Tag: crane
Crane overturns shopping center – one dead
A 50 meter high construction crane has overturned in Norway. The crane crashed into a shopping center in Melhus south of Trondheim and caused extensive damage. Roofs were smashed and…
Two trapped victims freed after accident with crane on Maliebaan in Utrecht
During the renovation of a building on the Maliebaan, the concrete slab had to be lifted over the building. When the plate was hanging on the other side, the crane…
Construction crane collapsed in Hong Kong – three died
Published: Less than 20 min ago Three people have been killed and several injured in a workplace accident in Hong Kong, according to the authorities. The incident occurred when a…
The crane operator, lift for the Olympics
Beware of vertigo! The French-speaking public media, of which RFI is a member, take you to the heights: on a wind turbine, in the mountains, on the roofs… We rise…
Here he struggles to hold on to a crane
Dramatic images from Toronto in Canada – where a man struggles to hold on to a crane so as not to fall on the building material below – spread like…
“Hope it stays whole!” 30-ton city crane replica on its way to Utrecht
For hundreds of years it was a defining feature of the city center of Utrecht and indispensable for trade: a wooden city crane with a large boom that stood at…
Da Vinci is remembered for pioneering designs that many people don’t know about
He had made new researches by learning the scientific foundations of Renaissance art. In these researches, he succeeded in melting art, nature and science in the same pot. Especially in…