Contractors in New York City are calling for a review of new crane-safety regulations that they claim are overly stringent in imposing a single wind-speed limit regardless of the equipment design.
Following the crane accident in lower Manhattan on Feb. 5, which killed a pedestrian, New York City implemented new safety standards under which crawler cranes must stop work at 20 miles per hour or gusts of 30 miles per hour, down from the previous standard of 30 miles per hour or gusts of 40 miles per hour.