How to build a Tower Crane

[@beansie5493]

Thank you for the very detailed video. Always wondered how the base of a crane is built

[@chance6298]

I had NO idea it started off like it does... I thought it was magic!!

[@johnchambers2996]

Interesting because it looked as if they didn't show the piles being driven and they didn't show any anchors bolting the derrick base footings to the piles; it looked as if they were just depending on the shear strength of the footing concrete to prevent pullout.

[@judefernandez827]

Gianni P what happens to the base when the crane is dismantled .

[@stargazer2504]

I believe they just leave it there. It gets covered by.... something- maybe the parking lot. It just lives there forever.

[@030banana]

wow even mentioned the document, this is the most detailed clip i had ever seen

[@Martinkellydop]

Amazing. I always wondered how they constructed them. Great photography, really clear explanation. Great stuff.

[@billstrader4326]

Warning: You cannot watch this video until you fill out the proper paperwork first.

[@gowdsake7103]

In triplicate with a hard hat !

[@pixelmayhem1143]

Jokes on you, I crept in through the back door and watched the Video without filling in any paperwork... Mwahahahahahhaha!

[@judefernandez827]

Bill Strader and you must wear a hard hat while watching it .

[@throughput6674]

Now I have a paper cut. So I will be off work until that heals. Your process caused me harm. I'm gonna sue the pants off ya. P.S. Please don't remove your pants

[@rasimkasyanov6146]

@@throughput6674 depends who is wearing them !

[@JakeBiddlecome]

The construction parts were interesting, but the paperwork parts were scintillating.

[@khaleelr5995]

Do you know what scintillating means?

[@mklik4]

@@khaleelr5995 He must be a paper nerd

[@pk2702pk]

I think he was been sarcastic.

[@danelillo]

Nah... Give me all the paperwork that's needed before start working. At least You know, things have been dealt with apropiately

[@Sunshineleroy]

There are also self climbers. These are towers with a special base to the cab. The cab climbs one frame at a time and the tower lifts another section in and it is secured. Then the tower climbs the newly added frame. This is how they erect cranes beyond the reach of a land based mobile crane.

[@gregparrott]

Thanks for the information. I can't quite visualize how a cab can detach itself, get out of the way enough to add a section, and then climb atop a new section. If by chance you see a video showing a 'self climber', please post it.

[@Sunshineleroy]

@@gregparrott www.google.com/search?q=self+climber+tower+crane&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=LvnEdzm2QvWQzM%253A%252CyaeHneE-oaAPpM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kQUjqkJon99sr-_-LU6iGlMH-zycQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp2K2xodPfAhVLIzQIHWbDB0AQ9QEwEXoECAMQBA#imgrc=1yzOQg97e6BstM:

[@Sunshineleroy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoHFoHqHn5mGgbs

[@gregparrott]

Thanks for your reply! I've never seen this, but probably just failed to see one during assembly.

[@test1test219]

Fantastic insight!

[@j_jinxer]

So let me get this straight It takes a crane to build a crane??? 1.1k likes... and everyone in the comments is a crane engineer????

[@mfx1]

They used to self erect (still do sometimes) but using a mobile crane to do it is quicker/cheaper. The reason for not just using mobile cranes in the first place is that they have a bigger footprint and are more expensive to have on site for extended periods.

[@KranWien]

nice

[@deathraylabs_nature]

it's cranes all the way down

[@epistte]

Most cranes, mobile hydraulic and crawler often use a 150-ton mobile crane to erect them because of the counterweights and boom sections.

[@dustinthomas7973]

epistte technically hydraulic and crawler cranes are both forms of mobile cranes. The crane used to assemble this Tower was . 500 to 600tons

[@djlowtek]

Whoa the level of detail here and footage quality is just fantastic. Thank you for the content.

