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Back in the day when I worked on a construction site we had the tower crane stolen !
The crane had been off hired.
The men came a week early than planned to take it down. Not an easy task.
And needed a fair but of kit as well!
All the safety paperwork intact etc etc.
The owners of the crane came a week later and wondered where it was!
It was a big crane as well in London.
I was surprised to learn that the driver operators of the massive mobile cranes don't have tachos in the cab. Because they're so slow they need to set off at 4am and the drivers get incredibly tired when they're operating them. Easy to fall asleep on the job as the operator sits in a tilted back seat.
It's incredibly dangerous, but it is a few quid cheaper than hiring two people. 🫠
@snotrag That etc. covers appearing in court too, with packed bag (previously I was a peripatetic H&S consultant).
I can confirm that some of the operators are indeed quite large! (Goodness knows how with all the ups and downs to get to 'the office').
<p style="text-align: left;">Big Carl at Hinkley Point C is configured for 5600t. When I took this photo I counted about 30 tower cranes on site.</p>
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I don’t think there has been a crane collapse in over ten years in the UK.
Not tower cranes, but I have personal experience of three uncontrolled boom collapses in the past three or so years and know of more (all in the public domain).
I operated offshore cranes a long time ago. Quite the experience when you are pitching and rolling and the deck you are landing/lifting loads on is too!
"When I took this photo I counted about 30 tower cranes on site."
I took this 4 years ago from the Quantocks
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Samsung heavy Industries...
2 x 4000T Gemini lift of a ships stern section:
