A new survey tracks the number of construction cranes to gauge the pace of residential and commercial projects in 14 major metro areas. By Kalia Richardson As more workers convert their living rooms ...

When engineers are designing buildings, bridges, or other large construction projects, a lot of thought is given to the environment. Some of these considerations might seem obvious, like designing a ...

You, Gadget Lab reader, love cranes. Of course you do — they can either rear majestically into the sky, balancing on a single flamingo-like leg, or offer the satisfaction of seeing a badly parked BMW ...

Sightseers in Chicago should keep their eyes open for cranes—the towering, metal kind. The Windy City has more cranes for residential projects currently dotting its skyline than 11 other major U.S.

For the second year in a row, Seattle has been named the crane capital of America — and no other city is even close, as the local construction boom transforming the city shows no signs of slowing.

Seattle is — for the moment, at least — the crane capital of America. As the city transforms with taller and taller buildings, Seattle this summer had 58 construction cranes reshaping the skyline — ...

The "crane versus crane" incident occurred around 9:38 a.m. in Austin, Texas, according officials Twenty workers were injured in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday when two cranes at a construction site ...

A crane lifting construction materials toppled over and crashed into a Queens construction site Friday after the hoisting arm “bowed like a fishing pole,” stunned witnesses said. The crane fell into ...