The power play – How tower cranes amplify construction productivity

Tower cranes are profilific in the highrise building construction industry.  They are also oftenen referred to as saddle cranes.

The crane in the tower below is set up in a northeast Washington DC job site for a mid rise building construction project.

This type of crane is one of the workhorses of heavy industrial construction and engineering in the United States. The skyline of Washington DC and almost every major metropolitan city with significant economic growth, is full of tower cranes in view of the horizon.

To learn more about Crane’s, you can learn about other types of crane such as a gantry cranes at the following link. Gantry crane.

Similiar to block and tackle type of pulleys or hoisting, cranes of this nature will also use cable reeving and counterweight to harness and leverage loads and strength for lifting.