Ernie Pierini

A tower crane has collapsed on to the roof of the Government’s cabinet office in Whitehall, London, following hurricane force winds throughout the southern half of the UK.

Competitors in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC Crane Operator Skills Championship next March in Las Vegas, Nev., will be operating in comfort and style.

Spotted by a reader in Perth, Western Australia, men riding the load on a new build construction site.

The construction industry needs to do more to tackle corruption according to a new report from Grant Thornton. The consultant estimates that fraud could cost the industry between 5% and 10% of revenues, or as much as US$ 860 billion per year.

A lattice truck crane overturned yesterday in Maplewood, near Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota trapping the crane operator in his cab.

Almost half of building sites checked by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) failed basic checks particularly when working at height.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order for two MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from a Turkish shipyard.

A crane operator in Bordeaux, France, had a lucky escape on Tuesday after the ground collapsed under one of his outriggers and his load caught on the building.

A boom truck/truck crane overturned yesterday while lifting an air conditioning unit in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A tower crane collapsed at the site of a new hotel in Dubai on Saturday killing three and seriously injuring a further five.