[@PootaurStuff]

I absolutely love this video. I've always wondered how one of these cranes are erected, now I know. I find this type of crane, and ones used a shipping ports so fascinating. I'd love to be a crane operator also. However, I'm fully retired now and dont work at all , and too old to change professions. However, I am an electrical engineer that just started designing things based on the Arduino micro-controller. This little computer can control stepper motors controlled by a joystick. I plan on making a scale model of both types of cranes, maybe 5 to 8 foot tall, then have the steppers move whatever moves, under my control with the joystick. I plan on putting in a colored camera for the view as if I am at the top as the operator. All needs to be functionally equivalent to the real thing. Then on the ground little model shipping containers, and other objects. This all will be the ultimate virtual reality game, even better than any computer based virtual reality game! As a kid I was always a huge fan of cranes, so awesome. I would spend hours just sitting there watching them. I even had permission from the port to go to the dock and be able to watch in person, and really close. I just wonder now why I didn't become a crane operator. I guess we really cant always tell what life is going to throw at us! Anyhow, I will be doing these two projects. I may be old, but I still love toys... and if the dog gets too close, I will lift him up and move him also... I like to pick up things and put them back down, as Arnold said on Saturday Night Live... but not the body building thing! Once I do the projects I will do a video and post it here. I'm gathering up all supplies I need to do them with...

[@tedmac8049]

Aye, good luck wid dat mate.

[@stevenlopez5152]

Everything is right except the beginning they have to make sure the base of the crane is level down to the last 16th of an inch or else in the cabin of the crane it will lean a bit I learned this on my second crane and it gets annoying the higher they work because the more jeans which isn’t scary its just just a pain climbing it sometimes

[@GraemeSPa]

Fantastic! I am a retired Marine Engineer and I discovered Arduinos when I wanted to control lights for my band (I play lead guitar) with DMX. I figured out how to get the MIDI signal from the drummer's Roland E-kit to control the lights. Ha! - Now I'm in a duo - guitar and vocals - no bass or drums so I use a laptop to playback audio backing tracks and MIDI tracks to control the light show - awesome!

[@236Doodad]

This is one of the most fascinating videos I've ever seen on KZbin

[@Lee-in-oz]

Cant do a thing without a signature to ensure thst the correct person is shafted if something goes wrong.

[@stevo8869]

Bingo!

[@DuffyNightingale]

Holding people responsible while doing dangerous work is critical. Might have prevented a bad accident here in Seattle while two men were taking down a tower crane.

[@paulskopic5844]

The paperwork is intended to be completed by knowledgeable people such that no critical steps are missed.

[@gowdsake7103]

They only get shafted after the correct paperwork has been filled out

[@erniebernie7267]

Signing your name as the responsible party will do wonders for your focus and thoroughness.

[@johnchambers2996]

Neat video. We have a jaded society that doesn't appreciate these men enough for what they do for us; they're just not entertaining enough.

[@smokeysmith1282]

Fantastic video! Cheers to all who participated in the decision to make and produce such a high quality and detailed video. The only thing missing was the smell of dirt and poured concrete.

[@dylanhogan3069]

This is the question I would randomly ask my dad and now I finally get an answer

[@99kevin99]

Such detail in the script...wonderful!

[@mikefreeman3772]

I once worked as a tile setter inside a high rise building that used a "T crane" similar to the one in this video (the site also used a "buck-hoist" crane). I asked the building supervisor how much a crane like these cost. He told me: about $10,000.00 for the crane and $5,000.00 for street use ... per week. Now I understand why. I also went to "ground" near under the crane during its removal ... watching the removal crane and those guys up on the T-crane was something to see.

[@helloimclaudio]

10 thousand ? That doesn’t seem right

[@diamond66ist]

They do go over, i was working on the whitleys department store in Bays water London back in about 1986 when a crane fell over during testing ,one guy fell off the jib and the crane driver died, its very surreal watching an object that big fall over, the noise is incredible.

[@timtrewyn453]

Your comment is a valuable contribution. Nobody should die or be injured when a reasonable amount of prudence can prevent it. The paperwork puts engineers and inspectors on the spot to make sure it's right. Insurance companies prefer to keep premiums paid. It's a system of checks and balances that protects lives and profits.

