Cranes at Ground Zero Escape City Oversight ; Fatal Accidents Focus Attention On Site

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 17, 2008

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NEW YORK At one of the biggest construction sites in New York, about 15 cranes are jockeying for space, building skyscrapers and excavating foundations. None has been cited with a violation.

As debates over crane regulation dominate the construction industry following two deadly crane collapses in Manhattan, the city doesn't have power to inspect the World Trade Center site and the high-profile building of office towers, a transportation hub and memorial to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Cranes at Ground Zero Escape City Oversight ; Fatal Accidents Focus Attention On Site

The bi-state agency that owns Ground Zero does its own crane inspections, and has stepped up training for its workers since two tower cranes collapsed in the...

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