As long as the ‘safety experts” endorsed by the SC&RA are not involved this should work. They were the same ones who signed off on the “repaired” crane that killed the innocent workers.
Considering all the high rise building activity in NYC, you would have expected the city and its contractors to set the gold standard for crane safety. But no. As usual the payoffs and “look the other way” mentality prevailed. Now the city boasts great new measures in a lame attempt to look like its doing something postive. A little late isn’t it? How long have cranes been around? There is sufficient engineering expertise in NYC to have drafted an inspection process that prevents accidents. It’s now 2009 and they’re just getting around to it? Maybe they should hire people from the midwest for their inspectors. Those folks can’t be bought off.
As long as the ‘safety experts” endorsed by the SC&RA are not involved this should work. They were the same ones who signed off on the “repaired” crane that killed the innocent workers.
Considering all the high rise building activity in NYC, you would have expected the city and its contractors to set the gold standard for crane safety. But no. As usual the payoffs and “look the other way” mentality prevailed. Now the city boasts great new measures in a lame attempt to look like its doing something postive. A little late isn’t it? How long have cranes been around? There is sufficient engineering expertise in NYC to have drafted an inspection process that prevents accidents. It’s now 2009 and they’re just getting around to it? Maybe they should hire people from the midwest for their inspectors. Those folks can’t be bought off.