mobile cranes

A four axle All Terrain crane almost overturned in Poznan, Poland, yesterday, after the wheels on one side punched through the tarmac road surface into an underground void.

The Committee of European Construction Equipment (CECE) has called for Europe-wide harmonisation of tower crane fitters and driving rules, citing the increasing complexity and sophistication of construction sites as well as the technology used in tower cranes.

OSHA has announced that it will propose to extend the compliance date for the crane operator certification requirement by three years to Nov. 10, 2017.

US crane operator certification company NCCCO has urged OSHA to rework the new crane rule without delay.

A tree being loaded by a loader crane in a new town in the southern province of Binh Duong, struck a power line that forms a critical part of Vietnam’s national grid, causing a massive power outage across the southern region of Vietnam yesterday.

An All Terrain crane over turned in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, Germany, last week, crushing a covered trailer and damaging a car.

Three mobile cranes have removed the bent boom of the ship crane on the Nordic Visby that failed in the port of Tauranga, New Zealand last Thursday. Click here to see original report.

AC 1000 LIFTS PIPES IN CONFINED SPACES AT LIGNITE-FIRED POWER PLANT IN SLOVENIA.

Federal law does not pre-empt New York City from regulating construction sites, the 2nd Circuit ruled, noting construction hazards endanger both workers and the general public in the country’s most densely populated city.

A crane overturned on Monday on the site of a new court house in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.