The investigation into April’s deadly crane collapse clearly shows Washington needs tougher laws to ensure safety in the ongoing construction boom. The collapse killed two ironworkers and two ...

A tower crane being dismantled collapsed Saturday, April 27 in Seattle, killing four people, including two ironworkers on the crane and two bystanders on the street below. The jobsite, located in a ...

Seattle lawmakers are pushing for more regulations and bigger fines around the disassembly of tower cranes after a fatal crane collapse last April that was deemed “avoidable,” the Seattle Times ...

With regards to the Seattle tower crane collapse, I feel obligated to warn, once again, about shortcuts and “well, it worked last time” procedures that are frequently used (worldwide) during tower ...

An enormous gantry crane recently erected at the U.S. Border Station in San Ysidro, hovered above the U.S. landmark in order to begin the precision disassembly of the old 1972 Nixon-era structure in ...

The man, who was a carpenter's helper, was killed on Jan. 30, 2006, while assisting the crane operator in removing pins that secured the lattice boom's 40-foot center section to the base boom section.

Italian crane service provider Vernazza Autogru used its Demag CC 3800-1 lattice-boom crawler to dismantle an enclosed coal conveyor belt at the Tirreno Power powerstation in Vado Ligure, northern ...