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 ...

TRIBECA, Manhattan (WABC) -- The crane accident earlier this year that killed a passerby and seriously injured two others in Lower Manhattan was caused by operator error, Eyewitness News Investigators ...

Get a view from the 155-foot-high seat of crane operator Michael Collins of Park Ridge, who works at the site of the new Zurich American building in Schaumburg .He says his job is like a "giant video ...

One of those skills is a climber’s endurance. The 55-year-old crane operator ascends the steel ladder two 20-foot segments at a time, taking brief breaks before the next two segments. “I used to do ...

Operators don’t spend their entire day within the confines of the crane’s cabin – there is often work to be done outside. At top, Matthew Hillman Sr. of LPCiminelli inspects the crane’s cables, and at ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Tommy Gambardella is a master of New York’s construction universe. Each morning before dawn, he rides an elevator more than 50 stories up the side of a skyscraper growing on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Gambardella is a master of New York’s construction universe. Each morning before dawn, he rides an elevator more than 50 stories up the side of a skyscraper growing on ...

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 ...

In an aerial view, container ships and shipping containers are seen at the Port of Los Angeles on September 20, 2021 near Los Angeles, California. The finger-pointing at the busy Los Angeles County ...