Articles Tagged with ''Hurricane Irma''

In an analysis of three cranes that collapsed in the Miami area as Hurricane Irma passed over Florida, OSHA found that while the cranes were set to spin freely in the wind, all three were a specific model whose jibs may have been vulnerable to turbulent wind vortexes.

As hurricane season begins, Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida lack resilient systems and remain as vulnerable as they were before last year’s storms

Money includes $18 billion for Puerto Rico and an unprecedented $16 billion for mitigation projects in 11 states and territories.

With crews at work dismantling two Hurricane Irma-damaged cranes in the city of Miami and a third in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., local leaders are wondering whether Florida’s crane regulations are adequate for the highly vulnerable region.

Even as hard-hit areas of two of the country’s most developed regions push for normalcy after back-to-back hurricanes in early September, policymakers and construction industry experts are weighing the longer-term implications of the damage in Houston, Florida and the Caribbean from Harvey and Irma—and how and whether infrastructure resiliency can be accelerated and how that will affect coastal development.