How to build a Tower Crane

Media City had 15 tower cranes in action at the height of it's construction... and we were asked to film the erection process of TC10..... more to this than meets the eye. The on-site crane supervisors at Bovis Lendlease used the video as an information and training tool....

[@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

[@Martinkellydop]

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

[@030banana]

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

[@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

[@pjsmith6954]

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

[@whatisthishandlegarbage]

How to build a crane: step 1: get a crane step 2: use the crane to build a 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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@dylanhogan3069]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@99kevin99]

Such detail in the script...wonderful!

[@djlowtek]

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

[@MrVacuumBrainBimbo]

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

[@jesuscuzz7299]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@RaviKumar-ov5nl]

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

[@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

[@katrinamcintyre9184]

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

[@austinbrowning738]

Roswell here

[@YouthSoccerSports]

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

[@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

[@ernestcrane6227]

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

[@TheNefastor]

Thanks for the clean, informative video.

[@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.

[@frankmedina1969]

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

[@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

[@charleschampion9491]

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

[@TimSchmidt_art]

This is way more interesting than I expected.

[@Ramiiam]

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

[@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...

[@olivermansfield8341]

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

[@taffythegreat1986]

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

[@ReRey]

Amazing video.thanks for this good job

[@gerrymcveigh2413]

Great video !! 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.

[@ginaawad6683]

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

[@RicardoTheCraneOperator]

Great video full of information!

[@solcutta-zt9uw]

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

[@diebsaigh2124]

Great video, Thank you so much for sharing. Hard work 😓

[@WaterlandFilms]

I like how it is detailed.

[@__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

[@leonkernan]

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

[@davem3789]

Very informative! Thanks

[@larrylishman6038]

My hat is off to these professionals.

[@kofyspot7347]

Great video!! Thank you.

[@therewarder]

what a great video, appreciate it THANKS

[@surendersingal9122]

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

[@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

[@toddjacks8288]

Awesome video brother

[@A3Kr0n]

Dang. Fell down another rabbit hole.

[@SuperCholdi]

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

[@dafyddthomas7299]

Excellent video

[@MTips18]

Greatest tool on the job site!

[@davidgrowsdragonfruit5301]

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

[@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

[@conqwiztadore2213]

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

[@stephen.k6689]

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

[@ezrabrooks12]

Good Video/Info.

[@louiscypher7090]

Great post.

[@soulreaverable]

2:48 Naughty construction workers are put in the crane cage

[@petrusjacobm7282]

thank you for this video how to build tower crane

[@LEONTAE704]

I get this in my recommenced after the crane callapsing in New Orleans

[@blongusborg4299]

this is actually really interesting.

[@WhitemenaresoSexy]

Nice video 👍👍

[@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.

[@DiscipleOfChrist00]

Thanks! Now I know how to build a tower crane!

[@mitcholla]

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

[@tacodriver89]

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

[@ylette]

2:13 Am I the only one getting extreme satisfaction from this?

[@soojin5853]

Thank you 😍😍😍

[@Btt8]

Now time to search for crane accident videos.....

[@user-jg4xp8nn1r]

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

[@phyohtetkoko929]

Noted Thank You sir 👍🙏✌👌

[@mwanamfaume5246]

Nice job

[@vinceyenyez2991]

Nice video..

[@FatherDinny]

thanks, going to build one now

[@robertocantero5538]

Nice video!!!

[@realf1rme]

Good Video ..Thanks

[@nickdearden2273]

Half of the vid interesting Half of the vid Elf n Safety

[@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.

[@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?

[@michaelmaciejewicz7534]

Great showing film. Boo Yah

[@dougiejohnstoe4363]

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

[@scottnichols3450]

Building one in my backyard right now.

[@wasihunhmichael5710]

Thank you

[@kingofwake]

Fascinating!

[@robertlopezlopez3728]

As a retired union ironworker I've erected quite a few tower crane. It's not for many people to do. I love erecting them

[@doug220766]

I must say those men who build those crain's are very, very brave indeed there is No Way you'd get me up one of those Crain's even once it's built I hate heights

[@peejay6930]

I must have heard this guy's voice on every CDM I've ever done :o)

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Now I know how this magical thing appears

[@Toskn1]

Sick, thanks!

[@joedakota2100]

So that's how its done. Now I can sleep like a baby.

[@user-co1gi7yd2r]

Hobexewg

[@aronkovacs1386]

Drinking game: take a shot every time he says “Temporary works engineer”

[@derpherpp]

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

[@easyboi1143]

AMAZING

[@OhMyPets]

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 😏😅

[@raczroli96]

how did the first crane get there?

[@lifeinvader9032]

Which came first the crane or the tower crane ?