A crane can lift a burden, move it sideways, and lower it. These operations, which the Greeks employed when building marble temples 25 centuries ago, are now performed every second somewhere around the world as tall ship-to-shore gantry cranes empty and reload container vessels.

As crane underwriting manager with ProSight Specialty Insurance, I have first-hand experience of the risks impacting the industry from my early years as a crane operator. Over-the-road exposure is an area that requires careful attention in understanding why insurance premiums are going up—and, more importantly, what you can do:

In May 2019, I accompanied Cyril Hausin and Severin Murer on a job to trim three sequoia trees on Rheinau Island near Zurich (Switzerland). Here is a quick peek into a day in the life of an arborist and a few key techniques to safely climb in and around big trees.

One thing we can’t overlook about the disruption caused by COVID: it’s forced almost everyone to figure out tech on some level. Follow most tech roads and where do you end up? Young people. And what does transportation and construction need more than just about anything else in coming years? Young people.

Anyone who loves discovering how mega-machines work will have lots of fun with this LEGO Technic 42108 Mobile Crane. There’s plenty to learn about engineering and movement with this cool building toy featuring 8-wheel steering, 4 individually controlled outriggers, 2 cabins and a super-high telescopic arm! With its classic black and yellow design, this model looks just like the real thing. And with a mighty range of realistic features, it operates just like a real crane too.

Even 10 days after Isaias, workers are still faced with a sizable cleanup job to get rid of the debris the storm left behind.

The Town of Huntington Highway Department is putting in 14 hours a day with about 200 people in on the job. Officials say workers have already put in 100 hours of overtime, and it's not clear when the cleanup will be done. They say it might be two or more months of cleaning, pulling out tree stumps and cleaning sidewalks.

When it comes to the construction industry machine learning means many things. However, at its core, it all comes back to one thing: data.

The more data that is produced through telematics, the more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) becomes, due to it having more data to learn from. The more complex the data the better for AI, and as AI becomes more advanced its decision-making improves. This means that construction is becoming more efficient thanks to a loop where data and AI are feeding into each other.

Construction technology is now blurring the lines between real and programmed structures

Technology firms are not claiming innovations such as virtual and augmented reality are going to change the way infrastructure is built; they say it already has.

Even 10 days after Isaias, workers are still faced with a sizable cleanup job to get rid of the debris the storm left behind.

The Town of Huntington Highway Department is putting in 14 hours a day with about 200 people in on the job. Officials say workers have already put in 100 hours of overtime, and it's not clear when the cleanup will be done. They say it might be two or more months of cleaning, pulling out tree stumps and cleaning sidewalks.

Hurricanes are a form of tropical cyclones that are capable of causing devastating damage to communities. Hurricanes are storm systems with circulating air and sustained wind speeds of 74 miles per hour or higher. The strongest hurricanes can have wind speeds exceeding 155 miles per hour.

After submitting its final comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce on August 9, Manitowoc President Aaron Ravenscoft sent a letter to customers suggesting its remedy to improve the U.S. crane market.