Cranes are regularly used in construction processes, from big things, like building a skyscraper, to smaller domestic homes. There is good reason for this, as they can benefit the process in a number of areas:
- They reduce safety concerns. This may not make a lot of sense, but because you have heavy machinery doing a lot of the heavy lifting humans can remain at a distance from where the lifting is taking place.
- They can lift a lot more weight than a human being. A typical, active human will be able to lift about their own body weight, so when you’re dealing with huge steel support beams, having people lifting them is not a good idea, and actually very inefficient.
- They can accomplish your heavy lifting needs very quickly. All you need to do is properly secure what you’re lifting, and then you can lift whatever it is quite quickly. Depending upon the size of the crane, you can lift it to very high positions.
The only prerequisite to operating a crane is proper training. Without this, the situation can quickly become dangerous, as the operator won’t understand the capabilities of the machine very well, and if the people securing the lifted equipment haven’t done a very good job, then the equipment could fall and be damaged, and/or hurt somebody.