CHAMPAIGN – Operating a tower crane isn't for everyone – especially if you're acrophobic, claustrophobic or clumsy. Your whole day is spent in a compact "cabin" about 200 feet in the air. Part of the ...

New York City officials cited an equipment failure as the inciting incident in a chain of events that sent a tower crane's boom crashing to a city street in July 2023.

A crane operator and “huge” fan of The Doors couldn’t believe it when he saw the likeness of the band’s frontman Jim Morrison ...

Without tower cranes, it's likely that many iconic buildings and structures we know and love would not be standing. Not only do these steel giants look striking, they are also integral to modern ...

Raymond "Paul" Lacrouts' workday begins with a cup of coffee from 7-Eleven and a brief chat with co-workers. The Lehigh Acres resident then grabs his lunchbox and heads up to his office. Way up. As a ...

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) has named Sammy Cossairt, a tower crane operator for Maxim Crane Works in Nashville, Tennessee, as its 2025 Tradeswoman of the Year. The award ...

This afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with Alderman Brendan Reilly and representatives of the developer Related Midwest to kick off the vertical construction of the new One Bennett Park high-rise ...

The Bellevue crane found to have a 2-foot-long hairline crack was repaired and certified for operation Wednesday at The Bravern construction site. The welding repairs were completed late Tuesday on ...

Chris Stephen doesn't have a job out of this world but it's way up there. "I've been running tower cranes on and off since 2007," he told me in his "office" three hundred feet in the air. Chris is one ...

When Fourth of July weekend hits, it means that it’s officially summertime in Chicago. And summer is also the season when developers and construction crews are working as quickly as possible to erect ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Kit Lundin is used to being high in the air. He's been operating tower cranes for around 40 years. But the crane collision Wednesday morning at a construction site in the Mueller area ...

Without tower cranes, it's likely that many iconic buildings and structures we know and love would not be standing. Not only do these steel giants look striking, they are also integral to modern ...