[@MichaelBarrett1984]

diamond66ist wow that’s horrific

[@professionalprocrastinator980]

3:38 Let us have a moment of silence for all who sacrificed themselves to make this crane...

[@ankysid8022]

Most underrated comment I've seen

[@030banana]

wellll i guess it is just the job nature of steel fixer (as long as it is safe).... and they are paid for it (the high salary could justisfy the hardship) yet, i saw some fixing rebar in a much worse environmonet

[@ankysid8022]

@@030bananaHe was joking,as if the person fixing the rebar was buried with the concrete as he couldn't get out .Since we was fixing the rebar from the inside.

[@frzzzdtm]

well this is a normal story in every building in my country 😂 I don't believe it tho

[@isaiahwolftail867]

it takes one human sacrifice per crane

[@katrinamcintyre9184]

Wishing you the best guys! Katrina *Clovis, New Mexico

[@austinbrowning738]

Roswell here

[@peterteagleteagle9958]

must be a fecking rain forest missing somewhere with all that paper work

[@Chromedome38]

It's the same a taking a s***. The job is not complete until the paper work is done

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

Until there's a problem

[@antennaman1487]

Forest products grown for paper products are a crop. It is a urban myth that old growth or other such trees are felled for paper products. Trees destined for pulpwood are grown, felled, processed, and land upon which they stood planted with new trees on a 3 for 1 basis. We do not suggest not eating bread in order to 'save wheat'; this is no different. Further, with the demise of the newspaper industry, which consumed the VAST majority of trees felled for paper, the paper industry is merely a shadow of it's former size. We need new myths to spread; this one is really old.

[@YouthSoccerSports]

Great Video. Always wondered how they were built and stood up. Well done!

[@johnbarham7718]

The c.a.t tool at 1:52 is not being used correctly.

[@believeachieve2847]

that remote control machine at 3:12 was SOOO COOL!

[@epistte]

That little sheepsfoot compacter can get into places that larger machines cannot. the lack of an operator means that it can be lower and go to places that would be too dangerous for a human.

[@believeachieve2847]

epistte ohhh ok, thank you so much for the explanation! they're truly amazing, i imagine the workers must day dream of driving them around for fun the way THEY want lol

[@chattonlad9382]

@@epistte That's a padfoot roller. the sheepsfoot has much longer feet.

[@JustDoinFlorida]

Me: I really have to go to bed KZbin: y’all ever wonder how they build those cranes you see in cities?? My brain: you have to know, click it

[@jasonvangeuns9062]

Ha yip

[@jesuscuzz7299]

Thanks for instructions now I can finally set up a crane to get my basketball thats stuck on the roof of :)

[@FWtravels]

What came first? The crane or the crane? You can’t build a crane without a crane but how would you build that crane without having a crane?

[@dylanpeterson6192]

a set of wooden gin poles with a rope and blocks built the first, then they got progressively larger and more complicated.

[@21492005973494]

mobile crane

[@timr617]

They use legos

[@bolt7938]

So what came first the chicken or the egg?

[@kaspernbs]

@@bolt7938 the egg did.

[@frankmedina1969]

Wow. Great video. I've always been curious how these were built. KZbin was an amazing invention.

[@__on_]

i never knew they needed such a base. i always wanted that job, if only they had a lift on the side or inside to get up top. awesome video

[@labayruben609]

Some of our tower cranes haved....like the one we use in Khalifa stadium in Qatar. Pls check NFT crane. ae

[@ginaawad6683]

We are so grateful to these great and hard workers, thanks for sharing

[@TexasGTO]

Leave it to the British to start a show with paperwork....

[@TheChipmunk2008]

yep, humans are more important than ....well why are they doing it other than for humans. So did you have a point? Also this is clearly an internal video intended for employees....

[@Batman-wv5ng]

TexasGTO That’s all they do today paper work and more paper work .

