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 ...

Without tower cranes, it's likely that many iconic buildings and structures we know and love would not be standing. Not only do these steel giants look striking, they are also integral to modern ...

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 ...

Chris Stephen doesn't have a job out of this world but it's way up there. "I've been running tower cranes on and off since 2007," he told me in his "office" three hundred feet in the air. Chris is one ...

Joe Mondloch’s workplace hinges on where his employer deploys him, confined high in the air like a bat in a cage. Navigating a crane while mounted anywhere from 150 feet to over 800 feet above ground ...

This afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with Alderman Brendan Reilly and representatives of the developer Related Midwest to kick off the vertical construction of the new One Bennett Park high-rise ...

Mike Freeman’s office is a snap to find, but the commute is a nightmare. He’s a tower crane operator on the Trump Tower site, one of the highest-profile construction projects in the country right now.

The Bellevue crane found to have a 2-foot-long hairline crack was repaired and certified for operation Wednesday at The Bravern construction site. The welding repairs were completed late Tuesday on ...

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) has named Sammy Cossairt, a tower crane operator for Maxim Crane Works in Nashville, Tennessee, as its 2025 Tradeswoman of the Year. The award ...

When Fourth of July weekend hits, it means that it’s officially summertime in Chicago. And summer is also the season when developers and construction crews are working as quickly as possible to erect ...

A bullet came out of nowhere and struck a worker operating a crane at Lake Norman Quarry late Wednesday, according to a release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The victim was identified as ...