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 ...

Look at any metropolitan skyline and you’ll see tower cranes. Such cranes run anywhere from 86 to 262 feet in height; when attached to a building, they can be more than 400 feet in height. Operators ...

There’s only a couple of workers among the several dozen on the 2200 Westlake construction site, near Westlake Avenue and Denny Way, who can get away with not wearing a hard hat. One of them is Willie ...

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 ...

Proponents of a new standardized test for tower crane operators hope to advance industry safety and accountability in the midst of a controversial, national push for certification in the U.S. The ...

An RMS Cranes tower located at 21st and California in downtown Denver. It is operated by Aaron Genova. The highest-profile job in Denver these days might just be operating one of the many tower cranes ...