[@JonDingle]

@@Batman-wv5ng It is all to do with responsibility in the event of a claim and criminal charges being brought. Recently a tower crane collapsed in Canada, you should find the videos and then you will learn why paperwork is important. A young woman and her child were killed in that accident and others too.

[@TimothySmithii]

@@JonDingle; But the reason we were told we needed to add all that paperwork to the process in the first place was to avoid killing innocent young women and children while erecting or operating a crane. I'm not sure of the Canadian regs but most of the paperwork in the video here was probably also required on the crane involved in the incident with the young woman and child, yet it did not protect them. All that paperwork and the outcome is the same. We just fill that stuff out so they know who to bill. It has nothing to do with keeping people safe and everything to do with liability.

[@JonDingle]

@@TimothySmithii Yes, I shall quote my comment. "It is all to do with responsibility in the event of a claim and criminal charges being brought." So we agree then.

[@garman1966]

We have 3 town cranes in our little town about to make it quite a bit darker. Beside that, I always wondered how these things didn't topple over in the wind. Now I see that there is quite a bit of structure built beforehand to support them, and plenty of tests to see that they won't probably fail. I also want to see when they have no accessory cranes and have to jack up the rig! That seems scary as hell!

[@BigBadLoneWolf]

they are also parked with the slew ring free to rotate in the wind , so they weather cock

[@jobandknock427]

Self-erecting cranes are often used on smaller jobs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIDMfJh3obCCq9k

[@calebd512]

How the hell did I end up here

[@skulz5273]

Abt go sleep brain must watch

[@shirleypretorius9406]

My school brought me here for a project

[@abdullahimohammed9599]

KZbin algorithm. You must've googled something sometime ago with "erection" in the keyword

[@isanarditama]

Your search history: erection, fap, etc

[@redacted1157]

I just wanted to see the meaning of life

[@TheNefastor]

Thanks for the clean, informative video.

[@brake1adam]

Impressive amount of work that foes in to these things... I seen several of them go up but I had no idea that much work goes into building from the bottom up...

[@solcutta-zt9uw]

Amazing work by these brave building hero's..wow..now these guys earn and deserve a good wage..

[@charleschampion9491]

Thank you so much for answering the questions I often ask myself.🤝🤝🤝🤝 Utterly educative.

[@FurbabyAki]

I always wonder how those cranes get to the top of those buildings AND how they get off once the building is completed

[@cathiemorgan1352]

so've I

[@ninja.saywhat]

been wondering the same thing since i was a kid in the 90s. my lifelong question finally answered by this video although it took a lot of paperwork 😏😅

[@Ramiiam]

Thanks. Great illustration of how mountains of paperwork and mindless safety-ism are stifling the economy of Britain.

[@taffythegreat1986]

I never knew that these cranes were well anchored to the foundations. Now I understand how they don't usually topple over.

[@olivermansfield8341]

Thank you for this instructional video, I now babe all the skills to build one my self

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

3:20 why isn’t it compacted with water added to get the are out???

[@larrylishman6038]

My hat is off to these professionals.

[@N013GS]

Obviously the order crane is putting together another but is the other crane put into the ground to so there able to build the other one is what I'm wondering. Like wouldn't it tip over already.

[@navylaks2]

So you still need another crane raised on what appears to be some type of piston, how do they erect that then

[@TimSchmidt_art]

This is way more interesting than I expected.

[@derpherpp]

How did they setup the first crane to setup the 2nd one

[@RaviKumar-ov5nl]

Thank god they do a cat scan of the ground before erecting the crane. Nobody wants a buried cat to be disturbed.

[@davidvincent9545]

Can someone tell me if public are allowed beneath the counterweight at any time please

[@conqwiztadore2213]

Wow. Just wow. I thought building a scaffolding was a pain in the butt

[@toddjacks8288]

Awesome video brother

[@SuperCholdi]

I drive past HTC Cranes fairly regularly. They have two permanent tower cranes on site and at Christmas they are lit up.

[@RicardoTheCraneOperator]

Great video full of information!

