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30.10.2013

Stricken crane recovered

The tower crane that dropped its jib on the cabinet office in London has now been removed.

The two parts of the crumpled jib were lifted in a synchronised lift by two of City Lifting’s larger All Terrain cranes, while one of the company’s Spierings mobile tower cranes handled a man basket to provide access for the riggers.
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The tower crane jib is recovered..


The damaged jib is being sent to the HSE Health & Safety Laboratory in Buxton for analysis. The Jost tower crane, which had been scheduled for removal on Sunday, had been set at an out of service radius of 12 metres and left to weathervane after its removal had been called off due to the high winds - see: Two tower cranes fail in high winds.

However a combination of swirling gusts and possibly a sluggishness in the crane’s free slew capability set up forces in the jib which were too great for the jib bolts.

Another Jost crane of the same type lost its jib at the same time on a site on the Old Kent Road in London. Given the number of failures there has been it is possible that there is an inherent weakness in the Jost jib design that makes it vulnerable in high wind areas.

Comments


Heras Fencing - I bet the Traffic Wardens still tried to get in and give out a few tickets.

Oct 30, 2013

Nice one Trev, the lads are doing you proud.
Good to see the Heras fencing up, I assume its to stop Boris crashing into the cranes on his bike!

Oct 30, 2013

Tmayes
Sent to the HSE to be investigated?? So we won't find out what caused it for about 12 years cos they take so bloody to investigate.

Oct 29, 2013