Dutch heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has launched what it claims to be the world’s strongest land-based crane.

A 1,200-tonne concrete ‘lid’ has been lifted onto the top of a deep shaft in Stratford, east London – marking the completion of the Tideway ‘super sewer’ construction.

McAleer & Rushe successfully dismantled a tower crane at 120m above ground at Birmingham project.

The jib of a luffing jib tower crane collapsed in the early hours of Friday (12 January) at a residential project site in West London.

Inquiries are ongoing following the collapse of a crane in Edinburgh on Tuesday where two people were injured.

Officials in New York praised luck after a tower crane’s engine compartment burst into flames, causing its boom and 16 tons of concrete to plunge onto the street in Manhattan last week.

Perched on the outside of the fast-rising One Leadenhall development, an unusual tower crane is speeding up construction on this new City office building.

A temporary bridge has been successfully installed in a Derbyshire village amidst complex space and access challenges.

With a supportive team and work on projects of all shapes and sizes, Kelsey Binding is building her skill set towards an eventual goal of specialising in mobile heavy cranes.

The world’s biggest crane has lifted a 347t liner steel ring onto the Unit 1 reactor building at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.