[@eyeofthetiger4214]

Good video however never showed where the power comes from and how exactly the counter weights are secured

[@gerrymcveigh2413]

Great video !! Thanks for sharing !!😎🍀🇺🇸

[@ninja.saywhat]

i've always wondered how they build these cranes since i was a kid. do other cranes build them then what about those? how they were built? were the choppers used to raise those segments? after all these years finally got a little bit of understanding. still wonder how they build those ones in the middle of buildings like way way up. there's no way cranes from built-in vehicles can extend all the way to those heights.

[@charlesfulcrum3170]

“A project manager with his Health and Safety support team😂😂😂. That did it for me.

[@fanmaxis3004]

So about how long do you have to wait from the time the concrete is poured into the base untill the mast is erected?

[@jackking5567]

About tree fiddy.

[@ReRey]

Amazing video.thanks for this good job

[@imhuman3333]

how many cranes does it take to make another crane?

[@JimSamengo]

I came here to see how they got all the parts of the tower crane up, only to find that they do it with a bigger crane... how do they put that one up?

[@vibes2774]

So they have to use a crane to put a crane up so how was the first crane build

[@knotbumper]

I am glad I worked in construction in the US, the hoopla in Australia is nuts. (BTW, a tagline does not control any lifting, it just allows someone to grasp the pick before it gets too close. I have seen laborers swung 100' because they thought they were going to control a pick with a tagline. Bovis Lend Lease is not a company with a good record for honesty or safety in the US either.

[@RSDX99]

Does the crane operator live in a small apt. up top until the job is finished or does he have to climb up and down every morning and evening?

[@Brickcellent]

I hope you're joking

[@HamidAghajarian]

it was interesting to watch but i also would like to see the Surveying process details

[@funtowatch911]

3:37so what happen to the guy under the crane base after it filled with cement

[@magnuszilarra9064]

Voluntary sacrifice to keep Crane God happy.

[@dafyddthomas7299]

Excellent video

[@dougiejohnstoe4363]

I always wondered how their put them together.. Bit heigh for me does it wobble from side to side up that heigh

[@surendersingal9122]

Thank you for education on safety issues of tower crane. J surender singal

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

You did not bother to show how the mobile crane columns 6:51 are assembled, pretty much a HUGELY important part? Otherwise very interesting. HOW is the mobile jib and tower parts connected at altitude?

[@JohnDoe-bf1fw]

I never heard a feminist complain that there are not an equal amount of women in this field.

[@shah6909]

John doe😀😀😀😀😀

[@tomjones4318]

Trying to give them ideas?

[@ejwrigley]

there are women but they all want to start at the top and pull levers and not put any work in to learning how to do the job

[@arshylsshortvids433]

John Doe 😂😂😂😂😂😂 True!!

[@andiman45]

@@tomjones4318 safe to say, no woman has ever come to this video to complain...and if they do I owe them a BIG fattie

[@WaterlandFilms]

I like how it is detailed.

[@ZafoolTV]

but how did they build the crane that's building the crane?

[@Kirkee7]

What happens to the concrete base platform when the crane is de-commissioned ?

[@brianbrewster6532]

I enjoyed this video immensely but, I found it lacking in certain specifics. So, exactly how high was this tower at its tallest point? What was its maximum lifting capacity? How many lorries did it take to provide all the parts to erect this behemoth? How many men work on the crew to assemble one of these tower cranes usually?

[@grahamoneill3253]

But how is the crane that built the crane built ?? Im looking at cranes out the window right now and how just how is the first one built

[@Stephen____K-d1o]

Super job I hats up civil engineer's plan and to doing Dare without fear (superb)

[@Adidas_der_schwanger_war]

Why dont they put the crane into the elevator shaft in the core?

[@halisfansuri]

there's type of crane which can carry up and build by themselves piece by piece without use another crane

[@kaspernbs]

a self erector. It still needs a crane for the initial assembly.

[@halisfansuri]

Kasper Onza ya true..

[@banger181]

A self-erector and a climbing tower crane are two different types of crane.

