Tower crane operators are a rare breed and Pederson travels a lot. One of his last jobs was in Antarctica, where he helping to build a research station. He came to Billings earlier this year to ...

PORTSMOUTH — Glenn Berry is on the hot seat for all the heavy lifting at the Memorial Bridge work site. You see, Berry operates the $2.75 million, 550,000-pound, 250-foot tall red Manitowa crane that ...

The winds were out of the south-southwest gusting to 23 miles per hour. At 155 feet in the air, tower crane operator Michael Collins struggled against the cross winds while moving a load of lumber.

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 ...

Wally Forbush can describe his job in two words. The View. For long stretches of peaceful silence, or as his stereo plays classic country or blues, Forbush stares out windows all around him to views ...

-- Hand over hand, one rung at a time, a visitor arrives panting and pouring sweat at the office of Kirk Luba, 180 feet above terra firma. It's the catbird seat of a Liebherr 316, one of four giant ...