Chinese officials have halted construction on the $5.1-billion, 43-mile-long No. 1 subway line under construction in Hangzhou until investigations are completed on what caused a major collapse on Nov. 15. Photo: AP/Wideworld The collapse created a 246-ft-long, 50-ft-deep crater that sucked in a 250-ft section of roadway above the construction site. At least five fatalities have been reported.
A much-anticipated revision to the decades-old federal regulations on cranes and derricks is getting closer to firming up, but now one public-safety official in New York City is questioning the usefulness of the proposed standard. The city’s buildings commissioner, Robert LiMandri, says he is worried that New York’s own crane rules, imposed after what he calls an “abysmal” year of industry safety lapses, would be wiped out once the less stringent, national standards are put in place. The city has spent $4 million studying crane safety and is in the process of enacting more rules based on the report’s 41
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