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 ...

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 ...

There’s only a couple of workers among the several dozen on the 2200 Westlake construction site, near Westlake Avenue and Denny Way, who can get away with not wearing a hard hat. One of them is Willie ...

A construction union lost a years-long court battle with the city over crane-operator licensing Tuesday. But despite the defeat, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14-14B will likely ...

TRIBECA (WABC) -- The investigation into the deadly crane collapse in TriBeCa Friday morning is focusing on the wind and the height of the crane, as well as the company operating the vehicle.