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.
Safety
helicopter successfully rescued a tower crane operator in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, yesterday as a fire raged on the job site beneath him.
The New York City authorities have announced new legislation that limits the age of cranes operating in its jurisdiction.
US and Canada cross-border certification moves closer
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…
Crane lifts tank what could possibly go wrong
A video of a lift that purportedly occurred last week in Russia hopefully no one was hurt.
Tandem lift overturn in Caracas
We have received photographs of an incident involving two five axle All Terrain cranes in Caracas, Venezuela last Friday.
Liebherr 1000 EC-B 125 tower crane in testing
Liebherr’s new 1000 EC-B 125- unveiled at Bauma- is currently completing an intensive test programme at the company’s Biberach facility.
Building activity is ramping up again in the Super City — and with it comes the giant workhorses it needs
Mobile tower crane over in Netherlands
A self-erecting mobile tower crane has gone over in a shopping street in Nieuwegein, on the south side of Utrecht in the Netherlands, no is hurt and damage is relatively minor.
Crane manufacturer Omega Platforms in the Netherlands has delivered a new custom-designed track driven crane to Hæhre Maskinutleie in Norway.