ATLANTA — Some metro Atlanta crane operators say it’s pressure to build from the ground up quickly and move on. “When we get a job, we hit the ball running,” one crane operator who wanted to remain ...

To the untrained eye, cranes do all the hard labor as they lift substantial amounts of material throughout the daily routine. However, if you look closer, you will see the real heavy lifters — the ...

Eight years after it began the process of finalizing a rule to govern the certification of crane and derrick operators in the construction industry, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...

Crane Industry Services (CIS) announced that it will be offering open enrollment training, including written and practical exams, for the NCCCO Mobile Crane Operator Certification. In a recent press ...

EVERETT — Zipping through the Boeing Co.’s jet factory on a golf cart, Ron Peterson waves to co-workers and calls out. Although the 61-year-old appears at ease on the floor, Peterson truly looks at ...

The air conditioner was buzzing and blowing to keep up with the desert sun, but the small window unit had already lost its cool. My hands—shaky and slippery with sweat—were having trouble keeping a ...

A New York woman who had debris rain down on her while she was in her car during the dramatic crane collapse in Manhattan last month has filed the first civil case ...

Roberto Alvarado labored in the hull of a ship, placing chains and nylon straps around steel so it could be lifted off the vessel. As he sweat in the blistering Houston heat, Alvarado would look up at ...

Nearly 200 feet above a busy South Lake Union street, Matt Haider is calmly swinging several tons of concrete with his construction crane, making sure not to touch the live power lines below or get ...

Look to the heavens around Brisbane and you'll see cranes perched atop half-built skyscrapers, methodically lifting steel and supplies around construction sites. Their presence has been a sign of ...