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When considering the complexities involved with crane operations, having pre-determined quality controls in place for effective accident management prior to beginning crane work
European tower crane manufacturers have produced new guidance to emphasise that their machines are not designed to be used as fairground rides.
IPAF is welcoming a paper by FEM (Fédération Européenne de la Manutention – the European manufacturers’ association for material handling equipment), which reiterates that tower cranes are designed to lift loads, not people.
Changes to the ASME B30.3 2012 standard for tower cranes will affect your business.
A luffing jib tower crane has lost its jib on a site in Ealing, London these evening, no one has been injured in the incident and we do not know if it is related to the strong gusty winds currently in the area.
helicopter successfully rescued a tower crane operator in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, yesterday as a fire raged on the job site beneath him.
The British Columbia Association for Crane Safety (BCACS) has received official WorkSafe BC approval to move ahead with the Pilot Phase of a reciprocal certification programme with US crane operator…
A WOMAN has won her fight to have a tower crane looming over her back garden removed — thanks to the Henley Standard.
CONSTRUCTION on the state’s biggest building site in 20 years is in turmoil after work was suspended following the third crane accident at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital in three weeks.
The Strategic Forum for Construction’s Tower Cranes Working Group has launched a new initiative on behalf of the industry