This is Part 3 of a series of articles introducing illustrative examples of changes in design and construction codes, standards, regulations and practices that have followed catastrophic failures of construction cranes. Part 1, in the December 2010 issue of STRUCTURE®, focused on bridges, Part 2 in the April 2011 issue focused on buildings, and Part 3 is devoted to construction cranes.
It is a credit to our structural and construction engineering professions that failures have been and continue to be used to improve design, construction and regulatory practices. We do not just pay up, rebuild and walk away – we delve, we learn, and we improve. …