Crane collapses can cause serious injuries and fatalities to construction workers and civilians. That’s why it’s so incredibly important to not only pay attention to the weather, especially high winds, as well as the total load that you’re able to lift. If either of those two things are ignored, disaster can strike.
Read more[Timelapse] Watch 5 Years’ Worth of the Panama Canal Expansion in Under 3 Minutes
The Panama Canal has been undergoing a 5.5 billion dollar expansion project since March of 2011 and has finally officially opened, as of Sunday, June 26, 2016. The mega project included a new, third set of locks, which lift passing ships up and down the differing elevations of the Canal; a new Pacific access channel, which required the excavation of roughly 65 million cubic yards (50 million cubic meters); a navigation channel improvement; and improvements to the water supply.
Read more[VIDEO] Historic Riviera Casino in Las Vegas Imploded After Fireworks Show
Las Vegas knows how to throw a party, even for an old rundown building in its last few seconds on Earth. The city can’t just demolish a historic casino with some boring old explosives, they have to put on an epic fireworks show beforehand with a 10 seconds countdown made out of fireworks. That’s right, there’s so much entertainment in that city that a normal implosion isn’t good enough for them. We don’t mind though, the video below had our eyes peeled for 5 minutes.
Read more[VIDEO] Guy Builds An Electric Skateboard Powered by Power Drill
When you pack as much raw power in a compact battery powered drill, people are bound to get creative with how they use them. Electric skateboards and “hoverboards” have been all the rage with teenagers and young adults that past couple of years, but many can break the bank, like the popular Boosted Board, which can run you up to $1,599.
Read more[VIDEO] 60 Foot Wheeled Crane Crashes into Occupied University Building in Australia, Trapping Operator
It was a scary moment in Queensland, Australia’s Griffith University College of Art building last week as a wheeled crane suddenly tipped and crashed into the top levels. Firemen rushed to the scene to help pull the 35 year old crane operator out of the cabin, as he became stuck. According to the Daily Mail, the operator only suffered minor injuries and was later taken to the hospital in stable condition. Thankfully, no other injuries were reported inside or outside of the building.
Read more[Timelapse] Watch a 230 Foot Tunnel Be Installed Under Highway in 3 Days
There’s no easier way to make thousands of people mad then to screw up traffic for an extended period of time. Road construction can also be extremely dangerous for road crews working throughout the world. It seems like I read a story about a construction worker killed by a motorist every single day, so whatever it takes to lower that number can only be a good thing.
Read moreDramatic Video Footage Shows Construction Worker Jumping from Burning Building to Save His Life
When a small fire inside a $50 million Houston high rise apartment complex suddenly turned the 5th floor into a fiery inferno, construction worker Curtis Reissig became trapped on the unfinished balcony as he waited for fire crews to save him. The fire happened in March of 2014, completely destroying the almost complete building shell, but new footage from one of the firemen’s body cam shows an up close view of rescue.
Read moreWatch a 25 Story High Rise Crumble to the Ground in Demolition
It’s Friday, so what better way to end the week than some explosives bringing down an old residential high rise? It seems as though residential buildings are being torn down all over Glasgow, Scotland, as we just saw 6 buildings implode simultaneously (well, almost) late last year. While those 6 towers had reportedly become a hotbed for crime and drug use, this latest demolition in Roystonhill, Glasgow is making way for around hundreds of new homes in the area simply due to a “decline in popularity of the flats.”
Read more[Video] Jenga Played with 600lb Blocks and Construction Equipment is Way More Fun Than You’ve Ever Had
If you’ve played Jenga before, you know that it can get pretty intense as the blocks start to get a little wobbly. A typical Jenga block dimension is 0.59 in x 0.98 in x 2.95 in, and weighs ounces, so if the tower falls, the stakes aren’t really that severe, other than a humiliating loss to your friend, family member, or mortal enemy. Now, multiply that size by 10,000 and you get the scale of the Jenga pieces that CAT put together for their #BuiltForIt campaign.
Read moreDeflated Blimp Makes Emergency Landing on Construction Site
Well, you can probably add this to the list of things you’d never expect to see on a construction site or really anywhere, for that matter. A blimp, sporting the adhesive company Bostik Inc.’s logo, was forced to make an emergency landing as it deflated onto a Philadelphia jobsite last Friday. Luckily neither of the two people inside the blimps cabin reported any injuries after the landing.
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