cranes

The Bloomberg administration is considering letting operators of giant tower cranes get their license without any prior New York City experience — a sensitive topic in a city where cranes have collapsed and dropped loads of steel near busy sidewalks.

A man died in New Hampshire yesterday after the scissor lift he was working from was struck by the hook of a crane.

Mike Parnell, president and CEO of Industrial Training International, Woodland, Wash., is the latest in a series of high-profile speakers to confirm their services to MCM Events’ second Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada, which will return to Edmonton, Alberta, and it will be held at the Sutton Place Hotel on Sept. 13-14, 2012.

Earlier this month a new tower bolt suffered a catastrophic failure, the crane was working at the time and the initial report suggested that the failure was caused by fatigue, even though it was new.

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) has agreed that basic electronic calculators can now be permitted for use on certain CCO written exams.

A crane which collapsed killing two people was loaded with four extra tonnes of weight because the owners used the wrong manual, an inquest heard yesterday.

The inquest into the deaths of two men in the 2006 tower crane collapse in Battersea, London, UK will open today.

Millionaire construction magnate James Lomma tried to wiggle through a semantic loophole today in his manslaughter trial for the fatal 2008 crane collapse on 91st Street — by calling an admittedly-faulty metal part a “replacement,” not a “repair.”

Italian pick & carry crane manufacturer Galizia has introduced a new six tonne crane that is based on its innovative Multis 636 chassis.

NCCCO’s nationally accredited certification program recently passed a milestone: It has approved its 3,000th practical test site.