tower crane

Questions regarding the safety of crane operations on construction sites throughout Canada are being asked following the toppling over of a crane which bought down hydro poles and power lines, some of which fell onto a Toronto Transit Commission bus carrying more than two dozen passengers.

Two construction workers were seriously injured and another knocked unconscious when a tower collapsed on a building site in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday.

There has been another fatal crane incident on one of India’s major metro projects in Chennai last Wednesday night.

Three workers were killed after a crane collapsed at a construction site in northwest China’s Gansu province on Saturday, local authorities said.

Linden Comansa has extended the jib length of its recently launched 21 LC 660 tower crane by four metres. The four versions of the tower crane which have maximum loads of 18, 24 36 and 48 tonnes now have maximum jib lengths of 84 meters.

MCM Events is delighted to name the first members of the Canadian Hoisting & Rigging Safety Council (CHRSC), which will be inaugurated at its Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada on Sept. 13-14 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta.

The new CTL 650 F45 is Terex Cranes’ new generation entry into the extra-large capacity class of luffing jib tower cranes. It completes the company’s portfolio of 14 CTL series luffing models.

The huge piece of construction equipment is about to go up in the heart of Doylestown, on the site where the new Bucks County Courthouse is being built. The crane will be 175 feet tall, Doylestown Borough officials said.

The government of Ontario, Canada has announced a safety blitz this month and next, checking crane safety on construction sites and surface mines across the province.

A demonstration has been staged outside the Department of Work and Pensions to highlight concerns over scrapping tower crane regulations