Major Crane Collapse in TriBeCa

[BlakeJones]

Originally Posted by BugsyPal

Unless or until NYC begins to crack down and stop much of the "self policing" by developers you are going to see more such incidents am afraid.

That doesn't apply to this incident. That crane was inspected frequently and all major changes had to be requested and approved to and by the city. If there's a failure there it's on the buildings department, not on a self-policing failure. And actually, Bay Crane is extra careful, normally that sort of crane is supposed to be lowered at wind gusts of 30-35 mph, but Bay Crane had even stricter policies to lower at 25 mph

[Kefir King]

Originally Posted by high iron

Any boom length long enough to be remotely effective in an urban area will be more than enough to flip a crane. It happens all the time.

So what you are saying is that NO crane can be safely lowered without toppling.