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Oct 30, 2020

Debris falls from NYC skyscraper; no one injured

Debris fell from a supertall skyscraper nearing completion in New York City as the top of a crane spun in the wind Thursday evening, but no one was injured, officials said.

Sep 16, 2020

More than 20 workers hurt in crane accident in Austin, Texas

Two cranes collided Wednesday at a construction site in Austin, Texas, causing one of them to partially collapse and injuring at least 22 workers who were sent scrambling for safety, authorities said.

Oct 17, 2019

‘Totally avoidable’: 3 firms fined in Seattle crane collapse

Washington state on Thursday fined three companies their roles in a crane collapse that killed four people in Seattle last April, with officials calling it "totally avoidable."

Jun 9, 2019

Dallas crane collapse victim identified as 29-year-old woman

A construction crane buffeted by high winds during a storm collapsed on a Dallas apartment building Sunday, killing one woman in the building and injuring at least six more people, two of them critically, a fire official said.

May 23, 2019

Crane safety stays in the spotlight

Oregon crane operators will be required to complete a national certification program after the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration adopted new rules.

Apr 30, 2019

Experts: Missing pins possibly caused collapse

It appears workers who were disassembling a construction crane had prematurely removed pins securing the sections of the crane's mast to each other, and that could explain why it toppled Saturday, killing four people, experts said.

Apr 28, 2019

4 die after construction crane topples in Seattle

A construction crane fell from a building on Google's new Seattle campus during a storm that brought wind gusts, crashing down onto one of the city's busiest streets and killing four people.

Feb 1, 2012

Threat of flooding leads to costly innovation on I-84 bridges

The chances of an extreme storm system rolling through western Oregon before 2014 are less than 4 percent. But those odds were threatening enough to trigger significant changes to construction plans for the replacement of two aging Interstate-84 bridges near Troutdale.

Jul 21, 2011

Mother of all cranes going up at Intel site

Earlier this month, 200 semi-trailer trucks hauled in the various pieces of the Lampson Transi-Life LTL 2600, or to those not in the know, the largest land-based mobile crane in the world. Workers have since been putting the crane together, a process that takes about 28 days.

Jul 12, 2011

Nordstrom landlord sues Park Avenue West developer over site crane

The owner of the building that houses Nordstrom in downtown Portland has filed a lawsuit against TMT Development. The building owner, Parr Financial, claims a crane for TMT's stalled Park Avenue West high-rise project is interfering with the building.

Jan 28, 2011

Lompoc silo raised

The Lompoc Fifth Quadrant Brewery in North Portland will use a silo to hold up to 60,000 pounds of base malt and increase its beer production capabilities. The unit was installed on the roof because the interior lacked sufficient space.

Jan 26, 2011

Grain silo lands on North Portland brewery

The Lompoc Fifth Quadrant Brewery in North Portland will use a silo to hold up to 60,000 pounds of base malt and increase its beer production capabilities. The unit was installed on the roof because the interior lacked sufficient space. Adaptive Development is the general contractor for the project.



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