Changes to the ASME B30.3 2012 standard for tower cranes will affect your business.
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The Strategic Forum for Construction’s Tower Cranes Working Group has launched a new initiative on behalf of the industry
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Central Florida Crane Operators Go Head-to-Head at Regional Skills Competition
by Ernie Pierini
November 13, 2013
The area’s finest crane operators gathered in Sanford, Fla., last Friday to boom, hoist, and swing their way to a $1,000 prize and a trip to Las Vegas to participate in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC National Skills Competition.
Work stopped last week on all 608 construction work sites run by Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe for its annual European Health & Safety Day.
A tower crane collapsed on a construction site in Karlsfelder, just outside of Dachau, Germany on Tuesday.
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Guest Blogger: How Should We Define Competence?
by Ernie Pierini
November 6, 2013
Ensuring that equipment is properly specified and fit for purpose is clearly critical to any safe lifting program. However, the fact remains that most accidents are the result of human error.
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Space is the Place for American Crane & Equipment
by Ernie Pierini
November 5, 2013
NASA first-ever deep space craft, Orion, was powered on for the first time in October, marking a major milestone in the final year of preparations for flight.
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World Crane and Transport Summit 2013 opens
by Ernie Pierini
October 31, 2013
The World Crane and Transport Summit 2013 opened on 29 October to an international audience in Amsterdam, Netherlands. More than 250 industry professionals registered for the event at the Hotel Krasnapolsky in central Amsterdam.
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has carried out a large number of surprise inspections focused on crane safety, following several recent incidents.
Spotted by a reader in Perth, Western Australia, men riding the load on a new build construction site.