World's biggest luffing cranes at work near Northwich

The world’s biggest luffing tower cranes have been erected in Cheshire to speed the construction of a waste to energy plant.

Crane collapses at west London site

A crane has collapsed at a former hospital site in west London. The London Fire Brigade was alerted at around 9.15am on Friday (12 January) that a tower crane’s jib had fallen down at the Central Middlesex Hospital development in Park Royal, causing minor damage… The post Crane collapses at west London site appeared first on Construction News.

Multiplex installs tower cranes at new Sydney Fish Market site

Using innovative construction methodologies, Multiplex has completed the complex installation of three tower cranes above the water on its new … The post Multiplex installs tower cranes at new Sydney Fish Market site appeared first on Inside Construction.

New York crane fire: ‘lucky’ escape after boom hits street

Officials in New York praised luck after a tower crane’s engine compartment burst into flames, causing its boom and 16 tons of concrete to plunge onto the street in Manhattan last week. The post New York crane fire: ‘lucky’ escape after boom hits street appeared first on Construction Management.

‘Extremely lucky’: Crane fire causes potentially fatal collapse in New York

Officials in New York praised luck after a tower crane’s engine compartment burst into flames, causing its boom and 16 tons of concrete it was carrying to plunge onto the… The post ‘Extremely lucky’: Crane fire causes potentially fatal collapse in New York appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Select Plant Hire - What happens when an object falls from height? How far horizontally can it move? 19012023

Ever wondered how far an object travel horizontally when it falls from height? This work by Thara Nixon from Select plant was completed to help understand what the risks are and how to manage them

Everton Football Club - New Everton Stadium, one year on, 01012023

Check out the remarkable progress of the new Everton Stadium over past 12 months at the Bramley-Moore Dock side

Andun Engineering Consultants - Tower Crane Base Design - Webinar 01032021

A review of the tower crane base design process and the associated design considerations of the different types of tower cranes

Andun Engineering Consultants - Tower Cranes - Temporary Works CPD Webinar 29112022

CPD webinar by Andun Engineering Consultants focused on temporary works engineering considerations for Tower Cranes

Liebherr - tower cranes build the third largest double arch dam in the world 08112021

On the Coruh River in northeastern Turkey, a 273-meter-high arch dam for a hydroelectric power plant is under construction. Four EC-H cranes are being used to build the dam: two 280 EC-H 12 Litronic, one 200 EC-H 10 Litronic and one 154 EC-H 6 Litronic