A video showed a woman clinging to the roof as emergency workers raised a crane to rescue her.
Construction officials say that one of the most significant changes is a requirement that engineers or crane manufacturers provide detailed rigging plans for raising a crane, and certify the actual work, which is now done by licensed master riggers under a plan approved by a professional engineer.
The Buildings Department released a report on Wednesday confirming findings of an earlier criminal inquiry that last year's fatal crane collapse on East 51st Street was caused by the improper use of polyester slings to raise a large crane component.
The rigging company that was raising a tower crane in Midtown when it collapsed in March, killing seven people, neglected to inspect the nylon slings it used to hoist a massive steel crane component aloft and was thus unaware that one was damaged, federal regulators said Monday.
It was moved on to a cushioned cradle, which was then raised by a crane on to the deck of a barge before being taken into Portsmouth.
The sight of an oil tank being airlifted by crane into a loft, however, might raise a few eyebrows.
Even if the dividends make traditionalists raise an eyebrow, the only thing those cranes can't reach in Majerle's world right now is its ceiling.
To celebrate the milestone, a yellow tower crane raised a bucket full of concrete and an American flag to the rooftop of the skyscraper.
On Sunday, city officials released a detailed description of the collapse at 303 East 51st Street, saying that workers were "jumping" the crane — intricately adding sections to raise the crane — when a steel collar used to secure the crane to the building fell.
The component, called a collar, was being moved to raise the crane higher to continue construction, a process known as jumping the crane.
Actor Simon Webb was raised up on a crane under the water, which had been levered so that he could "actually" be raised out of the bay.
