Fearful of tower cranes for high-rise building construction

(Baonghean.vn) – Vinh City is currently experiencing a number of high-rise building projects. All projects use tower cranes, but the contractors have not paid attention to ensuring safety with these hundreds of tons of iron and concrete blocks at high altitudes.

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Tower cranes with high height and wide reach, can transport a large volume of materials, so they are used by many contractors in the construction process of high-rise buildings.

However, many projects are concentrated in inner-city areas, in cramped conditions, near residential areas and civil works. Construction units often use and install tower cranes that are not in accordance with regulations, reaching over neighboring works and even outside the street.

Many people passing through Phan Dinh Phung near Vinh market intersection cannot help but feel nervous every time the tower crane of the construction site across the road passes overhead when turning around.

This tower crane is supporting construction at Tecco Truong Thinh apartment building on Vo Thi Sau street (Truong Thi ward).

Every time the crane turned to lift the heavy concrete crates, its giant "arm" swept across the roofs of the surrounding households.

A resident said that sometimes sitting in his house, hearing the screeching sound of cables and the metal clanging of cranes overhead, he couldn't help but feel uneasy and worried.

Tower crane at the construction site on Doc Thiet street. Behind the construction site is the kindergarten, primary school, and secondary school of Hung Binh ward, so the traffic on this street is very heavy.

Every time it operates, the counterweight concrete blocks swing back and forth over the heads of passersby without any cover from the construction unit.

Construction has been stopped for quite a while, but at the BMC – Vinh Commercial Center and High-rise Apartment Building located on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, there is still a tower crane standing tall. Whenever there is strong wind, especially during the rainy season, the crane shakes, threatening the surrounding households.

The tower crane collapse accident in Truong Thi ward that killed a student of Le Viet Thuat High School has sounded the alarm about the unsafety of tower cranes in construction sites. Authorities and construction units need to pay more attention to labor safety, tighten the management of lifting equipment, ensure safety and not affect people's lives.

Thanh Cuong