{"id":34582,"date":"2026-03-08T04:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/probe-launched-after-falcon-tower-crane-collapse\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T04:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:20:13","slug":"probe-launched-after-falcon-tower-crane-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/probe-launched-after-falcon-tower-crane-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Probe launched after Falcon tower crane collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-506336\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The failed machine was a luffing jib tower crane on hire from Falcon Cranes working on a Hill Group housing job at Barlby Road for Kensington and Chelsea Council.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for The Hill Group said: \u201cOn 4 March, an incident occurred at our Barlby Road site, being constructed on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, involving the jib of a tower crane becoming detached from its fixing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm that no one was injured, and the site was immediately evacuated. The HSE are aware, and the site remains closed until the incident is fully investigated, the area cleared and deemed safe for construction to recommence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to plant website <em>Vertikal.net<\/em> Falcon Cranes said: \u201cWe are aware that around 10am on Wednesday 4th March a luffing jib tower crane collapsed during operation in Kensington. There were no reports of any injuries. A thorough investigation has already commenced in conjunction with the manufacturer and a full report will be issued to the industry shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/03\/06\/probe-launched-after-falcon-tower-crane-collapse\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The failed machine was a luffing jib tower crane on hire from Falcon Cranes working on a Hill Group &#8230; <a title=\"Probe launched after Falcon tower crane collapse\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/probe-launched-after-falcon-tower-crane-collapse\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Probe launched after Falcon tower crane collapse\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}