[@godfreypoon5148]

It handles its own erection?

[@gailbrown8815]

@@godfreypoon5148 Most of the "boys" in San Fran handle their own erections at one time or another.

[@gregmenego2200]

How do they build the crane that builds the crane?

[@akronik]

or why not just use that crane in the first place

[@oldaccount1724]

what sets up the crane that sets up the crane?

[@jsmcguireIII]

Do these cranes have any sensors built in to monitor flexing or stress to alarm failure? We have sensors and dedicated processors in some of the newer excavation equipment.

[@smurfpking3815]

Yes its its overloaded on they make a loud beeping noise hard not to hear it also have wind monitors and they sway side to side when your stood close to them they have to have some flex otherwise they would snap if have no flex in them it's crazy to look at seeing them swinging side to side cant notice it from far away

[@lesgetswole400]

"what do you do at work" -oh im just an erection manager...

[@leonkernan]

I feel like I need to do some paperwork just to watch this video.

[@marclaw4511]

How does the last crane come down at the end.

[@callumbatten3491]

It doesn't

[@mh2288]

Lol

[@HamidA-to8vy]

Weird thing is they had built the core then erected the crane. Usually the crane is first thing erected on site after finishing the excavation because it is used to build everything later on.

[@jonyemm]

Where do they make test cubes?

[@malakai651]

What I have always wanted to know is how they build and dismantle one of these cranes when building a skyscraper ie the Berg calipha. You see them perched on the top of the building as it grows taller, I remember seeing them on the top of the humber bridge.

[@AndrewCZ47]

You can add a frame to the top that can lift the whole part that rotates and insert a new section. So you only need to build a fairly small crane the way you see here, then it can make itself taller.

[@ninja.saywhat]

self-building cranes just read it somewhere here.

[@tacodriver89]

I’m in the process of becoming a crane operator I’m looking forward to all this

[@ezrabrooks12]

Good Video/Info.

[@mitcholla]

this is the greatest thing that no one knows about right yet.

[@tomkat1983]

6:08 "Safety equipment is worn at all times" as they show the crane operator not wearing a hardhat.

[@mambak9]

They are not required to wear it if they are inside a machine

[@sonidoacuario845]

Hard hats are only when you’re head is exposed and vulnerable to objects in your surroundings. If this guy spends all day inside the crane cockpit . No need to wear one

[@Jim-James-Jimbo]

the there any paperwork needed for innuendo.

[@michaelgrace1298]

At 5.59 can someone explain to e the purpose of the pin? I mean isn't the clip on the wrong side?

[@Brickcellent]

The pin fixes the masts together. Doesn't matter what side it's on.

[@lonemonaro1455]

What happens to the Crane Base after deconstruction. Is it left in situ or removed ?

[@poisonthewell36]

the armored concrete base will generally be left behind as part of the building footing, but all the tower sections (red) and tie-ons (yellow) will be dismantled and leave with the crane.

[@gerryryan2302]

So how do they build the first crane ? Without a crane ?

[@MrCampfires]

I agree. I watched this to see how sections beyond the mobile Crain height capability are put into place. All I saw was another smaller tower crane doing this job, but no explanation was given about of how it got there.

[@TadasG258]

It wasn't a smaller tower crane it was another mobile crane.(for example, check The Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1) www.liebherr.com/external/products/products-assets/130829/IMG_390x390/liebherr-ltm-11200-9-1-working-postion-bracht-portrait.jpg

[@MTips18]

Greatest tool on the job site!

[@davidgrowsdragonfruit5301]

...Is the guy doing the paperwork... 😂

[@mtesc6516]

The concrete base will vary depending on soil conditions. This base or raft slab was built onto piers that probably go down to bedrock, guess the soil wasn't stable.

[@raczroli96]

how did the first crane get there?

[@davem3789]

Very informative! Thanks

[@poorgang]

How’s the first ever crane made then?

[@TheRantingCabbie]

That's like "was the machine lathe machined from another machine and what machined that machine".