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NYPD urges people to avoid area. Wednesday 26 July 2023 14:30, Rachel Sharp. The NYPD has urged the general public to avoid the area around the crane collapse. “ADVISORY: Due to a crane collapse ...
A tower crane is usually assembled by a telescopic jib (mobile) crane of greater reach (also see "self-erecting crane" below) and in the case of tower cranes that have risen while constructing very tall skyscrapers, a smaller crane (or derrick) will often be lifted to the roof of the completed tower to dismantle the tower crane afterwards ...
Their report stated that the crane's 190-meter (620 ft) long boom was not sufficiently secured by its operators so as to withstand the high winds present on the day of the collapse and that use of that crane in those 80–105 kilometres per hour (50–65 mph) winds was well outside the manufacturer's recommended operating parameters. [33]
The crane, which was being dismantled, fell across the street and its median, crushing six cars near the Fairview Avenue intersection. It also damaged the building's roof and eastern facade. [ 2 ] Two of the four victims were ironworkers, while the others, a college student and a former city administrator, were in vehicles on the street.
A crane on top of a high-rise building fell to the ground as a 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the Philippines on Friday, 17 November. This video shows the construction equipment collapsing on top ...
Not the first crane accident for city, or equipment owner. 08:45, AP. The crane is owned by the New York Crane & Equipment Corp., one of the city’s most widely used crane providers, officials said.
The inaugural Cranes Asia conference is to take place in Singapore from 9–10 December 2009 [6] Cranes Today publishes its Fleet File every summer, usually in the June edition. Fleet File is a database of who owns what in the crane industry. In 2009 it included entries from 500 companies owning more than 38,000 cranes in 50 countries. [7]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One person was killed and two others were hospitalized Thursday afternoon when a section of crane fell from a building in downtown Fort Lauderdale, officials said.