Potentially unsafe tower cranes in Vinh city
Faced with the situation where some tower cranes for high-rise building construction in Vinh city extend beyond the project site, to ensure the safety of people during the rainy and stormy season, it is necessary to strengthen inspection and rectification by authorities for investors and contractors.
According to our survey, Vinh city currently has 6 high-rise tower cranes being installed and used for construction at 3-4 high-rise building project clusters.
Specifically, Ha Huy Tap ward has 2 tower cranes, including 1 tower crane for the Huy Hung apartment building construction project next to the provincial Land Use Rights Registration Office and 1 tower crane for the construction project on the land of Construction Corporation 36 - Ministry of National Defense. Both tower cranes are located next to Le Nin Street.
Quang Trung Ward has 2 tower cranes both within the Quang Trung Apartment Renovation Project, including 1 tower crane of the 30-storey Commercial Building next to the Memorial Area of Comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and 1 in another high-rise building under construction at the old 12/9 Cinema Land, next to Quang Trung Street.
Land use rights of Nghe An province. Photo: Nguyen Hai
Trung Do Ward has 1 tower crane at the Military Region 4 Economic Cooperation Corporation High-rise Building, at the corner of Le Duan Street and Phuong Hoang Street; Truong Thi Ward has 1 crane at the Nghe An Preventive Medicine Center (CDC) next to Le Hong Phong Street.
According to our observations, of the 6 tower cranes, 4 tower cranes at the project of Construction Corporation 36 - Ministry of National Defense, the Provincial Preventive Medicine Center Project, the Commercial Area and high-rise buildings at Quang Trung Apartment Complex have a fairly large project area and are quite far from residential areas and traffic routes, so they are quite safe; while 2 tower cranes at the construction project of Huy Hung Apartment and the Economic Cooperation Corporation Building of Military Region 4 are not safe because the construction extends beyond the project fence.
Mr. Tran Quang Dai - Chairman of Trung Do Ward People's Committee, said: Concerned about the unsafe tower crane in the area, right before storm No. 3 made landfall, on September 5, 2024, the Ward People's Committee conducted an inspection and made a record requesting the investor and contractor to deploy technical measures to ensure safety for people around the project as well as the area of Phuong Hoang Street. Currently, the investor and contractor have signed a commitment to take responsibility.
Mr. Nguyen Viet Duc - Head of Urban Management Department, Vinh City People's Committee said: to ensure the operation as well as labor safety in the surrounding area and under the construction crane towers, every time there is a big storm, the Flood and Storm Prevention and Rescue Command of Vinh City always has a general document urging and reminding, in which it requires localities, investors, construction units of high-rise buildings and tower cranes to review and implement safety measures, prevent situations where materials are blown away by storm winds or fall into residential areas; bring tower cranes to a safe state when there is a storm.
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The State Appraisal Department of Construction Quality (Ministry of Construction) said: According to current regulations, tower cranes are a type of machinery and equipment with strict requirements on safety and labor hygiene used in construction; for tower cranes, management, use, inspection, maintenance... are accompanied by regulations on relevant organizations and individuals. Measures to ensure the safety of tower cranes are stipulated in the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene, the Law on Construction and guiding documents for implementation; in case of storms, the crane must be brought to a safe state such as dismantling, bracing or releasing the mechanism brake according to regulations.
