An elevator for tower crane operators has been developed by Liebherr. The 200 kg (two people or one and equipment) capacity LiUP is mounted inside the tower crane mast or, for smaller cranes, on the ...

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Working 14 hours a day more than 400 feet in the air is just part of the job for tower-crane operator Dennis Herman. But his current gig at the construction site of Ohio State University’s new cancer ...

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) has named Sammy Cossairt, a tower crane operator for Maxim Crane Works in Nashville, Tennessee, as its 2025 Tradeswoman of the Year. The award ...

Clues about what may have happened at a fatal Florida tower crane accident in April suggest that a cable supporting the climbing unit work platform failed, detached or was cut. A post-accident photo ...

An engineer was killed after an argument with a tower crane operator while 40 meters in the air, according to a report in the Gulf News. The 39-year-old employee climbed up the device to discipline ...

US independent crane certification body, Crane Institute Certification (CIC), has announced a new certification for tower crane operators. The certification covers self erecting, fixed jib, and ...

From the ground, the tower cranes of uptown Charlotte look massive and steady, their thick steel legs bolted securely into concrete bases 7 or 8 feet deep. Not exactly the kind of thing you worry will ...

It’s 7am and Lucy Balta is ready to start work high above Melbourne’s skyline. But she won’t be taking a lift to the 46th floor of a skyscraper. Instead she dons her steel-capped boots and hard cap ...

A tower crane burst into flames at a construction site in Malaysia. Footage shows the crane's cabin engulfed in flames as thick black smoke billows into the sky in Selangor on June 25. Onlookers said ...