Showing posts with label crane collapse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crane collapse. Show all posts

Monday, October 7, 2013

Another Crane Emergency at One57 Highrise

BREAKING : Another crane emergency at the troubled luxury high-rise development known as One57, located on West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan near Central Park. Early reports indicate that there has been a malfunction of the crane at the construction site.

"Police have closed West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, placing the area under a so-called Level One Mobilization," reported WPIX. This is the same construction site, which suffered from a partial crane collapse during Hurricane Sandy last year.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Crane Expert : Evacuate People And Let Crane Fall

WABC Eyewitness News interviewed Thomas Barth, a crane engineering expert, who said recommended that people living near the damaged crane attached to One57 luxury condominium should evacuate the area. Should the crane collapse, Mr. Barth said, that officials should allow the crane to collapse and focus on controlling the damage -- basically to prevent injuries and casualties.

Crane Collapse 911 Emergency Call System

Will the Hurricane Sandy crane collapse at the One57 luxury condo trigger a test of the 911 emergency call technology system ?

The 911 call system has failed before.

Crane Collapse One57th Lux Condo At 57th Street NYC Hurricane Sandy

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Wind gusts from Hurricane Sandy bent and folded over a construction crane attached to the tall luxury condominium building going up on West 57th Street. The construction crane is folded over and is now dangling in the sky.

A large presence of FDNY, ambulances, and police have closed the streets around the high-rise. Hurricane Sandy has not yet made landfall, so weather conditions will continue to worsen. Wind speeds and gusts will make it impossible for rescue workers to stabilise or secure the dangling construction crane until after Hurricane Sandy has past and weather conditions have subsided.

Officials with NYC Office of Emergency Management issued a text alert, advising people who live in nearby buildings to relocate to lower floors.