery project near Collie, WA, on January 13, 2010.

In 2007, 12 people died in construction accidents; 18 died in 2006.

Using 500 US ton Liebherr and 550 US ton Grove all terrain cranes, Imperial Crane Services in the US executed a tandem lift to pick a 102 US ton reactor from a barge.

Heavy transport and lifting company ALE based in the UK has been awarded its largest contract to date.

The man, James Delayo, 60, the acting chief inspector for the Cranes and Derricks Unit at the city’s Department of Buildings, oversaw the issuing of city licenses for crane operators.

It has taken delivery of three new Terex AC300/6 wheeled telescopic mobile cranes with the fourth to follow at the end of January.

The crane will help the hotel builders reach the height that will make it the tallest building in Charlottetown, if not on the Island.

This system can detect the angle, weight of load lifted and ground radius of your crane. The crane is fitted with multiple sensors for each of the measured parameters which are then displayed in the operator’s cabin to keep them informed.

“For the last couple of months it is zero, totally dead,” David Semple, managing director of Manitowoc Cranes, said of the number of orders the company has received from Dubai.